A knighting, an assassination attempt, a temporry treaty, and the first battle of the Wars of Roses

May 22nd was a busy day in history. Unfortunately I am also busy right now at Chalus with the Lionheart, so I can’t spare the time to do justice to these events. Richard reminded me that a dying king trumps a Facebook post. So very briefly, here is what happened on this date.
May 22, 1149, Henry Fitz Empress was knighted by his uncle, the King of Scotland, at the age of sixteen. When he kept delaying his son Hal’s knighthood, you may be sure that Hal repeatedly reminded him that he’d been knighted at only sixteen.
May 22, 1176. Saladin was almost murdered by the sect known as the Assassins. It is a very interesting story and I hope eventually to be able to post about it.
May 22, 1200 Treaty of Le Goulet signed between John and the French king, Philippe Capet. Another interesting event, but it, too, will have to wait.
May 22, 1455 First battle of St Albans. The victory went to York. The Lancastrian Earl of Northumberland and Duke of Somerset were slain and Henry VI was captured. But the Duke of York’s triumph would be short-lived. Again, a story that deserves more than I can offer today.