Edward Longshanks facts
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While Edward the I of England (also known as Edward Longshanks) was on crusade he was targeted for assassination by the sultan of Egypt. Although he was stabbed by a poisoned dagger Edward managed to kill his would be assassin and would later recover from his wound.
Henry VIII was the great-great-grandson of a Welsh nobleman who, along with his brothers, participated in their cousin Owain Glyndwr's rebellion against the English crown under Edward I ("Longshanks" of Braveheart relevance). Glyndwyr even portrayed himself as the successor to Arthur.
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King Edward I "Longshanks" of England requested that his body be boiled after his death so that his skull could be carried with his men when they fought the Scots
