CHARLES VIII. 1483-1498 _SHORTER AND SOMETIMES MORE DETAILED GENEALOGIES will be found in the following pages._ PAGE Genealogy of the principal Northumbrian kings 41 " " English kings from Ecgberht to Eadgar 56 " " English kings from Eadgar to Eadgar the AEtheling 78 " " Danish kings 83 Genealogical connection between the Houses of England and Normandy 84 Genealogy of the Mercian Earls 85 " " family of Godwine 89 " " Conqueror's sons and children 131 " " sons and grandchildren of Henry II. 156 " " John's sons and grandsons 208 " " claimants of the Scottish throne 216 " " more important sons of Edward III. 265 " " claimants of the throne in 1399 286 " " kings of Scotland from Robert Bruce to James I. 295 " " Nevills 324 " " Houses of Lancaster and York 327 " " Beauforts and Tudors 335 " " House of York 337 " " Woodvilles and Greys 338 Abbreviated genealogy of Henry VII. and his competitors 344 Genealogy of the Houses of Spain and Burgundy 349 HISTORY OF ENGLAND. PART I. _ENGLAND BEFORE THE NORMAN CONQUEST._ CHAPTER I. PREHISTORIC AND ROMAN BRITAIN. LEADING DATES Caesar's first invasion B.C. 55 Invasion of Aulus Plautius A.D. 43 Recall of Agricola 84 Severus in Britain 208 End of the Roman Government 410