Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

King Henry III NPG D23654

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by George Vertue

Henry was only nine years old when his father John I died and his minority accentuated ongoing nationwide rebellion. After his accession to the throne in 1234, Henry's favouritism and arrogance prompted his barons to insist on a series of major reforms, the Provisions of Oxford (1258), which created a permanent Privy Council to advise the king and ensured regular Parliaments. Civil War ensued as the settlement broke down and Henry was briefly deposed. In his final years, when relative peace had been restored,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.