Henry IV of England King of England, K.G.

• Death Notes

  After 1408 Henry IV fell ill with a mysterious disease, perhaps leprosy. Many believed this was God's vengeance for his misdeed against the Archbishop. He became to rely more and more on his eldest son and heir and by 1410 Prince Henry effectively ruled in his ailing father's place. In 1411 the king, perhaps fearing an impending coup, briefly resumed power. However, in 1413 he took to his sickbed once more and died at Winchester.
  When told that the chamber in which he was sick was called Jerusalem, he responded: 'Lauds be given to the Father of Heaven, for now I know that I shall die here in this chamber, according to the prophecy of me declared, that I should depart this life in Jerusalem.'