genealogy
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The title of this article refers to Joan, Princess of Wales, mother of Richard II. She became known as the “Fair Maid of Kent”, a sobriquet acquired posthumously. But, was she the most beautiful woman in England? According to the standards of her time yes, she certainly was, although the contemporary likenesses we have…
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“Elizabeth de Clare was born on this day, 16th September 1295, the granddaughter of King Edward I. The 11th Lady of Clare, she was the heiress to the lordships of Clare in England and Usk in Wales.” So starts this article about a very remarkable lady, also known as Elizabeth de Burgh, who took on…
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So now, having analysed Henry VIII’s will, the Jacobites, the Roman Empire, France, Russia, Germany and Portugal, we move on to a monarchy that was still extant eighty years ago: that of Italy, which was ended by referendum in 1946. Umberto II (pictured), who reigned for the (1861) House of Savoy’s last five weeks after…
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In the course of seeking the date when Henry Percy, Baron Percy, became the 1st Earl of Northumberland (it was 15 July 1377, the eve of the coronation of the boy king Richard II), I came upon the website of Alnwick Castle. The section about the history of the castle is very well illustrated…
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A complete suit of early 16th-century armour found in Spanish castle….
annulment, armour, Arthur “Tudor”, Caliphate, Castile, castles destroyed, dowry, Edward of Warwick, executions, Ferdinand II, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VII, isabella of castile, King’s Great Matter, marriage ceremony, Medina del Campo, Moors, Papal Legate, Phillip II, Rodrigo Gonzalez de la Puebla, Spain, Tower Hill, Treaty of Medina del Campo, Treaty of WokingWhy the illustration of Catherine of Aragon’s arrival in England? Well, it starts with this article, where you’ll find the following opening paragraph: “….The castle was previously thought to have been constructed following the Arab conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, which became part of Umayyad Caliphate around AD 711–732. However, very little is known…
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Some progress in Cairo, but not enough yet
“Princes”, “Tudor” propaganda, Anne St. Leger, Annette Carson, bigamy, Brittany, Buckingham rebellion, Constable of England, Council of the North, Daily Mail, de la Poles, Dominic Sandbrook, Edward II, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth of York, Elvis Presley, executions, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, James Gairdner, Kathryn Warner, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Leicester, Margaret of Salisbury, mtDNA evidence, rescue plot, Robert Stillington, Royal Progress, same-sex marriage, Stoke Field, Thomas Lord Stanley, Thomas More, Three Estates, Titulus RegiusHere is the Mail article in question, by Dominic Sandbrook. He has now abandoned More as a source and the superficial coincidence of some bones being found within a quarter of a mile of More’s location – never mind that More’s priest is said to have buried the “Princes” below a thirteenth century staircase, let…
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Nowadays Rendlesham (the Forest) is often regarded as the site of Britain’s Roswell, but that’s a very recent development because it’s also where “Archaeologists have uncovered a 1,400-year-old royal Hall of the first Kings of East Anglia in Suffolk, England.” The site was apparently first spotted from the air in 2015….but was first mentioned…
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Here’s an interesting take on Shakespeare‘s Richard II. Please note, NOT Richard III. There is a myth that this play was written to flatter the Tudor queen Elizabeth, and yet one scene came so close to the bone, so to speak, that she had it excised from every performance! Amused she was not. The scene…
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Yes, it’s Weir(d) Babies 4 here, and another post poking fun at a certain “historian” who seem to pull royal babies out of thin air and include them in genealogies. This time, the extraneous little cherubs were credited to that notably fertile pair, Edward I and Eleanor of Castile…as if they did not already have…
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