genealogy
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THE TOURNAMENT TAPESTRY – PORTRAITS OF MARGARET OF BURGUNDY AND PERKIN WARBECK?
“Perkin”, Anne of Brittany, betrothals, Charles the Bold, Charles VIII, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, Frederick the Wise, gillyflower, Margaret of Burgundy, marriage, Mary of Burgundy, Maximilian I, Nathalie Nijman-Bliekendaal, Philip the Handsome, Ricardian Bulletin, Tournament Tapestry, Tyburn, Wars of the RosesReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com The Tournament Tapestry of Frederick the Wise c.1490. South Netherlandish. Silk, silver and gold threads. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes, France. Photo Nicholas Roger theartnewspaper.com My attention was first drawn to this sumptuous tapestry by an article written by Nathalie Nijman‐Bliekendaal in the Ricardian Bulletin, the magazine of the Richard III Society…
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Did you know that Henry VIII had an Oedipus complex? Nor did I, but according to J.C. Flugel, a psychologist with an interest in psychoanalysis, that was always Henry’s problem. In a 1920 work entitled On the Character and Married Life of Henry VIII Flugel described how, in an attempt to “uncover a…
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CICELY PLANTAGENET – NOT SO FORTUNATE AS FAIR.
“Lambert Simnel”, Anne Mowbray, Anne Neville, annulments, Battle of Bosworth, Bermondsey Abbey, Brittany, Cheneygates, Cicely Plantagenet, College Hall, Crowland Chronicle, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Gipping Hall, Greenwich Palace, Henry VII, Isle of Wight, James IV, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Ludlow Castle, Manuel Duke of Beja, Margaret Beauchamp, Mary Plantagenet, Maud Herbert, More, National Maritime Museum, Polydore Vergil, Quarr Abbey, Richard III, sanctuary, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir Ralph Scrope, Society of Antiquaries, Thomas Kymbe, Thomas Rotherham, Viscount Welles, WestminsterReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Stained glass portrait of Cicely. Formerly in Canterbury Cathedral now in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow. Cicely Plantagenet (b.1469 d.1507) daughter and niece to kings, and a prime example of a medieval noblewoman who endured and in this case survived the turmoil of the Wars of the Roses. Oh how that…
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“….Transworld has landed a ‘myth-busting’ book about DNA by Professor Turi King, best known for her work identifying Richard III from the remains discovered under a Leicester city car park….” If publishers are snapping up this book, titled DNA: Why Genetics Matters, (thankyou a commenter below for finding the title) which is due out…
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This link reveals an interesting account of about the discovery and archaeology of Richard’s original resting place in Leicester, and the modern techniques used to find out all that could be learned. I confess I was a little dismayed to hear the Blue Boar described as a “coaching inn”. Really? In 1485? I hoped…
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Sir Humphrey Audley
Blore Heath, Dunster Church, Edward IV, Eleanor de Holland, Elizabeth Courtenay, executions, James Lord Audley, John Duke of Somerset, John Lord Audley, John Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, John Paston III, Lord High Constable, Mortimer’s Cross, Muriel Brews, Powderham Castle, Richard of Warwick, Sir Humphrey Audley, Sir Philip Courtenay, Somerset, Swaffham, Tewkesbury, Thomas Mallet, Wars of the RosesSir Humphrey was one of the very numerous children of James Tuchet, Lord Audley, by his second wife Alianore Holland (daughter of Constance of York by Edmund Holland, Earl of Kent.) Their family is so large that it confuses creators of family trees and it is hard to be absolutely certain just how many siblings…
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Another interesting hypothesis
Arbella Stuart, Bavaria, Britain’s Real Monarch, Charles “III”, Clementina Walkinshaw, Culloden, Diana Princess of Wales, Edward of Warwick, executions, Glorious Revolution, Greys, Henry “IX”, Henry Lord Montagu, Henry Pole the Younger, Henry VIII, hypotheses, illegitimacy, Jacobites, James of Monmouth, James VII/II, John Ashdown-Hill, Lady Katherine Grey, Liechtenstein, Margaret of Salisbury, marriage law, Michael K Jones, Poles, Royal Marriage Secrets, Sardinia, Scotland, Seymours, Spencers, Tony Robinson, Useful ChartsOn Thursday, we published a presentation by “Useful Charts”, showing how the English throne may have descended had Henry VIII’s will been followed after 1603 as it had beforehand. Of course, the family in question may have fared differently anyway if Lady Katherine Grey, her Seymour husband, and son and Arbella Stuart, the latter’s wife,…
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What has MKJ started?
Bonapartists, Bourbons, Brandons, Britain’s Real Monarch, Channel Four, Edward IV, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, France, Francisco Franco, Germany, Greys, Henry VIII, Holy Roman Empire, illegitimacy rumours, Jacobites, James VI/I, Mary I, Matt Baker, Michael Earl of Loudoun, Michael K Jones, Orleanists, Roman Emperors, Russia, Spain, Stewarts, Tony Robinson, wills, You TubeIf you watched Channel Four on the first Saturday evening in January 2003, then you will probably remember Michael K. Jones and Tony Robinson discussing Edward IV‘s possible illegitimacy, followed by Britain’s Real Monarch, an investigation into the King or Queen of England if Edward had not existed or been debarred, leading through the Poles…
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My research perambulations have brought me full circle…back to the Waldegrave family of the 14th century. When rechecking the history of parliament online I found the following sentence in a footnote:- “….Considerable confusion has arisen from the existence of four successive Sir Richard de Waldegraves, especially as the last three all had wives named Joan….” No you-know-what,…
