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When, oh when, did Henry Percy fight the “battle” of Duns….?

Dec 12, 2023

anniversaries, battles, genealogy, religion, sources

Alnwick, Barons Percy, Battle of Duns, Bordeaux, Duchy of Aquitaine, Duns Castle, Earls of Northumberland, Edward III, Feast of St. Laurence, Good Parliament, Helen Carr, Henry Earl of Northumberland, horses, Hotspur, Joan of Kent, John Holand, Richard II, Robert II, Roxburgh Fair, Scotland, subterfuge, Westminster

If, like me, you had never heard of the Battle of Duns, here’s a brief outline. Late in the 14th century Henry Percy, 4th Baron Percy (created 1st Earl of Northumberland in 1377) led an army of 7,000 over the border into Berwickshire and made camp at Duns to await reinforcements. One night the sleeping…
The story of Alnwick Castle….

Sep 14, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, Events, genealogy

Alnwick, Earl of Northumberland, Henry IV, Homildon, Percies, Richard II

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…
Seeking another Scottish consort

Nov 30, 2019

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, buildings, genealogy, Science

Alnwick, bones, Donald Bain, Douai, Dundee Courier, Edmund Ironside, Escorial, Ethelred II, France, French Revolution, Glasgow University, House of Dunkeld, House of Wessex, Malcolm III, Mary Stuart, monasteries, Scotland, Spain, St. Edward the Confessor, St. Margaret of Wessex

(Saint) Margaret of Wessex, great-granddaughter of Ethelred Unraed, granddaughter of Edmund Ironside and great-niece of (St.) Edward the Confessor, died just three days after her husband, Malcolm III was killed at Alnwick in 1093. She, as eventual heiress to the House of Wessex, was the ancestor of every subsequent Scottish monarch except Donald Bain, Malcolm’s…

Alnwick

When, oh when, did Henry Percy fight the “battle” of Duns….?

The story of Alnwick Castle….

Seeking another Scottish consort