Black Prince
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Medieval hawking and falconry for the royals….
100 Years War, Battle of Hastings, Black Prince, Boke of St Albans, Chaucer, Conrad the Younger, Crecy Poitiers and Agincourt, Edward 2nd Duke of York, Edward I, Edward III, falconry, Frederik II.Holy roman emperor, Froissart, Gaston Phoebus, Harold Godwinson, hawking, Henry V, Henry VIII, James I, John Commins, John II of France, Parlement of Foules, Pero López de Ayala, Philip the Bold, Richard Almond, Richard II, Royal Mews Charing Cross, William I“….To authors on works on hunting, [men] such as Gaston III, compte de Foix (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_III%2C_Count_of_Foix) and Edward, Duke of York (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%2C_2nd_Duke_of_York), hunting was not just a sport or pastime, it was the essence of life itself….” So writes Richard Almond in the Introduction to his book Medieval Hunting. And as you read this work,…
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Pedro I of Castile – an important ancestor of the House of York.
Alphonso XI, anti-Semitism, appearance, Battle of Nejara, Black Prince, Blanche of Bourbon, Constance of Castile, Cortes, Edmund of Langley, Edward III, Edward IV, Eleanor de Guzman, Enrique of Trastamara, executed women, incest, Isabel of Castile, John II, John of Gaunt, Maria de Padilla, Maria of Portugal, Mortimers, Nevilles, Pedro I, secret marriageKing Pedro I of Castile and Leon, known to some as ‘Pedro the Cruel’ and to others as ‘Pedro the Just’ was born in Burgos on 30 August 1334. His parents were Alphonso XI, King of Castile and Leon and Maria of Portugal, Alphonso’s queen and double cousin. Alphonso also had a mistress, Eleanor de…
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Monarchs and the perils of legitimacy….
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, “Tudor” rebellions, Battle of Bosworth, Black Prince, coronations, Edward III, Edward IV, Henry VII, illegitimacy, Jehan de Wavrin, John of Gaunt, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, relegitimisation, Richard II, Richard III, staircases, succession, Thomas of woodstock, Titulus Regius, Titulus Regius 1486, Toronto Sun, Tower of London“….In medieval and Tudor times, it was important for people to know that their king had actually died and that the succession was ‘safe’…. “….We all remember the story of the little princes in the Tower. The older of the two would have been King Edward V, had he lived. But no one ever really…
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As Ricardians, we’re not all that impressed with the work of Dan Jones and have long considered him to be an accomplished writer of fiction. Well, now he really is a writer of fiction, and the book described below, “Essex Dogs”, looks an exciting and excellent tale of a group of archers and others…
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Oh dear, here we have 10 “facts” about Richard III’s predecessor namesake, Richard II. Yes, poor old Richard of Bordeaux gets it in the neck yet again. At this rate he’ll soon be Richard III’s equal. Well, maybe not quite, but you know what I mean. Firstly it’s stated that Richard of Bordeaux was…
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Today marks the 691st anniversary of the birth of Edward of Woodstock, eldest son of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault. Born June 15, 1330, Edward was made Duke of Cornwall in 1337 and, at age twelve, became Prince of Wales. He was a founding knight in his father’s creation of the Order of the…
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