Charles V

Eleanor: A reminder of the evidence

Dec 27, 2019

law, religion, sources

1486 year book, Anglican dioceses, Annette Carson, bigamy, Calais, Captain of Calais, Catherine of Aragon, Charles V, Crowland Chronicle, David Johnson, denialists, Earls of Desmond, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, Eustace Chapuys, France, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VIII, Holy Roman Empire, John Ashdown-Hill, John Blount Lord Mountjoy, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Lucy, letters, Louis XI, Philippa Langley, Phillippe de Commynes, pre-contract, Ralph Butler Baron Sudeley, Revealing Richard III, Ricardian Bulletin, Richard III, Robert Stillington, Sandra Pendlington, Thomas More, Three Estates, Titulus Regius, Wendy Johnson, William Catesby

I know some people in Cairo are a little slow on the uptake, but there are several independent sources, as shown by the Revealing Richard III blog. In a recent series of articles in the Ricardian Bulletin, the team cite: Titulus Regius, as composed from the petition to the Three Estates on 26 June 1483;…
Henry VI’s Bed-Chamber Tutor?

Jul 8, 2019

Book Reviews, genealogy, humour

Catherine de Valois, Charles V, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Edward of Lancaster, Henry VI, Humphrey Duke of Buckingham, insanity, intercourse, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lauren Johnson, Margaret d’Anjou, Ralph Butler Baron Sudeley, Sudeley Castle, William Duke of Suffolk

There’s a new book on Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou coming out, in which historian Lauren Johnson surmises that the over-pious Henry VI may have had a few problems in the bedroom department and hence had attendants who would ‘guide’ him in the ways of love. Henry was a notably prudish man who once…
When the English ruled the Bastille….!

Jul 14, 2017

anniversaries, battles, buildings

Bastille, Burgundians, Charles V, Charles VI, Charles VII, defensive structures, France, French Revolution, Henry V, Hundred Years War, Jean II, Paris, Poitiers, Seine

Historical reconstruction showing the moat below the walls of Paris (left), the Bastille and the Porte Saint-Antoine (right) in 1420 We all know about the storming of the Bastille on 14th July, 1789, resulting in the continued annual celebration of the occasion throughout France. But the Bastille was a medieval fortress, and we, the English,…
The Tantalising Childhood of Richard, Duke of York

Apr 19, 2016

genealogy

Anne Mortimer, Azincourt, books, Charles d’Orleans, Charles V, Matt Lewis, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Southampton plot

In 1416, Richard, Duke of York was just four and a half years old when, in March, he was placed into the care of Robert Waterton. Richard’s mother, Anne Mortimer, had died shortly after he was born and his father, Richard of Conisburgh, had been executed a year earlier for his part in the Southampton…
Doubts about Edward IV’s marriage – in the age of Henry VIII!

Jul 23, 2014

law

Charles V, Fields, Henry VIII, pre-contract, Titulus Regius, Weir

While browsing Royal Blood by Bertram Fields I noticed the following remarkable passage, (pages 116-117): “…during the reign of Henry VIII, Charles V’s ambassador to England reported that people ‘say’ that Charles had a better claim to the English throne than did Henry VIII, since Henry could only claim through his mother and she ‘was…

Charles V

Eleanor: A reminder of the evidence

Henry VI’s Bed-Chamber Tutor?

When the English ruled the Bastille….!

The Tantalising Childhood of Richard, Duke of York

Doubts about Edward IV’s marriage – in the age of Henry VIII!