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Francis Duke of Brittany

Prayer Book with a Secret

Jul 26, 2021

anniversaries, art, religion, Science

France, Francis Duke of Brittany, Isabel Stewart, James I, Joan “Beaufort”, lost images, prayer book, Scotland, Yolande of Anjou, Yolande of Aragon

The beautifully illustrated prayer book once belonging to Yolande of Anjou, wife of Francis I of Brittany, had been commissioned by her mother as a gift at the occasion of her marriage to Francis. Unfortunately, 9 years into the marriage, having produced two daughters, Yolande died. Francis soon married again, taking to wife Isabel or…
Busting yet another Cairo myth

Oct 30, 2019

anniversaries, battles, law, religion, sources

bigamy, Bishops of Bath and Wells, Brittany, denialists, Earl of Desmond, Edward Hall, Edward IV, executions, Foedera, Francis Duke of Brittany, George Duke of Clarence, health, Henry VII, Hicks, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lord Chancellor, Lord Privy Seal, Marie Barnfield, Oliver King, Polydore Vergil, PreContract, Ralph Butler Baron Sudeley, Richard III, Robert Stillington, William Catesby

Bishop Robert Stillington was imprisoned soon after Bosworth and died in captivity in 1491, definitely by 15 May. It is generally thought that this was a punishment for providing the copious evidence that convinced the Three Estates, in June 1483, of Edward IV’s bigamy. This rendered Elizabeth of York and all her siblings legally illegitimate,…