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Three misrepresented medieval monarchs….?
1st Earl of March, Bishop John Morton, Catherine of Valois, Edward III, Elizabeth I, Helen Carr, Henry VII, House of Beaufort, Hugh Despenser the Elder, Hugh Despenser the Youn ger, Isabella of France – queen of Edward II, king arthur, Piers Gaveston, Richard II, Richard III, Roger Mortimer, Shakespeare, sir thomas moreLeft: Edward II https://tinyurl.com/mpfzhae6 Centre: Richard II https://tinyurl.com/5fr6ekx7 Right: Richard III https://tinyurl.com/5hbyhexv There are three medieval kings who consistently get bad press. Now, I’m omitting John, because so far he seems to have deserved his lousy reputation. The three I’m referring to are, in chronological order, Edward II, Richard II and Richard III. Edward, of…
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An interesting new creation of Richard III and his nephews….
“Princes”, Battle of Wakefield 1460, Blaybourne – archer, burial George of Clarence Tewkesbury Abbey, Cecily Duchess of York, Coldridge church window, Coldridge parish church, Edmund, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville, George of Clarence, Henry VII, Henry VIII, House of Beaufort, House of York, John Ashdown-Hill, John Evas – Evans, Margaret Beaufort, Richard 3rd Duke of York, Richard III, Shrewsbury Book 1445, Urn Westminster AbbeyI recently came upon this link to a new video— https://youtu.be/CBXaZkCnP44—of Richard III and his nephews. The likenesses were based on the earliest known portrait of Richard (see left above, made 30-40 years after his death), and in the case of the boys, likenesses of their parents. The still images are manipulated to make them…
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More about Elizabeth Woodville dying of the plague….
“Missing Princes Project”, “Princes”, Andrea Badoer Venetian Ambassador to London, Battle of Bosworth, Bermondsey Abbey, Blanche Duchess of Lancaster, Catherine of Valois, Dr Euan Roger, Edmund Beaufort 2nd Duke of Somerset, Edward IV, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Woodville, Henry IV, Henry VII, Henry VIII, House of Beaufort, John of Gaunt, Katherine de Roët, Katherine of Valois, Katherine Swynford, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Margaret Beaufort, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, plague, Richard III, Titulus Regius, Titulus Regius 1486I have written before about Elizabeth Woodville having possibly died of one plague or another, see https://murreyandblue.org/2019/09/26/did-elizabeth-wydville-die-of-the-plague/. I came upon the theory back in September 2019, and the article that prompted my post was by Lydia Starbuck of Royal Central (https://royalcentral.co.uk/author/lstarbuck/). A curious letter of 1511 (from Andrea Badoer, the Venetian ambassador to London,…
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