Isabel of Castile

Squaring the Circle

Apr 16, 2017

genealogy

“Perkin”, Arthur “Tudor”, Arthur Plantagenet, books, Catherine of Aragon, David Baldwin, Dr. John Clement, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, Ferdinand of Aragon, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Isabel of Castile, Jack Leslau, James “VIII/III”, James VII/II, Lady Catherine Gordon, Margaret of Salisbury, Matthew Lewis, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Richard III, Richard of Eastwell, Richard of Shrewsbury, sanctuary, The Survival of the Princes in the Tower, Thomas More, Westminster Abbey

Writing The Survival of the Princes in the Tower was an enormously enjoyable project. The book, due out in Autumn 2017, considers the evidence that one, or both, of the sons of Edward IV survived well beyond 1483, when they are traditionally considered to have been murdered by their uncle Richard III. My problem with…
Was Richard of Conisburgh illegitimate?

Mar 19, 2017

genealogy, Science

Constance of York, DNA evidence, Earls of March, Edmund Duke of York, Edward of Norwich, executions, Henry V, Isabel of Castile, Lord Scrope of Bolton, Mortimers, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Sir Thomas Grey, Southampton plot, T.B. Pugh, Thomas Holland, Y-chromosome

Was Richard of Conisburgh Illegitimate?
TWO BRIDES FOR TWO BROTHERS

Jul 29, 2016

genealogy

Anne Neville, Constanza of Castile, denialists, Edmund of Langley, Eleanor of Provence, George Duke of Clarence, Henry III, Hicks, Howard Keel, incest, Isabel of Castile, Isobel Neville, John of Gaunt, Louis IX, Richard III, Richard of Cornwall, Sanchia of Provence

‘Did Richard III Marry His Sister?’ Lurid headlines blared off a rag on sale during Richard’s re-interment week in March 2015. A certain anti-Richard professor was, once again, insisting that because Isabel Neville was sister to Anne Neville and married to Richard’s brother George, that made Richard Isabel’s ‘brother’ and therefore his union…
Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Mr Warbeck

May 28, 2016

genealogy, humour

“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, Battle of Bosworth, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth Woodville, executions, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, Isabel of Castile, James IV, John Earl of Lincoln, Lady Catherine Gordon, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Sherlock Holmes, Sir William Stanley, Stoke Field, Thomas More

Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Sherlock and Watson are on a case. They have time travelled back to the C15th to try and uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of the ‘Princes in the Tower’ but the trail has gone cold with multiple possibilities and suspects, if they were indeed murdered at all. Sherlock…
Richard and “Incest”

Apr 28, 2016

law

Affinity, Anne Beauchamp, Anne Neville, canon law, Cecily Neville the Younger, Constanza of Castile, denialists, Edmund of Langley, George Duke of Clarence, Henry Duke of Warwick, Hicks, incest, Isabel of Castile, John of Gaunt, Marie Barnfield, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, sibling double marriages

In BBC History, Richard III Special Edition, Professor Hicks returns to his theory that Richard III’s marriage to Anne Neville was incestuous because of the prior marriage of his brother, George Clarence, to Isabel Neville. I have to confess to surprise that a historian of Professor Hicks’ fame and academic stature is still chasing this…
Richard’s great-grandfather (?) and the origin of the House of York

Mar 19, 2016

genealogy

Castile, Edmund of Langley, Edward III, Henry IV, Isabel of Castile, John of Gaunt, King’s Langley, Pedro I, Portugal, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard II, Watford

Yet again the rumour about whether or not Edmund of Langley was the father of Richard of Conisburgh. The following article tells a fascinatingly true story of love, betrayal, treachery, revenge and just about everything else of that nature. How anyone cannot be riveted by 14th-15th century England, I really do not know. http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/14337725.Nostalgia__The_legacy_of_Edmund/
Constanza of Castile

Feb 12, 2016

genealogy

Catherine of Aragon, Constanza of Castile, Edmund of Langley, fair hair, height, Isabel of Castile, Kathryn Warner, Lancastrians, Nevilles, Pedro I, Spain

In this excellent blog post Kathryn Warner refreshes our understanding of Constanza, Duchess of Lancaster, with her usual eye for false myth. However, one particularly interesting fact arising from the post (in that it relates to the House of York) is that Pedro I, King of Castile, (Constanza’s father) was six feet tall with light blond…
Of party food, comic films and the sinister reality behind them

Dec 27, 2015

humour, religion

BBC4, Bernard Cribbins, Carry On Columbus, Columbus, de heretico comburendo, Edward IV, Ferdinand of Aragon, Food, Isabel of Castile, jamon iberico, Jim Dale, June Whitfield, Leslie Phillips, Mordecai Mendoza, Portugal, Richard III, serrano ham, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Sir Edward Brampton, Spain, Spanish Inquisition, tapas

It doesn’t have to have been in Spain but I expect that most of you will have been to a party at which tapas was served. One of the main components of this is a type of ham known as jamon iberico or serrano. Have you wondered why this is the principal meat in tapas?…
Lost in Southampton: Richard of Conisbrough

Dec 8, 2015

buildings, genealogy

Alice, Anne Curry, Anne Mortimer, Anthony Woodville, Edmund Mortimer, Edmund of Langley, Edward IV, Edward of Norwich, executions, Henry IV, Henry Scrope Baron Masham, Henry V, Isabel of Castile, John Holland, Maud Clifford, Plantagenets, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard II, Richard III, Sir Thomas Grey, Southampton plot, St. Julien’s, T.B. Pugh, York

Richard of Conisbrough was Richard III’s grandfather on the paternal side. He is a shadowy figure, the last son of Edmund of Langley and his wife Isabella of Castile. Even his date of birth is uncertain, varying in different accounts by up to ten years. His father left him no inheritance, and there were rumours…
Perkin Warbeck: A Story of Deception – The Fascinating Enigma as presented in Ann Wroe’s biography

Oct 31, 2015

Book Reviews, genealogy

“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, Ann Wroe, Arthur “Tudor”, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Ferdinand of Aragon, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Isabel of Castile, James III, James IV, John Morton, Lady Catherine Gordon, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Maximilian of Austria, Richard of Shrewsbury

Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: I wanted to write a piece about the man who we know as Perkin Warbeck or Piers Osbeck or Richard Plantagenet or King Richard IV or whoever he may have been if he was none of these other men after reading Ann Wroe’s excellent biography on this most appealing…