Joanna
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I know I have (more than once!) written of a strange string of coincidences connecting Richards II and III and their queens, both named Anne. Now I have come upon another question that puzzles me. It is well known that Richard II loved his Anne deeply, and was distraught when she died suddenly in the summer…
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You would have had to have been locked a dark dungeon in the Tower not to have noticed that there is a new TV series out based on a Philippa Gregory bestseller. THE WHITE PRINCESS has hit the screens in the US (no dates for the UK this time; the BBC bailed after The White…
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To the delight of travelers across the globe, tired of lugging all those hard-copy books on planes, trains and automobiles, Annette Carson’s Richard III The Maligned King has just been released in ebook form and can now be purchased on Amazon.com. Along with John Ashdown-Hill, Carson is part of a new generation of historians who…
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The Priory of the Knights Hospitaller of St John at Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell, Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth of York, Great Fire of London, Henry VIII, Joanna, John Stow, Knights Hospitaller, Manuel, Mary I, Peasants’ Revolt, Portuguese marriage plans, Priories, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Rhoda Edwards, Richard III, Sir Thomas Tresham, Somerset HouseUpdated post at sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/06/25/the-priory-of-the-knights-hospitaller-of-st-john-at-clerkenwell-and-a-visit-by-richard-iii/ The Great South Gate, now known as St John’s Gate, from an engraving by Wenceslaus Holler 1661 Shortly after the death of his wife, Anne Neville on the 16th March 1485 Richard rode to the Priory of the Knights Hospitaller of St John at Clerkenwell. . On the…
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Princess Joanna and her three Kings
Afonso V, Alvaro Lopes de Chaves, Anne Neville, Annette Carson, Antonio Marques, Aveiro, Battle of Bosworth, Charles d’Anjou, Charles the Bold, dream, Duke Francis II, Elizabeth of York, Henry VII, Joanna, Joao II, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Manuel, Maximilian of Austria, Portugal, Richard III, Sir George Buck, The Maligned Kinghttp://www.annettecarson.co.uk/357052362
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Not to be missed …
Anne Neville, Anthony Woodville, Blackfriars, Bosworth, Dissolution, Edward of Lancaster, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, George Duke of Clarence, Greyfriars, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, horses, Joanna, John Ashdown-Hill, John Morton, John Speed, Leicester, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Sutton Cheney, Tewkesbury, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Thomas Lord Stanley, Vaughan, White Boar InnJohn Ashdown-Hill’s piece in “History Extra”, defusing a few persistent myths: http://www.historyextra.com/article/richard-iii/6-myths-about-richard-iii?utm_source=Twitter+referral&utm_medium=t.co&utm_campaign=Bitly
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I am nearly finished writing my first novel (about Richard of course!) and there is a section where the question “What if Richard III had won the battle of Bosworth?” is asked. We know that he nearly reached Henry ‘Tudor’ and so it isn’t too farfetched to imagine the result if he had killed Henry.…
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8) Richard III was negotiating to marry the King of Portugal’s sister when he died. Henry VII may also have tried to do so. Charles II did marry the King of Portugal’s sister. 9) Edward IV was paid a secret annuity by Louis XI after 1475. Charles II was paid a secret annuity by Louis…