John of Gaunt
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The Up and Down Career of Elizabeth Arundel.
Archbishop Scrope, Battle of Shrewsbury, Calais, Duchess of Norfolk, Earls Marshal, Earls of Arundel, Earls of Pembroke, Earls of Salisbury, elizabeth arundel, executions, Henry IV, Hoveringham, joanna lady abergavenny, John of Gaunt, Lords Appellant, rebellions, Richard Earl of Arundel, Richard II, Robert Goushill, sir gerard usflete, Sir John Grey, Sir Robert Wingfield, Thomas Mowbray Earl of Nottingham, Thomas of woodstock, Thomas Stanley, widowsElizabeth Arundel (or FitzAlan as we now say, though her father didn’t) was the daughter of Richard, Earl of Arundel (executed 1397) and Elizabeth de Bohun. She was born about 1371 and was the sister of (among others) the formidable Joanna, Lady of Abergavenny, subject of an earlier post. Elizabeth’s first husband was William Montagu,…
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What on earth did the archbishop say to Edward III about Queen Philippa….?
Antwerp, Archbishop of Canterbury, Battle of Sluys, Blanche of the Tower, burghers of Calais, Edmund of Langley, Edward III, Edward the Black Prince, Ghent, House of Lancaster, Ian Mortimer, john de stratford, John of Gaunt, Kathryn Warner, Lionel of Antwerp, Phillippa of Hainault, possible infidelity, siege of Tournoi, Tournai, treaty of esplechin, Westminster AbbeyWe have all probably heard the story of John of Gaunt being an illegitimate commoner because he was swapped at birth for a royal baby girl who died when the queen “overlay” her in bed. Only a boy from the town of Ghent could be found as a replacement. So there was no royal blood…
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Carson on the Beaufort Legitimation
“Lancastrian”, 1397 charter, adultery, bigamy, bishop edmund stafford, Blanche of Lancaster, Boniface IX, Calendar of Papal Register, canon law, civil law, dispensations, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, excepta dignitate regali, Henry Cardinal Beaufort, Henry IV, Henry VII, illegitimacy, Joan “Beaufort”, John Earl of Somerset, John of Gaunt, Katherine de Roët, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lancastrians, laws of inheritance, legitimisation, letters patent, Parliamentary Roll, Richard II, Thomas Duke of ExeterHere is Annette Carson‘s investigation into the legal background behind the legitimation of the four Beauforts, a case with obvious implications for 1483 and the succession but some differences as well. Indeed, to what extent did Henry IV, with four healthy sons and two fit daughters want his half-siblings to be among his heirs?
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Conisbrough Castle and the House of York.
Anne Mortimer, Beaufort family., Civil War, collieries, Conisbrough Castle, de Warenne, Doncaster, Earls of Surrey, Edmund of Langley, Edward of Norwich, epworth, executions, Fotheringhay, Henry V, John of Gaunt, Lewes Priory, male primogeniture, Maud Clifford, Norman castles, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard II, Royal deer forests, Sandal Castle, Sheffield, Southampton plot, YorkshireConisbrough Castle originates in the Norman period, but the existing structure is largely the work of the Warrenne family, with the keep, by far the most important of the surviving buildings, dating from the 12th Century. When the Warenne family died out in the 14th Century, their lands escheated to the crown and a large…
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The de Courcy Matter Part I: According to English records….
Anne of Bohemia, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Thomas Arundel, banishment, boulogne, Calais, Catherine de Valois, Charles d’Orleans, Charles VI, churches, dolls, France, gold harts, governesses, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VII, Hundred Years War, Ireland, Isabelle de Valois, jewel theft, John of Gaunt, Ladies of the Garter, Lancastrians, livery badges, marguerite lady de coucy, Owain Tudor, Richard II, Rockingham, St. George’s Day, Terry Jones, usurpation, Who murdered chaucerMarguerite, Lady de Courcy, was the French governess of Richard II’s second wife, the child-bride Isabelle of Valois. This article, Part I, tells the generally known English version of what led to Marguerite’s return to France. I will begin with Richard’s obligation to remarry after the death of Anne of Bohemia, with whom he had…
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“Time-honour’d Lancaster” was given to pressing on at the expense of his men….
1475 invasion of France, Anthony Goodman, Anthony Steel, arnold, bayonne, Bordeaux, Calais, Castile, chevauchee, Constanza of Castile, david nicolle, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Edward the Black Prince, Elizabeth of Lancaster, France, Froissart, Gascony, Helen Carr, Henry IV, Hundred Years War, John of Gaunt, Jonathan Sumption, Navarre, Pedro I, Portugal, Scotland, Sir John Holland, Spain, tournaments, troyes, unofficial executions, usurpation, villalpandoIn late April 1388, John of Gaunt‘s son-in-law Sir John Holand returned to England from the Spanish peninsula, where he had been constable of Gaunt’s army. Gaunt had invaded the peninsula in pursuit of the Crown of Castile, to which he had a claim through his marriage to the Infanta Constanza. I am now going…
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I have recently come across the argument (again) that Edward III‘s purported enfeoffment made Gaunt and his son the rightful heirs of Edward III.
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Pedro I of Castile – an important ancestor of the House of York.
Alphonso XI, anti-Semitism, appearance, Battle of Nejara, Black Prince, Blanche of Bourbon, Constance of Castile, Cortes, Edmund of Langley, Edward III, Edward IV, Eleanor de Guzman, Enrique of Trastamara, executed women, incest, Isabel of Castile, John II, John of Gaunt, Maria de Padilla, Maria of Portugal, Mortimers, Nevilles, Pedro I, secret marriageKing Pedro I of Castile and Leon, known to some as ‘Pedro the Cruel’ and to others as ‘Pedro the Just’ was born in Burgos on 30 August 1334. His parents were Alphonso XI, King of Castile and Leon and Maria of Portugal, Alphonso’s queen and double cousin. Alphonso also had a mistress, Eleanor de…
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Edmund of Langley‘s expedition to Portugal is usually presented as a complete debacle, with Edmund’s ineptitude a major issue. This article by Douglas Biggs demonstrates that this is a complete falsehood. The political situation in Portugal was complex, and from the very start, there was disagreement in the Portuguese camp as to the policy to…
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