John of Gloucester
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Was Henry VIII the sole guilty party in his marriage to Katherine of Aragon….?
“The King’s Great Matter”, 17th Earl of Warwick, Anne Boleyn, Bessie Bount, Catholic Monarchs, Catholicism, Church of Englad, Edward IV, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Woodville, Extreme religious devotions, Ferdinand and Isabella, Henry Fitzroy, Henry VII, Henry VIII, infertility, Jane Seymour, John of Gloucester, Katherine of Aragon, Lord Privy Seal, Ludlow, Mary Boleyn, Perkin Warbeck, Philip II of Spain, Pope Clement VII, Pope Julius II, Post-partum infections, Prince Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, Prohibited degree, Protestantism, Richard Fox Bishop of Winchester, Spanish Armada, Spanish Inquisition, Ten Commandments, The ReformationJust look at the above portrait of Katherine/Catherine/Catalina of Aragon (https://tinyurl.com/3auwsmsf). This is her in 1502-1509, between losing her first husband, Prince Arthur (Tudor), (https://tinyurl.com/53n9mbd6) and marrying his younger brother, who had by then been King Henry VIII for about a month, (https://www.royal.uk/henry-viii). She and Prince Arthur had wed in November 1501, when he was…
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First John of Gloucester, now….could Edward of Westminster (Lancaster) have been a father too….?
Anne Neville, Battle of Bosworth, battle of tewkesbury, dispensation, DNA, Edmund Beaufort 2nd Duke of Somerset, Edward 17th Earl of Warwick, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Westminster, George of Clarence, Henry VI, Henry VII, Isabel Neville Duchess of Clarence, John of Gloucester, John of Pontefract, Katherine Countess of Pembroke, Margaret of Anjou, morning sickness, Perkin Warbeck, Richard III, Richard Neville 16th Earl of Warwick, stretch marks, Wars of the RosesIn mid-November I posted about whether or not Richard III’s illegitimate son, known as John of Gloucester or John of Pontefract, could possibly have had children. See here https://murreyandblue.org/2024/11/12/could-john-of-gloucester-have-had-children/. Richard III had an illegitimate daughter, Katherine, who became Countess of Pembroke but she died childless, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herbert,_2nd_Earl_of_Pembroke). There are no other confirmed offspring of Richard III,…
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SIR ROBERT BRACKENBURY – ‘gentle Brakenbery….*
“Princes”, “The History of King Richard III”, Battle of Bosworth, Buckingham rebellion, Calais, Constable of the Tower, Durham, Essex, Graham Turner, ightham mote, John Greene, John of Gloucester, Kent, Philippa Langley, Polydore Vergil, Ricardian Bulletin, richard haute, royal hunting estates, selaby, Sir Robert Brackenbury, Stony Stratford, Thomas More, tunbridge castle, W.E. Hampton, Walter HungerfordMy latest sparkypus.com post… The last charge of King Richard III. It is possible that it was during this charge that Sir Robert Brackenbury fell, alongside his king. Painting by artist Graham Turner **********SIR THOMAS MORE , A MAN FOR ALL REASONS: SAINT OR SINNER? ‘Of all Richard III’s Northern Lieutenants few were…
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This article https://www.grunge.com/1455462/british-royals-rumored-illegitimate-children/?fbclid=IwAR3N6qRzYIpNBQa94jxqs1b9HGzNf_4G7mv-sK0xv3NxwBTywFmsG6v_6zU deals with the illegitimate offspring of various British royals, including, of course, Richard III. I was rather taken aback to read: “….Like many medieval rulers, Richard III had multiple illegitimate children….” Good grief, thought I. How many new ones have they found? But no, it’s only the usual three. Whether three counts…
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“….[A] proclamation to tackle unrest, 1487… stated that any person found to be spreading rumours was to be put into the pillory….” (from this site ) Oh dear, Henry VII didn’t like doses of his own medicine! I speak of rumours and lies. What’s the word….? Um, calumny. That’s it. You know, the rumours…
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Richard III’s many daughters….
Anne Boleyn, Anne Neville, Anne Norris, Bosworth, Captain of Calais, Cardiff Castle, disinformation, Edward IV, Elizabeth of York, executions, fake news, Francis Viscount Lovell, Frideswide Lovell, Henry Norris, Henry VII, Henry VIII, illegitimate children, Joanna, John of Gloucester, Katherine Countess of Pembroke, Manuel Duke of Beja, missing feet, Portuguese marriage plans, Richard III, scoliosisFake news. Ah yes. We regard this as a modern curse, but, of course, it goes back through the centuries. Probably ever since the humans in one cave fell out with the humans in another. Lies…erm, fake news…soon circulated. And if there was one King of England about whom there is fake news in…
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Calais was at one time English territory, and Richard III made his son John of Gloucester the Captain of Calais. John was as ill-fated as his father. Further back, Warwick (the “Kingmaker”) was another Captain, and in 1469 his elder daughter Isabel was married there to Richard’s older brother George, Duke of Clarence. The…
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The history of Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset….
“Beauforts”, “Princes”, “Tudors”, attainder, bastardy, Battle of Bosworth, Bessie Blount, Blaybourne, Cecily Duchess of York, courage, crown, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Edward of Warwick, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth of Suffolk, executions, George Duke of Clarence, Henry Fitzroy, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Howard tombs, John Earl of Lincoln, John of Gloucester, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lady Mary Howard, Margaret of Salisbury, Mary I, mtDNA evidence, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Rouen, Sir Richard Grey, St. Michael’s Church Framlingham, William TailboysThis interesting, very readable article is about Henry VIII’s illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset. It’s interesting and very readable, and definitely not anti-Richard III, mostly the opposite in fact. But it doesn’t spare Henrys VII and VIII. I enjoyed reading it in spite of a few bloopers that are nevertheless not…
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Katherine Plantagenet, her burial in St James Garlickhithe.
Christian Steer, churches, commission of array, Elizabeth of York, George Lord Strange, Great Fire of London, Henry VII, illegitimate children, John of Gloucester, John Stow, Katherine Plantagenet, Mary Wydeville, Maud Herbert, Raglan Castle, Ricardian, Richard III, Richard Rothing, royal marriages, St. James Garlickhythe, sweating sickness, Thomas Benolt, Tintern Abbey, WE Hampton, widowers, William Herbert Earl of HuntingdonReblogged from here The Great Fire of London. The devastating conflagration that consumed so much of medieval London including St James Garlickhythe. Artist Lieve Verschuier This post will of necessity prove to be short there being a dearth of information on both Katherine and the pre-Fire St James Garlickhythe Church where she was buried. The church…
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