Maximilian of Austria
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Tales of a Ricardian Traveler – Gruyères Castle
Battle of Nancy, Burgundy, Charles the Bold, Count of Gruyere, Edward IV, France, French Wars of Religion, Germany, Gruyeres Castle, Habsburgs, Holy Roman Empire, Lorraine, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, Mary of Burgundy, Maximilian of Austria, Nancy, Philip the Good, Richard of Warwick, Swiss Confederation, Thirty Years’ War, ValoisOriginally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: Lady on Horseback, mid-15th c., British Museum It is tempting to think that the British Isles contain all the sites associated with Richard III’s life. Of course, that’s not true. Richard lived abroad twice, first in 1461 and again in 1470-1. On both occasions, he had fled England in order…
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The Survival of the Princes in the Tower has finally been released. There was a delay in some copies reaching readers in September, so by way of apology I blogged a little extract which can be found below. I also wrote a piece for On the Tudor Trail which was quite well received and can…
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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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Perkin Warbeck: A Story of Deception – The Fascinating Enigma as presented in Ann Wroe’s biography
“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 ShrewsburyOriginally 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…
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From time to time I have alluded rather obliquely to the fact that I see strong similarities between late 15th century English politics and early 21st century American politics and that is among the reasons I think that Richard III’s story needs to be told, and told NOW especially. I had been sitting on those…
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According to Perkin by Anne Wroe (page 140) Henry VII’s envoy, Somerset Herald, when visiting Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy and her son-in-law, Maximilian of Austria in 1495, offered to show them the chapel where Richard, Duke of York was buried. I am surprised that this particular piece of evidence has not been shouted to the…
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