royal marriages
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An interview with Philippa Langley – Part Two
car parks, Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth, Charles II, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Earl Spencer, Edward VI, Henry I, Hidden Abbey Project, Historic UK, K for king, Looking for Richard Project, looting, nursery schools, Philippa Langley, Reading Abbey, Reading Borough Council, Reading Gaol, royal marriages, St. James’ Reading, tomb desecration, Westminster AbbeyWe understand that there are developments with Henry I on the site of Reading Abbey. What can you tell us? As its name suggests, the Hidden Abbey Project is a research initiative to uncover the hidden story of Reading Abbey. The project began with a Ground Penetrating Radar survey of the Abbey Church site (completed…
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Now, if you read this claptrap you’ll learn that saintly Henry VII, on his brilliant ownio, decided that ” . . . rather than adopting the costly and aggressive strategy of invasion and war favoured by some of his predecessors . . . used dynastic royal marriages to make alliances in Europe . . .…
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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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Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York
“Perkin”, Anne Mowbray, Battle of Bosworth, bigamy, Dukes of Norfolk, Dukes of York, Earl of Nottingham, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, Garden Tower, illegitimacy, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, Ludlow Castle, Mowbray estates, Polydore Vergil, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Stillington, royal marriages, Shrewsbury, Thomas Cardinal Bourchier, Thomas More, Three Estates, William Lord BerkeleyRichard Shrewsbury Duke of York was the second son of King Edward IV. We don’t know a lot about him because he was not the heir to the throne but notwithstanding this, he is one of the most investigated historical characters being him one of the well known “Princes” in the Tower. We have not…
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On April 9 of 1445, a determined fifteen-year-old French girl arrived at Southampton. She had been ill before her departure and seasickness from the crossing added to her discomfort. Nonetheless, she ploughed on further inland with her entourage toward the house of the Premonstratensians at Titchfield in Hampshire. Whether she looked forward to the journey…
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“….Edward III’s great-great-grandsons then fought in the 15th century War of the Roses which put infamous King Richard III on the throne…. “….Henry VII eventually took over from him, backed by his marriage to Mary of York, and produced Henry VIII, who created Protestantism via the 16th-century reformation….” The above is an extract from this…
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A further secret marriage …
Andre Previn, Beatrice, denialists, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Duke of Cambridge, Duke of Sussex, Ed Sheeran, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Eugenie of York, Jack Brooksbank, John Ashdown-Hill, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Louis XIV, Royal Marriage Secrets, royal marriages, secret marriage… has been contracted between Princess Beatrice of York and property developer Count Edoardo Mapozzi. Unlike the cases of her sister and cousins the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex, we cannot easily trace a common ancestor for the couple. Of course, despite those who still claim that Edward IV’s 1461 secret marriage didn’t happen, Louis…
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Before I start, I must apologise for the decidedly uncontemporary illustrations. They are an indulgence, I fear. The one above, of the Prince of Wales (known to posterity as the Black Prince) in armour at an army camp, his hands clasped behind his back, seems to me to probably capture him exactly as he was…all…
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It is a fact that there have only ever been two English queens of France. We’ve had a few French queens, of course. The two we sent over there, Eadgifu, daughter of Edward the Elder, and Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII, were both offspring of men who seized the throne:- ” . .…
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