siege of Tournoi

What on earth did the archbishop say to Edward III about Queen Philippa….?

Jun 5, 2024

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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 Abbey

We 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…
ANNE ST LEGER, BARONESS de ROS – NIECE TO EDWARD IV AND RICHARD III

Nov 13, 2023

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Anne Holland, Anne of York, Anne St. Leger, annulment, canon law, Chapel of St. George, drowning, dysentery, Edward Hall, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, George Manners baron de Ros, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, John Ashdown-Hill, Joy Ibsen, Leicester Greyfriars, mtDNA line, Ralph Neville 3rd Earl of Westmorland, Richard III, Rutland Chapel, Shoreditch, siege of Tournoi, Sir Richard Grey, Sir Thomas St. Leger, Stanleys, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com Tomb of Anne St Leger and George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros of Helmsley. Note the brass plaque in the background dedicated to her parents, Anne of York and Sir Thomas St Leger. Photo with thanks to humphreysfamilytree.com ‘Here lyethe buryede George Maners knyght lord roos who decesede/ the xxiii…

siege of Tournoi

What on earth did the archbishop say to Edward III about Queen Philippa….?

ANNE ST LEGER, BARONESS de ROS – NIECE TO EDWARD IV AND RICHARD III