William Duke of Gloucester
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Monarchs whose children died first….
“Tudors”, Albert Victor Duke of Clarence, Anne, Anne Boleyn, Anne Neville, Arthur “Tudor”, Battle of Bosworth, Catherine Howard, Catherine of Aragon, Edward of Middleham, Edward VII, Ferdinand and Isabella, Frederick Prince of Wales, George II, George III, George IV, Henry I, Henry II, Henry the Young King, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, Princess Charlotte, Richard III, Richard of Normandy, Victoria, William Adelin, William Duke of Gloucester, William IWell, here’s British Kings And Queens Who Outlived Their Children (grunge.com), a list of English/ British monarchs who outlived their children. Richard’s there, of course, and reasonably well treated. His is a particularly sad story, losing his only legitimate son, then his wife, then his own life at the hands of traitors when defending…
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The real life of the last Stuart
Act of Settlement, Acts of Union, Anne, Anne Hyde, Battle of Sedgemoor, BBC2, Catherine of Braganza, Channel Four, Charles II, Charlotte of Wales, childbirth, Clare Jackson, Emma Stone, George I, George of Denmark, Glorious Revolution, Hanoverians, historical drama, illegitimacy, James “VIII/III”, James VII/II, Jeremiah Clarke, Mary II, Mary of Modena, Monmouth Rebellion, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Restoration, Royal Deaths and Diseases, Sophie Electress of Hanover, Stuarts, The Favourite, Trumpet Voluntary, William Duke of Gloucester, William IIITelevision history is rarely focused upon Anne (left), except as the final act of the Stuart drama like this or her unfortunate reproductive history in this series. Discussion is, therefore, reduced to the cliches of her fragile family, her weight and her fondness for brandy. She is also omitted from most dramatisations of the time, such…
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