Blanche was born on 6 July 1387 as the second eldest daughter of Charles III of Navarre and Eleanor of Castile. She was one of eight siblings, and Blanche became the heiress of Navarre upon the death of her eldest sister, Joan, who had been married to John I, Count of Foix. She married for [read more]
The marriage between England’s first Queen regnant and a foreign prince was a delicate matter. The situation simply had not happened before. In April of 1554, The Act for the Marriage of Queen Mary to Philip of Spain was passed by parliament. It became more or less a business contract, stipulating what Spain could expect [read more]
The Binnenhof (or Inner Court) in The Hague was once the residence for the Counts of Holland and was also used for the Princes of Oranges. It is now home to both houses of the States General of the Netherlands, as well as the Ministry of General Affairs and the office of the Prime Minister of [read more]
A power-hungry and charming courtier. An impressionable and trusting princess. The Tudor court in the wake of Henry VIII’s death had never been more perilous for the young Elizabeth, where rumors had the power to determine her fate England, late 1547. King Henry VIII Is dead. His fourteen-year-old daughter Elizabeth is living with the king’s [read more]
The situation surrounding Petronilla’s birth is a strange one. Her father Ramiro was the brother of Alfonso I of Aragon, and he was the bishop of Barbastro-Roda. However, Alfonso died childless in 1134, and he left the crown to the three religious, military orders. However, his wish was not respected, and the aristocracy of Navarre [read more]
As you may have seen, we hosted a day of the blog tour for ‘On the Trail of the Yorks’, by Kristie Dean and now it’s time for the review! This book follows in the footsteps of several important people of the York family, like Richard, Duke of York, his wife Cecily Neville, Richard III, [read more]
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