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Isabella of Valois – The child bride of King Richard II

October 19, 2022 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

Isabella of Valois was born on 9 November 1389 in Paris. Her parents were the King and Queen of France, Charles VI and his wife Isabeau of Bavaria. Isabella was the third child to be born to her parents, though her elder siblings both died as infants. A further nine children were born to the [read more]

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Judith of Flanders – Countess and Duchess

March 15, 2021 Moniek Bloks 0

This article was written by Carol. Judith of Flanders was the daughter of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders and his second wife, a daughter of the Duke of Normandy. Baldwin was thirty years older than his wife.  Judith was born around 1031. Judith’s father died just a few years later in 1035, and she was [read more]

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Anne Queen of Great Britain

Queen Mary II – A royal daughter (Part one)

November 16, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

On 30 April 1662 at one in the morning, the Duchess of York gave birth to a daughter, the future Queen Mary II. Samuel Pepys noted the birth of a royal daughter “at which I find nobody pleased.” Mary’s elder brother Charles had died the year before at the age of seven months. At the [read more]

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Cecily of York

Cecily of York – A banished Princess (Part two)

October 6, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. A new contender now rose to the stage, and his name was Henry Tudor. It was decided that if he should invade and win, he would marry Cecily’s elder sister Elizabeth – uniting the houses of Lancaster and York. For Cecily, the loss of her status and knowing that her brothers [read more]

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Cecily of York

Cecily of York – Daughter of York (Part one)

October 5, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Cecily of York was born on 20 March 1469 as the third daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. As the third consecutive daughter born to a reigning King without sons, her birth was a disappointment and the King and his lords “rejoiced exceedingly, though they would have preferred a son.” The [read more]

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Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I – Queen against the odds (Part three)

September 21, 2020 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part two here. One of Elizabeth’s first acts was to appoint Sir William Cecil as her Principal Secretary of State, and they would form a unique partnership over the years. On 23 November 1558, Elizabeth rode into London and moved into the Tower on 28 November. She moved again a week later, to Somerset [read more]

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