Isabella of Gloucester was born circa 1160 as the third and youngest daughter William, Earl of Gloucester and his wife, Hawise. Her father was a first cousin of King Henry II as the son of Robert of Gloucester, the Empress Mathilda’s illegitimate half-brother. Unfortunately, despite her famous relations, nothing is recorded of her childhood. In [read more]
Eleanor Cobham was not born royal. Yet she rose to the highest ranks in society, only to suffer a great downfall. Eleanor Cobham was born around 1400, probably in Kent, England, as the daughter of Reginald Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham, and his wife, Eleanor Culpeper. She came from a noble family, but the likelihood of [read more]
Much has been written of Matilda’s parents, Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Her four surviving brothers, Henry, Richard, Geoffrey, and John, are also rather famous- Richard and John were Kings of England, and Henry was a “junior king” of England. The three older brothers, along with their mother, famously led a rebellion against their [read more]
This article was written by Holly Sennett. The Baby of the Family Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom was born on the 14th of April 1857 at Buckingham Palace. Beatrice was the fifth daughter and ninth and last child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. During the birth of her last child, Queen Victoria used [read more]
Queen Now that she was Queen, she needed to perform a Queen’s most important task. She needed to provide him with a male heir. She was already pregnant, and so the future looked promising. On Whit Sunday, 1 June 1533, Anne Boleyn received a magnificent coronation while she was around six months pregnant. They probably [read more]
Youth Anne Boleyn was most likely born in Blickling in either 1501 or 1507. Eric Ives believes that the earlier date is correct.Her father Thomas was the son of Sir William Boleyn of Blickling and her mother Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, later Duke of Norfolk. In 1503, Thomas escorted [read more]
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