Earlier portraits of the Plantagenet kings, and even the early portraits of Henry VII are very different to that of his son and grandchildren. But it was Henry VII, the first ‘Tudor’ king who began to develop the ‘Tudor’ brand. The Tudors were the new kids on the block; nobody cou...
How many children did Catherine of Aragon have? How many grandchildren does Queen Elizabeth II have? How many electors were there in the Holy Roman Empire? How many Huguenots were killed in France? How many countries did the Ottoman Empire rule? King Henry VIII had how many wives? How many...
She paid attention to the development and well being of her grandchildren and she had the fortune to survive to see Henry VIII crowned. She must also have believed he too would bring in a golden era. Henry had the best of luck at Boswoth, with also a great commander in Oxford ...
Prince of Asturias, known as Don Carlos, eldest son and heir of King Philip II of Spain, and Queen Elizabeth I’s candidateRobert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Mary became infatuated with her first cousin Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. Both Mary and Darnley were grandchildren of Margaret Tudo...
and cut off the noses of Eustace and Juliane’s two daughters, King Henry I’s own grandchildren. Juliane and Eustace were outraged. Eustace fortified his castles in the Duchy of Normandy at Lire, Gls, Pont-Saint-Pierre, and Pacy-sur-Eure. Juliane went to the Château d’Ivry-la...
The entire Beaufort family will find their stories told in this book, from the first and oldest, John Beaufort, through his brothers, nephews and nieces, sons and grandchildren. The story ofJoan Beaufortqueen of Scotland, is told with sympathy and compassion, as is the original love story of...
“Weaver, corrupter of the present age, Who first taught silent sins upon the stage.” That the Covent Garden manager, John Rich, [4] could engage four French dancers, and a German with two dogs, taught to dance the _Louvre_ and the _Minuet_, at ten pounds a night, and clear there...
and George Ball of Alberta, Saskatchewan. There are also several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Rev. S.T. Lippincott of the Centenary Methodist church will be in charge of the funeral service to be held on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be at North Purchase cemetery. ...
The major problem looming over England by the time of Henry’s accession to the throne was, by far, the conflict with France. In 1360, Henry’s great-grandfather, Edward III, who was in possession of the French king, John II, at the time, forced the French to agree to the Treaty of...
Trudy Stanton Haight of Russell, PA., two sons, Bradley and wife Annette, of Russell, PA., and Dean and wife, Marie of Warren, PA., 5 Grandchildren, 11 Great Grandchildren, several step grandchildren, step great-grandchildren, and step great-great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews al...