Anne of Bohemia (1366–1394), Richard II of England's first queen, is routinely depicted as a paragon of Victorian female virtues—an apolitical and devoted wife who sought to ensure peace. This chapter explores how Anne of Bohemia made use of the traditional duties of queenship (intercession...
Elizabeth Stuart, British princess who was titular queen of Bohemia. The daughter of James VI of Scotland (later James I of Great Britain) and Anne of Denmark, she married Frederick V, the Elector Palatine, in 1613. Frederick was crowned king of Bohemia
Define queen consort. queen consort synonyms, queen consort pronunciation, queen consort translation, English dictionary definition of queen consort. n. pl. queens consort The wife of a reigning king. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Langu
a woman, or something thought of as a woman, considered pre-eminent in some way:a beauty queen; Athens, the queen of the Aegean. Slang Terms(usually disparaging and offensive). a flamboyantly feminine male homosexual. a playing card bearing a picture of a queen. ...
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Anne of Bohemia and the Making of Chaucer Andrew Taylor University o f Saskatchewan In 1382 the young Anne ofBohem;a a,c;ved ;n England to marry King Richard II as part ofan alliance designed to promote his imperial ambitions. 1 Poor-she... A Taylor - 《Studies in the Age of Chaucer...
MARY QUEEN, also known as the “Poppaw Queen” or “Queen Mary” was born—a free woman of color—between 1680 and 1690 near the Popayán Province, in South America. During the time of “Queen Anne’s War,” she embarked a two–year voyage to England after the British privateer Captain...
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but nothing ever came of this proposed marriage. Soon after the death of his first wifeAnne of Bohemiain 1394, the childless King Richard II of England began a search for a new wife. He turned to France seeking an alliance, and after negotiations, a marriage was arranged between Isabella ...
From her ancestor Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness she was a descendant of Princess Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia; daughter of King James I of England and wife Anne of Denmark [and thus a descendant of Henry VII by his eldest daughter Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots]. ...