#maud gaunt

[viimsical]

what if I. . .. maud. maud gaunt? what a silly name

maud<3

[startrekin-it]

Everyone who had ever met Ellwood and Gaunt, including Henry's sister

[perfettamentechic]

9 marzo … ricordiamo …

9 marzo … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2023: Chikage Ōgi, politica e attrice giapponese. Il suo cognome pseudonimo è anche scritto Ogi, Ōgi e Ohgi, lei stessa ha usato Oogi.  La sua prima apparizione cinematografica avvenne nel 1954 ed  è apparsa in molte fiction televisive e spettacoli di varietà. Ha anche ospitato un popolare spettacolo scandalistico Sanji no Anata dal 1971 al 1977. Entrò nel mondo della politica nel 1977. Nel 1958,…

[callieyanderechan]

THINGS FROM THE TBOSAS BOOK I WISH WAS IN THE MOVIE

PLURIBUS, THE WAY HE HELPED THE SNOW FAMILY AND LUCY GRAY.

REAPER CRAWLING TO BE IN HIS MORGUE BEFORE DYING.

MAUDE IVORY'S CLEMENTINE SONG, HER ASKING FOR THE SHOES FROM THE SONG.

HOW YOUNG MAUDE IVORY ACTUALLY WAS, SHE WAS SO SMALL SHE HAD TO STAND ON BOXES TO REACH THE MICS AND WAS CARRIED ON PEOPLES BACK TO GET TO THE LAKE.

LYSISTRATA AND JESSUP. HIM BLOCKING HER FROM THE BOMBS WITH HIS BODY, HER TALKING ABOUT HOW GOOD HE WAS AND NOT HIS RABIES AFTER HE DIED.

CLEMENSIA IN THE HOSPITAL AND AS A MENTOR, HER SCALES AND EYES, HER ANGER AT CORYO FOR NOT VISITING HER WHEN HE KNEW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO HER.

ARACHNE CRANE'S FUNERAL. BRANDY HANGING AND THE TRIBUTES BEING DRAGGED ACROSS THE STREET, CORYO SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

MA PLINTH, HER FEEDING CORYO, SENDING HIM HOME IN HER CAR WITH HER CHAUFFEUR, SENDING HIM AND SEJANUS BOXES OF TREATS WHEN THEY WHERE PEACEKEEPERS.

LUCY GRAY AND THE COVEYS HOUSE IN THE SEAM, THEIR GOAT AND MAKING BUTTER TO CHEER UP MAUDE IVORY.

TAM AMBER, HOW HE IS A FORGOTTEN CHILD, FOUND BY THE COVEY WHILE TRAVELING, TAKEN IN INSTEAD OF BEING LEFT TO DIE.

BARB AZURE AND HER GIRL DOWN THE ROAD.

THE COVEY SINGING AT COMMANDER HOFFS BIRTHDAY PARTY.

TESLEE AND CIRC, THEM TAKING THE DRONES AND HACKING THEM, TESLEE USING ONE TO KILL MIZZEN.

BILLY TAUPE AND CC, HOW MUCH CC REALLY MISSED BILLY TAUPE BUT COULDN'T FORGIVE HIM.

HOW THE COVEY ARE RELATED, CC AND BILLY TAUPE ARE BROTHERS AND THE REST EXCEPT TAM AMBER BEING BAIRD COUSINS.

REAPER GIVING LAMINA A PIECE OF FLAG BECAUSE SHE WAS SUN BURNT IN EXCHANGE FOR FOOD.

DR KAY, HOW SHE KNEW SNOW BEFORE HE WAS A PEACEKEEPER BECAUSE SHE WORKED WITH DR GAUL BUT DIDN'T MENTION IT.

THE SNAKES NOT KILLING ALL THE TRIBUTES, THEY REALLY ONLY KILLED CORAL AND CIRC IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

HOW INSANE CORYO ACTUALLY WAS THE ENTIRE TIME, I KNOW THAT WOULD BE HARD SINCE MOST OF IT WAS INNER MONOLOGUE BUT STILL MAN WAS LITERALLY INSANE THE WHOLE TIME.

HOW CORYO TOOK SEJANUS' PLACE AFTER HIS DEATH, HE CALLED MRS PLINTH MA AND MR PLINTH SIR, THE PLINTHS BOUGHT THE SNOW PENTHOUSE AND PAID THE RENT AND TAXES ON IT SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO MOVE OUT AND THEY BOUGHT THE APARTMENT DIRECTLY UNDER THE SNOWS AND TALKED ABOUT CONNECTING THE TWO.

THE TRIBUTES NOT BEING SEEN TO BY A DOCTOR BUT BY A VET.

THE TRIBUTES ALL PERFORMING AT THE ZOO TO TRY AND MAKE AN IMPRESSION.

DR GAUNT NOT ACTUALLY BEING ANGRY ABOUT THE CHEATING, SHE JUST SENT CORYO TO BE A PEACEKEEPER TO PROVE HER POINT ABOUT PEOPLE BEING ANIMALS.

THE PEACEKEEPERS NOT HELPING CORYO AND SEJANUS WHEN THEY WHERE IN GHE ARENA.

CORYO'S UTTER HATRED OF MOCKINGJAYS, THE MAN DESPISED THEM EVEN BEFORE KATNISS.

SEJANUS AND HIS FATHER PAYING SO CORYO COULD GET HIS ACADEMY DEGREE.

MRS PLINTHS TRIBUTE TO DISTRICT 2, HOW ALL HER FAMILY EXCEPT HER SISTER CUT HER OFF.

BEANPOLE AND SMILEY AND COOKIE.

CORYO BEING CALLED GENT.

SEJANUS BEING CALLED BULLSEYE.

SEJANUS AND BILLY TAUPE AT THE COVEYS HOUSE IN THE SEAM.

SEJNAUS HAVING TO MILK THE COVEYS GOAT WITH MAUDE IVORY CAUSE HE LEFT HER TO TALK TO BILLY TAUPE.

REAPER GETTING RABIES FROM JESSUP, HOW IT AFFECTED HIS MIND, HIM MAKING A CAPE OUT OF THE FLAG AND TWIRLING AROUND LIKE A PRINCESS, REFUSING ANY FOOD OR WATER CLEMENSIA SENT HIM.

LUCY GRAY KILLING REAPER FROM EXHAUSTION, FORCING HIM TO RUN AFTER HER BY RIPPING PIECES OFF THE FLAG HE PUT OVER THE DEAD TRIBUTES.

SEJANUS AND CORYO TRYING TO TAKE MARCUS'S BODY OUT FROM THE ARENA.

LUCY GRAY KILLING TREECH WITH ONE OF THE RAINBOW SNAKES.

MAUDE IVORYS EXPLANATION OF THE COVEYS NAMES. HOW THEIR NAMES AFTER A BALLAD AND A COLOR.

THE EXPLANATION OF HOW BILLY TAUPE AND MAYFAIR GOT TOGETHER. IN THE MOVIE ALL WE KNOW IS THAT BILLY TAUPE CHEATED ON LUCY GRAY WITH MAYFAIR BUT IN THE BOOK LUCY GRAY EXPLAINS THAT IT STARTED WHEN BILLY TAUPE WAS GIVING MAYFAIR MUSIC LESSONS FOR EXTRA MONEY.

[henryfitzempress]

“Marriages amongst the elite in the fourteenth century were rarely love matches. Politics, territory and wealth determined the course of matrimony for young noblemen and women. The marriage between Gaunt and Blanche was another link in the political union between two powerful houses—Plantagenet and Lancaster.

As Gaunt and Blanche were distant cousins, their marriage required a Papal dispensation, as interfamilial marriage was in breach of Canon law. In the New Year of 1359, at the Papal court at Avignon, Pope Innocent VI was duly presented with a request from the King of England: that he 'enable his son John, the Earl of Richmond and the Lady Blanche, daughter of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, to intermarry, they being related in the third and fourth degrees of kindred’.

The Pope sanctioned the marriage and, soon after the dispensation reached England, the date for the wedding was set for May.

The ceremony would be held at Reading Abbey, one of the largest royal monasteries in Europe. The abbey was founded by the youngest son of William the Conqueror, Henry I, who invested heavily in it, supporting learning as well as prayer by funding an extensive library.

Support of the abbey remained in royal consciousness following Henrys death, for Empress Matilda - his daughter - donated a sacred relic: the hand of Saint James of Santiago. Over the next three centuries Reading Abbey grew to become a popular place of worship and burial for the elite, as well as a suitable location for Parliament to convene outside of London.

In May 1359, members of the nobility gathered to witness the marriage of John of Gaunt to Blanche of Lancaster. It was a union of cousins as well as great allies, heavy with the promise of peace between historic rivals, Lancaster and the Crown. The union made sense.

Blanche's elder sister, Maude, was married to William III, Count of Holland, Zeeland and Hainault, and the match between John and Blanche would strengthen domestic relations.

On a personal level, it was also a nod to the friendship between Edward and Henry, and the loyalty the Duke had shown throughout the highs and lows of the war in France.

Seventeen-year-old Blanche was an attractive choice of bride for the nineteen-year-old John of Gaunt. She was beautiful, pious, young and, shared with her sister Maude, she stood to inherit her father's enormous fortune, which through marriage would be controlled by Gaunt.

As medieval tradition dictated, when a woman married a man, she relinquished to him her chattels - land, property and money.

In the presence of a priest and of three or four respectable persons summoned for the purpose, John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster exchanged rings and were married in the eyes of God and witnesses, overseen by the clerk of the Queen's chapel.

Blanche was showered with generous gifts: sliver buckles from the king and two rings of ruby, and pearl and diamond from John of Gaunt.

The wedding was an elaborate celebration and the subsequent banquet was particularly extravagant: guests were served richly spiced food and wine on tables covered in linen, silk and cloth of gold, and minstrels played for the durations the feasting.

The celebrations continued for days, with jousts held locally to mark the occasion. The wedding party then cheerfully made its way to London, where preparations were underway for an ever larger and more spectacular event.”

Castor, H. The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, The Duke of Lancaster. 2021.

Fancast: Holliday Grainger as young Lady Blanche of Lancaster & Ben Barnes as young John of Gaunt.

[verdurouswallflower]

Renewal Part Three

Maude walked past the once large wooden doors of Rosaceae Manor. One door was broken to splinters, and the other nearly off its hinges. It was dark, well darker now that Maude was away from the moon's light. She raises her hand, palm facing up. A small ball of immiscible green and amber light appears in her hand and brightens the hall. 

Maude continues down the now dirtied black and white tiles, her footsteps echoing in the silent building. She turns a corner and walks the stairs to the second floor. She walked these ruined halls with familiarity despite not being present in them for almost a century.  

She doesn't bother peering through every room, Maude had eyes for only one. She hears her staff chatting just at the foyer, and she hopes Tamlin is in a hospitable mood when he hears of her guests.  The lady finally reaches the room her dear friend is dwelling in ,and she would knock, but the door has been ripped off. So, she just enters. 

Maude releases the light she had summoned into the middle of the room, bathing it in amber and green glow. As the room illuminates, there in the corner, loosely curled into himself, Tamlin Vernalis. Her old friend, and High Lord.   

Maude steps in front of the sleeping male, her face resting in a blank look. She couldn't decide whether to be happy for finally seeing him again, or be saddened by the state she saw him in. Maude kneels in front of his slumped form, and calls his name once. No answer. 

This, Maude knew, was an omen like no other. Tamlin was a soldier; trained to always be aware, even when asleep, and he did not answer her. She places a hand on his shoulder, unmoving at first but when he didn't wake for that either, she began to shake him. "Tamlin," she calls again. Still, no answer. 

His skin radiated little warmth from underneath her soft hand. Maude's eyes narrow and she places another palm on his forehead. Cool to the touch. Maude wills her magic to her hand, and sure enough it gains a reaction from the unconscious male. A quiet groan leaves him and Maude lowers her hand to his gaunt, pale cheek.  She lowers her face closer to his, "Tamlin," she whispers. 

His eyes- so much like hers -opens, disoriented and dull. Maude tilts her head to make him meet her eyes."Tam?" 

Tamlin's eyes fill with vogue recognition, "Maude?" He wasn't fully aware; he blinks slowly and his eyelids seem to want to stay closed. "How?" 

Amber shimmers from her hand again and some colour returns to his face. Maude sighs, "My letters. Did you read them?" She had warned him of her arrival weeks prior, though, from the state of the manor - of him it was likely he had not even seen  them.

Her magic continues healing him, but sleep was inevitable as his eyes flutter close. He still tries to speak, however, Maude cuts him off. "Rest, Tamlin. I'll be here tomorrow." 

He doubts her words in the confines of impending sleep; another ghost has visited him tonight.

[afieldinengland]

characters that are me-flavoured (snagged from @cynodontia— thank you sawyer💓)

- lord summerisle from the wicker man (1973)

- alan strang from peter shaffer’s equus + its film (1977)

- stephen franklin from penda’s fen (1974)

- harold chansen from harold and maude (1970)

- zach from in the earth (2021)

- whitehead from a field in england (2013)

- victor frankenstein from mary shelley’s frankenstein

- isaac chroner from children of the corn (1984)

- jacob tyler from inside no 9 s3e3 the riddle of the sphinx

- ross gaines from the league of gentlemen (1999-2003)

- the man from the insomniac (1971)

- fisher from robin redbreast (1970)

- peter from straight on till morning (1972)

- dr. pretorious from the bride of frankenstein (1935)

- leland gaunt from stephen king’s needful things

- george from who’s afraid of virginia woolf? (1966)

- thomas wake from the lighthouse (2019)

- johnny alucard from dracula ad (1972)

- john gray in the body snatcher (1945)

- norman bates from psycho (1960)

- martin from martin (1977)

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[lochiels]

One hears very little of Philippa individually during these later years of her husband’s reign. She was now forty-nine, only a year younger than Edward, and her life had been one of much change and movement, though, except for the natural sorrows of bereavement, she had not had to en- counter any very startling griefs or adverse fortune. She was a strong woman, but advancing years told upon her, and she took little more active part in the history of her times ; since her return from France after the surrender of Calais, indeed, she had not crossed the seas again. Her dignified figure and kind sensible face were seen beside her husband’s on all state occasions of festival and tourney ; she was the mother of five gallant sons ; the patroness of literature and learning, the friend of the sad and the unfortunate, and the loved and honoured Queen of England to her dying day. Rewards to her damsels and others for “ services to Queen Philippa ” still constantly occur in the Calendar of Patent Rolls, for she never forgot even the humblest friend ; but the merry-makings of the Jubilee were saddened to her by many deaths among personal friends and relatives of her own. Queen Joan of Scotland died in September at Hertford Castle, Philippa being with her to the last, and a loan of twenty-one marks from the English Queen was found noted among the dead queen’s papers ; while, not many months afterwards, Maud of Hainault, a beautiful and comparatively young woman, died in England, some say of poison, but there are also confused suggestions that she fell a victim to the same plague that had carried oft 7 her father. Since she left no children, the entire for- tune of Lancaster now devolved upon her sister Blanche, through whom John of Gaunt became the wealthiest and very shortly the most important of all Philippa’s children. He had always had more brains than any of the rest, except perhaps Thomas and Margaret ; and as his father’s energies began to flag, and the old King grew more and more to depend upon this son, whose duties seldom called him out of England, and who was always at hand to advise and act, John quickly realized his chances of power, and firmly grasped the position which more or less remained his through this and the succeeding reign.

Philippa of Hainault and Her Times

[thetudorslovers]

Anne Parr was born around 1514 to Sir Thomas Parr and his wife, Maud Green. She was the youngest child of Thomas and Maud.

Sir Thomas died of the sweating sickness in 1517, leaving Maud, only twenty-two years old, to fend for her three very young children. Maud decided to not remarry, so that she might retain her wealth left to her from her husband, and decided to devote her attention to her children. Maud Parr was a lady in waiting to Catalina of Aragon.

As the Parr children came of age, their mother made designs for them to marry well. William was the first, when he married Anne Bourchier in 1526. Anne was placed in Catalina of Aragon's household two years later as a lady-in-waiting. Anne's sister, Catherine, was married off to Baron Borough in 1529. That same year, their mother, Maud, died, and Anne became a ward of King Henry VIII.

After Henry's divorce from Catalina of Aragon and subsequent marriage to Anne Boleyn, the teenage Anne Parr remained in the King's household as a lady-in-waiting to the new Queen. Anne Parr remained as a lady-in-waiting to each of Henry VIII's wives, and is one of the few people to have been lady-in-waiting to all six.

By 1537, as 'Mrs Parr', Anne had become one of Jane Seymour's maidens. She was barely sixteen, sweet and, thanks to her mother's foresight, eminently marriageable. As we have seen, her father had left her a substantial marriage portion, to which her mother's will added 400 marks in plate and a third share of her jewels. The whole fortune, Lady Parr had directed, was to be securely chested up 'in coffers locked with divers locks, whereof every one of them my executors and my ... daughter Anne to have every of them a key'. 'And there', Lady Parr's will continued, 'it to remain till it ought to be delivered unto her' on her marriage.As Lady Herbert, she was keeper of the Queen’s jewels to Catherine Howard, although she left court briefly to give birth to her first child, Henry, ABT 1540. She was back at court in time to attend the disgraced Queen at Syon House and in the Tower. When her sister Catherine became Henry VIII’s sixth Queen in 1543, Anne returned to court. John Dudley, who was now Lord Admiral and Viscount Lisle, wrote to William Parr from Greenwich on 20 Jun: 'but that my Lady Latimer, your sister, and Mrs Herbert be both here at Court with my Lady Mary's Grace and my Lady Elizabeth'.Anne, along with Catherine Willoughby and Anne Stanhope were part of the Queen Catherine's inner circle, and they were all Protestants. After Anne Askew, a Protestant was arrested, those who opposed Queen Catherine tried to gain a confession from Askew that the Queen, her sister, and the other women were Protestants. Askew refused to name any names, even under the pain of torture; still, warrants for the arrest of the Parr sisters and the other two were sent out. Gardiner and his new ally Wriothesley got Henry's agreement to a coup against the Queen. Her leading women, Ladies Herbert, Lane and Tyrwhitt, would be arrested; their illegal books seized as evidence; and the Queen herself sent 'by barge' to the Tower. The Queen, however, warned of what awaited him, apologized to Henry. Quickly reconciled, and when Wriothesley arrived with forty yeomen of the guard at his back and an arrest warrant from the Queen in her pocket, was greeted with a barrage of real abuse and sent packing with his tail between his legs.Anne and her husband used Baynard’s Castle as their London residence. For the birth of her second son Edward, Anne's sister loaned her the manor of Hanworth in Middlesex for her lying in. After the birth, Anne visited Lady Hertford, who had also just given birth, at Syon House near Richmond. In Aug, the Queen sent a barge to bring Anne by river from Syon to Westminster. A girl was the hird child of William and Anne, named Anne. After Henry VIII's death, when the Queen dowager's household was at Chelsea, both Anne and her son Edward were part of the household there. At the time of her death, Anne Parr was one of Princess Mary’s ladies. 

In 1551, William Herbert was created Earl of Pembroke. Anne died quite unexpectedly at Baynard's Castle and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral next to the tomb of John of Gaunt. Her memorial there reads: "a most faithful wife, a woman of the greatest piety and discretion".

Source: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/AnneParr.htm

[sixcostumerefs]

The Queens of Six: Genealogical Connections

Hey! I promised a long time ago to make a post about some of the familial relationships between the queens. While some, like Boleyn and Howard’s relationship as cousins, are fairly well known within the queendom, others aren’t.

All six of the queens shared a common ancestor in King Edward I of England. This means they were all direct descendants of him and one or both of his wives, or that he was a great-great-great (etc) grandfather of all six queens.

I’m happy to provide more details on these connections if requested!

Note: The royal families of the era were fairly closely related, so many of the queens were related in several ways. I generally used the closest genetic connection I could find, but I included several of those relationships for a few of them. 

Aragon and Boleyn - Aragon and Boleyn were 6th cousins 2x removed. They shared ancestors in King Edward I of England and his wife Eleanor of Castile, who were Aragon’s 5th great-grandparents and Boleyn’s 7th great-grandparents. Boleyn was also descended from Edward I and his wife Margaret of France.

Aragon and Seymour - Aragon and Seymour were 4th cousins 3x removed. They shared ancestors in King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault, who were Aragon’s 3rd great-grandparents and Seymour’s 6th.

Aragon and Cleves - Aragon and Cleves were 5th cousins 1x removed. They shared ancestors in King Peter II of Sicily and his wife Elizabeth of Carinthia, who were Aragon’s 4th great-grandparents and Cleves’ 5th. - They were also 5th cousins 2x removed via Count William I of Hainaut and his wife Joan of Valois, who were Aragon’s 4th great-grandparents and Cleves’ 6th.

Aragon and Howard - Aragon and Howard were 6th cousins 1x removed. They shared ancestors in King Edward I of England and his wife Eleanor of Castile, who were Aragon’s 5th great-grandfather and Howard’s 7th. Howard was also descended from a child of Edward I and his other wife, Margaret of France.

Aragon and Parr - Aragon and Parr were 3rd cousins 2x removed. They shared an ancestor in John of Gaunt, who was Aragon’s 2nd great-grandfather and Parr’s 4th. However, they were descended from children of different wives - Aragon from Constance of Castile and Parr from Katherine Swynford. - Catherine Parr’s mother, Maud Green, was Aragon’s lady-in-waiting and a close friend. Aragon served as Catherine’s godmother, and it’s speculated that she was named after her.

Boleyn and Seymour - Boleyn and Seymour were 2nd cousins. They shared an ancestor in Elizabeth Cheney, who was their great-grandmother, but they were descended from children of different husbands - Boleyn from Sir Frederick Tilney and Seymour from Sir John Say. This made their grandmothers, Elizabeth Tilney and Anne Say, half-sisters.

Boleyn and Cleves - Boleyn and Cleves were 9th cousins. They shared an ancestor in King Philip III of France and his wife Maria of Brabant, who were both Boleyn and Cleves’ 8th great-grandparents. Philip III was also the 8th great-grandfather of Cleves via his other wife, Isabella of Aragon. - They were also 8th cousins 1x removed via King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile, who were Boleyn’s 7th great-grandparents and Cleves’ 8th. Edward I was also the 7th great-grandfather of Boleyn via his other wife, Margaret of France.

Boleyn and Howard - Boleyn and Howard were cousins. They shared grandparents: Thomas Howard and Elizabeth Tilney. Boleyn’s mother, Lady Elizabeth Boleyn, and Howard’s father, Lord Edmund Howard, were siblings.

Boleyn and Parr - Boleyn and Parr were 4th cousins 1x removed. They shared ancestors in John Montagu (3rd Earl of Salisbury) and his wife Maud Francis, who were Boleyn’s 3rd great-grandparents and Parr’s 4th.

Seymour and Cleves - Seymour and Cleves were 7th cousins 1x removed via William I, Count of Hainaut, and his wife Joan of Valois, who were Seymour’s 7th great-grandparents and Cleves’ 6th. - They were also 9th cousins via King Philip IV of France and his wife Joan I, Queen of Navarre, who were their 8th great-grandparents.

Seymour and Howard - Seymour and Howard were 2nd cousins. They shared an ancestor in Elizabeth Cheney, who was their great-grandmother, but they were descended from children of different husbands - Howard from Sir Frederick Tilney and Seymour from Sir John Say. This made their grandmothers, Elizabeth Tilney and Anne Say, half-sisters.

Seymour and Parr - Seymour and Parr were 6th cousins. They shared 5th great-grandparents: Ralph Neville (2nd Baron Neville) and Alice de Audley. - After Henry VIII’s death, Parr married Seymour’s brother.

Cleves and Howard - Cleves and Howard were 8th cousins 1x removed. They shared common ancestors in King Edward I of England and his wife Eleanor of Castile, who were Cleves’ 8th great-grandparents and Howard’s 7th. Howard was also descended from a child of Edward I and his other wife, Margaret of France. - They were also 9th cousins via King Philip III of France and his wife Maria of Brabant, who were both Cleves and Howard’s 8th great-grandparents. Cleves was also descended from a child of King Philip and his other wife, Isabella of Aragon.

Cleves and Parr - Cleves and Parr were 7th cousins. They were both descended from William I Count of Hainaut and his wife Joan of Valois, who were their 6th great-grandparents.

Howard and Parr - Howard and Parr were 6th cousins. They shared ancestors in Richard FitzAlan, 3rd Earl of Arundel, and his wife Eleanor of Lancaster, who were their 5th great-grandparents.

[minervacasterly]

On the 22nd of December 1135, Stephen was crowned King of England. This is an important event English history that every Tudor history buff needs to study in order to understand the Tudor dynasty – namely Henry VIII’s desperation for a male heir.

While the First Henry to rule England DID marry his only legitimate daughter to a prominent European head of state, after his crown prince died in the infamous White Ship incident, he had no choice but to cement alliances wherever he could in his kingdom and the Norman territories so the lords would accept Matilda as their future sovereign. Although Matilda would not have been the first woman in history to rule in her own right, such a concept went against the tenets of Christian doctrine. As a result, many women who became rulers in their own right during the middle ages, the renaissance and up to the Victorian era, had to work around this by presenting themselves as reluctant rulers, instrument of gods rather than being there by choice.

Henry I worked extremely hard to convince his Earls and Barons that this would be the case with his daughter, but with her second (and rather forced) marriage to Geoffrey, Count of Anjou and Maine, many weren’t convinced. Their argument was that Matilda would either have to be her own mistress to rule England, defying the principle of a wife being subject to her husband, or sharing power with her husband. Either prospect was abhorrent to them. Matilda had spent most of her young life in foreign courts. Like her husband, she was seen more as a foreigner than an English woman. On top of that, the old wounds that existed between the Normans and the Anglo-Saxons had recently begun to heal – thanks in part with her parents’ marriage. Matilda’s mother was Princess Edith, daughter of Malcom III of Scotland and Saint Margaret of Wessex. Through the latter, Princess Edith carried strong Anglo-Saxon royal blood, making her a descendant of Alfred the Great. After her marriage to Henry I, she was renamed Matilda and henceforth known as Good Queen Maud or Matilda of Scotland. The union of three great peoples, the Scots, the Angevins, and the Anglo-Saxons was supposed to be embodied by Henry I’s legitimate son, Matilda’s younger brother, William. But now that burden had been passed down to her. A dutiful daughter, and an even more ambitious royal, Matilda was not about to pass this up. Despite the Barons and Earls’ obvious defiance of her father’s decree, as soon as he was dead, she didn’t disregarded their choice of new king. Matilda reminded them of the oaths of fealty they swore to her while her father was alive but as with her father, they ignored her demands. The end result was a bloody civil war that nearly rivaled that of the Plantagenet Houses of Lancaster and York three centuries later. While Matilda did come out on top at the end, she never got to be Queen. It was only through her son, that she earned her great victory.

So in theory, Henry VIII could have married off his illegitimate daughters, Lady Mary and Lady Elizabeth to some minor head of state like Henry I did with Matilda, but that would have done little to ease the religious tensions that were dividing Christendom; or groups of radical Protestants and schismatic Catholics in England who’d rather see the country burn before coming together as one.

Henry VIII had been a studious youth. He was well aware of his country’s bloody history. In his effort not to repeat his ancestors’ mistakes, he opened a new type of Pandora’s box with other dire consequences for his immediate family and by default, his subjects. Henry I’s example taught him that it wasn’t only good to have a son. A King needed an heir and a spare if his dynasty was to survive.

Furthermore, if the nobles weren’t happy or were sufficiently afraid that neither of Henry VIII’s daughters and their husbands could be competent rulers, then they would turn to someone else. This someone else was not just one person but several. Just as Henry VIII was aware of the long history of the Angevin and Plantagenet Kings of England, so was he aware of the truth of his dynasty’s claim to the English throne. The House of York was far from gone. And the propaganda that the Tudors were the last scion of Lancaster was a lie. There were other descendants of John of Gaunt via his second marriage to Constance of Castile that could claim the English throne - should they receive enough incentive from English Catholics and support from the Vatican. All this knowledge created an apprehension which made Henry VIII paranoid. The cousins whom he had once showed favor, had sided with his first wife and their daughter. When the Countess of Salisbury, Margaret Pole’s son, Reginald spoke against him, Henry VIII retaliated by implicating his family in a plot to dethrone him. In less than five years, he did away with most of them, while Reginald remained abroad. Henry VIII was getting rid of any blood relatives who would prove an obstacle for him and his descendants. Ultimately, Henry VIII’s decision to acknowledge his daughters in his will and place them in the line of succession after his son, was a last minute attempt to preserve the Tudor line. 

Ironically though, what Henry I did for his daughter would have worked for Henry VIII, but as previously stated, Henry VIII had no way of knowing that repeating the First Henry’s strategy would not end up in failure. In his mind, he forgot to factor in the important detail that whereas Henry I lost his only legitimate son, Henry VIII’s son, Prince Edward was still alive. So once again, in theory, he could have found a way to make things work. And perhaps he did think of this, but as his mind began to work on this solution, another factor might have popped up: Henry VIII had been excommunicated by the pope. Mary was the only one of his children who was the daughter of an anointed Queen recognized by the Catholic Church. If she married and had male offspring of her own, she could gain enough support to dethrone her half-brother. The same could have been for Elizabeth who favored a more centrist approach to religion. And though Edward was far more Evangelical than Elizabeth, the fact that her mother had been an advocate for religious reform and an anointed queen whereas Edward’s was a staunch Catholic and never been anointed, could have been used against him. All of this brought Henry to self-sabotage the future of his dynasty, leading to the descendants of his eldest sister Margaret to take the throne after his youngest daughter, Elizabeth I, died in March 1603.

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Untitled (“Which echo further”)

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ethereal plain where no  way repay; the Sultan  and wait. Those great danger dwells  upon the fault cleanly  out; the boy who should, by  his stealing in its  tranquility; the servilely  master—not theres  my real witch, my fortune 

straining the land when  far at sea there nis sike  a song. Like a distant 

torrent dance as yet, told them  a long room banging by  his neck, he gave: Side. if  he did honey has a  small dust, here in a 

new Thermopylae! My children 

and strong emotion;  but thine annoy? With 

little Loue awake, she wove 

a net whose worth no creatures.  except some warm effects  which way she 

him caught vpon a day,  The Frowning Form, For  to the best  movies begin to feed  him in your leave! (w

hereof he will soone it and  trim; but when my  limbs. Whos she, that flowd round my  limbs became) gaunt, without 

elucidation (such  peace, and to another 

way. Oerwhelmed my own darling, 

queen Maud in all his  kind embrace, like the  young, consider ever and  antlerd deep water-world,) to 

find some fragments of  yore. Crystal Devon, wind— depending  morn. Climbs like a band  of lavish, to hear  nor see, yet in vain my face.

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Phillipa of Lancaster: Queen of Portugal

Philippa of Lancaster did not marry until she was twenty-six years old, quite late for a princess of her rank. Her father, John of Gaunt, arranged a splendid marriage for her in conjunction with an alliance with King Joao I of Portugal. Philippa and King Joao had a large, well-educated and accomplished family that came to be known as the “illustrious generation”.

Philippa was born on March 31, 1360 at Leicester Castle, the first child of her parents. Her father was John of Gaunt, one of the many sons born to King Edward III of England and his revered Queen, Philippa of Hainault. Princess Philippa was named after her grandmother. Philippa’s mother was Blanche, the daughter of Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Derby who distinguished himself at the naval Battle of Winchelsea in 1350 by saving John of Gaunt and his brother the Black Prince as their ship was sinking. Edward III awarded him by giving him the title of Duke of Lancaster. When Henry of Grosmont died of the plague ten days after receiving his title, Blanche inherited his wealth and John of Gaunt became the Duke of Lancaster.

Many of Grosmont’s castles went to Philippa’s parents. She was to spend a great deal of time at the Savoy Palace on the Thames in London as well as the castles of Hertford, Tutbury, Kenilworth and Bolingbroke. She had her own nurse named Maud. When she was three and a half, a sister named Elizabeth arrived. When Philippa was six years old, Geoffrey Chaucer married one of the Queen’s ladies, Philippa de Roet and began to work in the Lancaster household. Philippa de Roet had a sister named Katherine who also worked for the Queen. Katherine was to marry Sir Hugh Swynford and would come to have an immense influence on the life of Philippa of Lancaster. When Philippa was seven, her brother Henry was born.

John of Gaunt had gone to Spain to fight. While he was gone, the Black Death swept England. Blanche of Lancaster moved her children and household to Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire in hopes of avoiding the disease. Unfortunately, Blanche succumbed to the Black Death on September 12, 1369. On the day she died, Katherine Swynford was there to visit Blanche. Katherine immediately took charge of Blanche’s three children. John of Gaunt returned to England in November. He had Blanche’s body transported to London and she was buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Before she died, Blanche herself had begun to teach her daughters to read and write. Geoffrey Chaucer began to improve on these lessons. Chaucer had a deep interest in science, astrology and navigation. He even wrote a treatise on the astrolabe and taught Philippa how to use it. He also wrote an elegiac poem honoring Philippa’s mother. In addition to the teachings of Chaucer, she was taught poetry by Jean Froissart and philosophy and theology under John Wycliffe.

By 1371, Katherine Swynford had become the mistress of John of Gaunt. She was officially appointed governess to Philippa and her sister that same year. As governess, Katherine would have been responsible for teaching the girls courtly accomplishments and the ability to administer their own households. She probably taught them dancing, singing, conversation, good carriage and games. Many offers for marriage were considered for Philippa but nothing ever came of them.

John of Gaunt was acutely aware he would never inherit the crown of England so he sought a crown of his own. He contracted a marriage with the Infanta Costanza, the rightful heiress of the crown of Castile in September of 1371. From the day of his marriage he and Costanza were called the “King and Queen of Castile”. Within a year, Costanza had a daughter named Cataline.

In June of 1376, the Black Prince, heir to the throne died and in June of 1377, King Edward III died. The Black Prince’s son Richard became king at the age of ten. The Lancaster family was present at the coronation on July 16th. John of Gaunt was to take a large role in the government of the young king. That same summer, Philippa, her sister Elizabeth and her stepmother were all elected to the Order of the Garter and took part in the induction ceremony.

In 1381, the reign of Richard II was not going well and the people rose up against the government, with John of Gaunt being the object of their anger. An irate mob burned down his magnificent Savoy Palace in London. It was after this that John of Gaunt broke off relations with his mistress Katherine Swynford. Philippa lost her governess and significant change began in her life. She became closer to her stepmother and stepsister Cataline.

In 1385, the English Parliament approved the sending of an army to Portugal to support King Joao I and to enforce the claims of John of Gaunt to the kingdom of Castile. He took his family to await the arrival of the Portuguese fleet to transport the English army overseas. They sailed in July and arrived in Portugal and King Joao came to meet them. Joao and John admired each other immensely. Discussions ensued on the terms of the armies helping each other to attack Castile. They also discussed a marriage of Joao to one of Gaunt’s daughters. Most of the nobles were promoting Cataline as the wife of King Joao. But Cataline had ties to Portugal’s mortal enemy, Castile. Gaunt left the decision up to Joao to choose between Cataline and Philippa. He chose Philippa.

Philippa said goodbye to her family on November 10, 1386. She had to wait until papal dispensation arrived which it did on February 2, 1387. The marriage ceremony took place at Oporto on February 14th. The marriage was to be successful although Joao had two children from another woman called Inês Pires before he met Phillipa, after he married he was faithful to his wife, even after she died, he never re-married or had any other children, he stayed widower for 18 years until he died on August 14th 1433. He left to fight in Castille and Philippa proceeded to organize her court. She had an impact immediately. She was described as discreet, pious and modest, walking with her eyes lowered and her neck covered. She had a profound sense of duty. Many writers admired her behavior, if not her beauty. She was praised for her fair skin, blonde hair and blue eyes.

As far as possible, Philippa and Joao went everywhere together. They put forth the image of a loving and happy family. They agreed to name their first born child a Portuguese name if it were a boy and an English name if it was a girl and then alternate names, irrespective of sex. Their first child, born in 1388 was named Blanche after Philippa’s mother. They are recorded as having a total of eight children of which six survived childhood. These were the “illustrious generation”.

Edward Duarte was born in 1391. He was a writer and intellectual who succeeded his father as King. Peter was born in 1392. He was the first Duke of Coimbra and a well-traveled man who served as Regent during the minority of his nephew Afonso V. Henry the Navigator was born in 1394. He became the first Duke of Viseu and guided Portugal through the great era of The Discoveries. Isabella was born in 1397. She married Philip III, Duke of Burgundy and was one of the most powerful and admired women in Europe. John was born in 1400 and became the Constable of Portugal. The final child, Ferdinand, was born in 1402. He was known as the “Saint Prince” and died as a prisoner of the Moors.

Philippa supervised the education of all her children and Joao taught them riding, hunting, hawking and the art of the tiltyard. Philippa made an effort to be a friend to the common people and no part of the kingdom was too small for her to visit. Joao relied on her to administer his kingdom when he was away. In 1396, John of Gaunt finally married Katherine Swynford and their children were legitimized. In February of 1399, John of Gaunt died and Philippa traveled to England for the funeral. In September of that same year, Philippa’s brother deposed King Richard II and became King Henry IV. In August of 1400, King Joao was elected to the Order of the Garter, probably as a reward for being one of the first to recognize Henry as King of England.

The middle years of Joao’s reign were years of consolidation and growing prosperity for Portugal. In 1409, Philippa and Joao visited England. Peace was concluded with Castile in 1411. Philippa began to encourage her husband to act against the Moors. Joao was inspired to attack the fortified town of Ceuta, across from Gibraltar on the African continent. He discussed it with his sons and they all agreed to the expedition.

Ships were being readied to carry the troops in the hot summer of 1415 when plague broke out in Lisbon and Oporto. Philippa had succumbed to the disease. Joao had Philippa moved to the convent of Odivelas, high in the hills to the north of Lisbon in hopes she might recover. Philippa had three jeweled swords made. Her most cherished wish was for her husband to knight her three elder sons in her presence. She soon realized this wouldn’t happen. She made Joao promise he would knight them and presented the swords to her sons herself. She blessed them all. She called Isabel to her side. Isabel kissed her mother’s hands and received her blessing. The King arrived and sat by her side. On July 18, 1415, Philippa died at the age of 55. She was the first and only English Queen of Portugal.

Because of the extreme heat, the children advised that Philippa be buried immediately and secretly. She was temporarily buried in the convent of Odivelas and a funeral was held the next day. The whole Portuguese nation mourned their Queen. Joao and his sons sailed to Ceuta and easily conquered the town.