#prince george edward alexander edmund

[postcard-from-the-past]

1934 wedding of Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Duchess of Kent

British vintage postcard

[aphroditelovesu]

❝𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙇𝙀𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙄𝙄 𝙈𝘼𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙏❞

Historical Characters

💕 Yan!Alexander the Great w/His Twins!Children (Platonic)

💕 Yan!Alexander the Great, Yan!Julius Caesar, Yan!Napoleon Bonaparte and Yan!Henry VII w/Cheating!Wife (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Napoleon Bonaparte and Yandere Marquis de Lafayette w/Wife!Reader (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Alexander the Great and Yandere Mehmed the Conqueror (Romantic)

💕 Reader Love Letter for Julius Caesar (Romantic)

💕 Yan!Julius Caesar to Yan!Cleopatra

💕 Yandere Mehmed the Conqueror (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Pompey the Great (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Catherine of Aragon (Platonic)

💕 Yandere Catherine of Aragon w/Brother!Reader (Platonic)

💕 Yandere Baldwin IV (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Elizabeth I w/Lover Male!Reader (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Edward Seymour w/Pregnant!Reader (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Caesar Augustus (Romantic)

A Court of Thorns and Roses

💕 Yandere Helion (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Bat Boys w/Cheating!Mate

💕 Yandere Nesta Archeron, Yandere Amarantha and Yandere Lucien Vanserra (Romantic)

Greek Mythology

💕 Yan!Apollo w/Cheating!Wife (Romantic)

💕 Yandere!Cheating Hermes

💕 Yandere Hephaestus w/Pregnant!Reader (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Achilles (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Eros w/Soulmate!Reader (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Dionysus (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Persephone (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Athena

Bridgerton

💕 Yandere King George III w/Pregnant!Reader (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Anthony Bridgerton w/Pregnant!Reader (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Simon Basset (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Edmund Bridgerton w/Mistress!Reader (Romantic)

Percy Jackson

💕 Yandere Percy Jackson | Prompts 3, 4, 12, 26

💕 Yandere Annabeth Chase (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Percy Jackson w/Daughter of Aphrodite!Reader (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Jason Grace w/Nymph!Reader (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Will Solace (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Piper McLean (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Nico di Angelo (Platonic)

Marvel

💕 Yandere Gamora (Romantic)

The Originals/The Vampire Diaries

💕 Yandere Elijah Mikaelson (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Elijah Mikaelson (Angst)

💕 Yandere Damon Salvatore (Romantic)

Wednesday

💕 Yandere Wednesday Addams (Romantic)

Miraculous Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

💕 Yandere Cat Blanc (Romantic)

Heartstopper

💕 Yandere Nick Nelson (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson (Romantic)

A Song of Ice and Fire

💕 Yandere Cersei Lannister w/Male!Reader Lannister

💕 Yandere Laenor Velaryon (Platonic)

💕 Yandere Maegor the Cruel (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Jaehaerys I Targaryen (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Rhaena Targaryen/Black Bride (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Maegor the Cruel w/Pregnant!Reader (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Alicent Hightower to bby!Reader

Harry Potter

💕 Yandere Tom Riddle (Romantic)

BTS

💕 Yandere Jimin (Romantic)

Egyptian Mythology

💕 Yandere Seth and Yandere Horus (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Horus w/Princess of Egypt!Reader (Romantic)

The Hunger Games

💕 Yandere Peeta Mellark (Romantic)

K-Dramas

💕 Yandere Jeong Gu-Won (Romantic) || My Demon

Castlevania

💕 Yandere Vlad Dracula Tepes, Yandere Trevor Belmont and Yandere Alucard (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Vlad Dracula Tepes (Romantic)

Disney

💕 Yandere Prince Charming/Kit (Romantic)

💕 Yandere Prince Charming/Kit after Midnight (Romantic)

One Piece

💕 Vinsmoke Sanji (Romantic)

Attack on Titan

💕 Yandere Levi Ackerman (Romantic)

Hannibal

💕 Yandere Hannibal Lecter w/Wife!Reader (Romantic)

Maze Runner

💕 Yandere Thomas (Romantic)

[grandmaster-anne]

Court Circular | 17th March 2023

Buckingham Palace

The King was represented by Mr Edmund Bailey (His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Gwynedd) at the Funeral of Sir Meuric Rees (formerly Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Gwynedd) which was held at Ebenezer Chapel, Tywyn, Gwynedd, this afternoon.

Kensington Palace

The Prince of Wales and The Princess of Wales, Colonel, this morning presented Shamrock to the Irish Guards at Mons Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire, on the occasion of St Patrick’s Day.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Edinburgh, President, Sport and Recreation Alliance, this morning visited Heatham House Youth Centre, Whitton Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, and was received by Mrs Rosemary Prescott (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London). His Royal Highness, President, Sport and Recreation Alliance, this afternoon presented the Community Sport and Recreation Alliance Awards at Twickenham Stadium.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this afternoon attended the Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (Mr Edward Gillespie).

Appendix to Court Circular

The King has been pleased to appoint the following as Lords in Waiting: the Lord Luce KG, the Lord Janvrin and the Marquess of Cholmondeley. His Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the following as Extra Equerries: Vice Admiral Sir Tom Blackburn, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Ford, Commodore Anthony Morrow, Admiral Sir George Zambellas, Lieutenant General Sir Alistair Irwin, Lieutenant General Sir John Lorimer, Vice Admiral Sir Anthony Johnstone-Burt, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Matheson of Matheson, Bt, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Vernon, Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Segrave, Sir Nicholas Bacon, Commander Richard Aylard, Major General Arthur Denaro, Sir Stephen Lamport and Mr Ashe Windham. The appointments to date from 17th March, 2023.

[corallapis]

Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Vol. 1), 1918-38, entry for 14th April 1923

—

Saturday 14th April

We dined at three tables this evening at the Grafton Galleries, we being the Carlisles, the Prince of Wales,¹ Poppy Baring,² Mrs Coats,³ Alice Astor, Prince Henry⁴ and a little woman he is flirting [with], Prince George,⁵ Lady Alexandra Curzon,⁶ Serge Obolensky and Paul of Serbia. Paul Whiteman,⁷ an American, conducted his fabulous orchestra with intoxicating skill on hearing who was in the room. At about 11.30 the Prince of Wales decided to commandeer the band and we left . . . but where to go? We agreed on the Curzons’ house (which is closed for repairs). The Prince of Wales sent to St James Palace for a great deal of champagne: the band of twenty-eight musicians arrived and we all crept stealthily into the darkened house. But no glasses! Prince Henry and I searched the bedrooms and collected every available toothbrush glass . . . . At dawn we went out on the balcony and at last when the band was ready to collapse and we were exhausted we sadly separated. It was 7.30 Sunday morning. We walked up Pall Mall in our evening dress hunting taxis. The guard at Marlborough House⁸ recognised the young pink princes and presented arms. We have all sworn to secrecy about this hush party but I wonder how long it will be before all of London knows and gossips. I shan’t say a word.

—

1. Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David (1894-1972), elder son of King George V and Queen Mary, created Prince of Wales 1911; succeeded his father in January 1936 as King Edward VIII, abdicated December 1936; created Duke of Windsor on his abdication; married Wallis Warfield Simpson (1896-1986), of Baltimore, in 1937.

2. Helen Azalea ‘Poppy’ Baring (1901-80), daughter of Sir Godfrey Baring Bt, and Eva Hermione Mackintosh: the Duke of York had proposed to her in 1921 but his mother, Queen Mary, had forbidden the union because of her supposed unsuitability. She was also vetoed as a bride for Prince George, whose mistress she became. She married William Piers Thursby (1904-77) in 1928. She ran a dress shop in Down Street, off Piccadilly in London.

3. Audrey Evelyn James (1902-68), daughter of William Dodge James, married in 1922 Captain Muir Dudley Coats MC (1897-1927) of the Scots Guards. Having been widowed she married in 1930 Marshall James Field (1893-1956), an American department-store heir, investment banker and newspaper proprietor. They divorced in 1934.

4. Prince Henry William Frederick Albert (1900-74), third son of King George V and Queen Mary, created Duke of Gloucester 1928; married in 1935 Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott (1901-2004), daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch.

5. Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund (1902-42), fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, created Duke of Kent 1934; married in 1934 Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906-68). Although known before his marriage to have had a number of mistresses he was also believed to be bisexual, and became one of Channon’s closest friends. He was killed on active service with the RAF when his flying boat crashed into a hillside in Caithness.

6. Lady Alexandra Naldera ‘Baba’ Curzon (1904-95), Lord Curzon’s youngest daughter by his first marriage. In 1925 she married Major Edward Dudley ‘Fruity’ Metcalfe (1887-1957), confidant and equerry of the future King Edward VIII, but conducted a number of affairs with men in high society, notably Lord Halifax, between the wars. Because of her flirtations with various fascists in the 1930s her nickname morphed into ‘Baba Blackshirt’.

7. Paul Samuel Whiteman (1890-1967) was one of America’s most famous band leaders.

8. Residence of Queen Alexandra in her widowhood.

[wessexroyalfamily]

Coronation Broadcast of Anne II

Pictured (left to right): Lord Edmund Hamilton-Seymour ; Lady Davina Hamilton-Seymour ; Sir George Hamilton-Seymour ; Holly Alto. 

Pictured (left to right): TN Amelia Spencer ; Henry Bolingbroke. 

Pictured (left to right): Edward St. Andrews, Earl of Pembroke ; Lady Rachel St. Andrews ; Christina St. Andrews, The Duchess of Worcester ; Victor St. Andrews, The Duke of Worcester. 

Pictured (left to right): HRH Alice, The Duchess of Middlesex ; Lady Louise Worcester-Scott. 

Pictured (left to right): HRH Princess Paul of Essex ; HRH Prince Paul of Essex.

Pictured (back left to right): Alexander Worcester-Scott, The Earl of Hyannis and HH Princess Alexandra, The Countess of Hyannis. (front left to right) David Worcester-Scott, Earl Strathearn ; Lady Louise Worcester-Scott ; Lady Charlotte Worcester-Scott 

Pictured: HH Prince Arthur, The Earl of Falmouth 

Pictured (left to right): HRH The Prince Albert  ; HRH The Duke of Uxbridge ; HRH Princess Alexandra of Uxbridge

Pictured (left to right): HRH The Earl of Gloucester ; HRH The Prince William of Wessex ; HRH The Prince George of Wessex ; HM Caroline, The Queen Mother.

[the-tzarina-alexandra-paracosm]

List of characters in chronological order

I don't think these are all my ocs ever but they surely are the majority

Vasile Moldovenescu's amazing life (2012)

Vasile

Violeta

Johnny

George

Clara

Ștefan

Anonymous

The imm 3 (2013)

Marshall

Barbara

The imm 4 (2013)

Vincent

Ivy

Vlad

The imm 6 (2013)

Feng

Sheng

Kai

Jun

Other the imm (2013)

Cyln

Tia

Onix

Xavier

Chleo

The Hacker: death of the Internet (2013-2016)

Hans

Mr. G

Phoebe

Penelope

The Image through the Thick Glass (2013-2014)

Kaito

Kata

Chang

Yume

Mikku

John

Fuyu

Sai Rin

Rage face/ emoji story (2014)

Tai

Mi

12 days awake (2014-2015)

The guy who stays awake

His girlfriend

The 5 Books of the Immortals (2015-2016)

Len (Lev)

Eyline (Alyona)

Zephyr

Glinda

Günther

Otto

Lucia

Miles

Maya

Maia

Edward

Stephen

Alice

Cheryl

Nathan

Ivan

Dmitry

Silvia

Train of Thought (2015)

Richard

Cole

Sandy

Felicia

Melvin

Otis

Patrick

Sophia

Some dream I had at night (2016)

The white girl

Fairy worldbuilding project (2016+)

Butterfly Queen

Butterfly Princess

Dragonfly Queen

Bee Queen

Fly Queen

Ladybug Queen

Ladybug girl

Moth Queen

Firefly Queen

The Choice to Love (2017-2018)

Ernest

Jeannine

Georgette

Jasper

Gabrielle

Annette

Tabitha

Mildred

Edmund

George

Olivia

William

Frederick

Sophia

Amelia

Ada

Frank

Alexander

Edith

Yves

Medieval story (2019)

Proud prince

Stubborn princess

Racing cars story (2019)

Number 74

His girlfriend

Number 69

Number 53

Number 17

The Land of Eternal Winter (2019+)

Anatoliy

Radek

Kęstas

Savva

Ingrid

Sveta

Elena

Prosya

Grigoriy

Evgeniy

Joaquín

Margarita

Gintarė

Žydrius

Jokūbas

Ieva

Elże

Vaidas

Afanasiy

Petya

Oleg

Melanija

Ainārs

Zlatan

Tomasz

Red Shadows/ In Memoriam (2020-2021)

Comrade teacher

The Keeper of the Underwater Graveyard (2023)

Žadgailas

Lærke

Kjeld

Fireworks in the Fog (2023)

Laurențiu

Mădălina

Tiberiu

Andriy

Teodora

Răzvan

Szilvia

Konrád

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

NAME PREDICTIONS FOR 2021 ROYAL (AND ROYAL-ADJACENT) BABIES

Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank

So for a little girl, I’m thinking florals. I’m thinking older, yet still fashionable, names. I’m thinking Violet, I’m thinking Dora, I’m thinking Eleanor, I’m thinking Florence.

Violet Elizabeth Eleanor Rose

Violet Anne Elizabeth

Dora (Isadora?) Elizabeth Mary

Margaret Elizabeth Rose

For a boy, I’m thinking Andrew basic boys names. I’m thinking James. I’m thinking Jasper. I’m thinking Oscar. I’m thinking Harold. I’m thinking if a grandchild of Philip doesn’t use his name soon I’m going to riot.

James Philip William Andrew

Jasper Andrew Philip Charles

Oscar Philip George

James Arthur Charles Edward

Pippa Middleton and James Matthews

This is cheating because Pips isn’t a royal but she did give Arthur a very royal name. For a girl, I’m thinking classic and royal-adjacent names. I’m thinking Elizabeth. I’m thinking Grace. I’m thinking Delilah. I’m thinking Alice. I’m thinking Catherine would be in a girls’ name somewhere.

Elizabeth Catherine Grace

Delilah Elizabeth Mary

Alice Isabelle Rose

Grace Elizabeth Adelaide

For a boy, I’m going for the same vibe, but they’ve used a lot of family boy names by now so I’m going for James. I’m going for David. I’m going for Edward. I’m going for Alexander.

Edward James Alexander

David James Francis

James Spencer Alexander

Zara and Mike Tindall

Will we break the streak of Phillips’ girls? I’m thinking Ava. I’m thinking I would be shocked if it wasn’t Ava. I’m thinking short, sweet names. I’m thinking Arya/Aria. I’m thinking Ella. I’m thinking Ivy (I know I went off brand there)

Ava Rose Tindall

Ella Rose Tindall

Clara Anne Tindall

Freya Rose Tindall

For a boy, I’m thinking Philip. I will manifest my baby with a Philip in his name, Louis Arthur Charles. I’m thinking short names. I’m thinking not Finn because it doesn’t sound right with Tindall. I’m thinking Theo. I’m thinking Beau. I’m thinking Rowan. I’m thinking Lucas.

Theo Philip Tindall

Lucas Philip Tindall

Philip Rowan Tindall

Theo Charles Tindall

Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip

I’m purely basing this off what sounds vaguely Swedish and good with Alexander and Gabriel. I’m thinking Freya for a girl. I’m thinking Emilia/Amilia/Mila. I’m thinking Mathilda. I’m thinking Astrid/Ingrid.

Freya Ingrid Silvia Britt

Emilia Renate Marie

Mathilda Renate Lilian Marie

Ingrid Silvia Marie

For a boy, I’m thinking Theo/Theodor/Theodore. I’m thinking Raphael. I’m thinking Julian. I’m thinking Noah.

Theodor(e) Oscar Folke

Theodor(e) Edmund Philip Walther

Julian Oscar Frederik

Raphael Walther Gustaf

[trans-and-baby-names]

Masculine Names

Aaron  Abdul Abe  Abel Abraham  Abram Ace Achilles  Adair Adam Adonis Adrian Adriel  Ahmed Ajax Ajay Aiden Alan Albert Alejandro Alex Alexander Alfonso Alfred Alistair Alister Allen  Alonzo Amadeo Amadeus Amani Amari Ambrose Amir Anders  Anderson Andre Andreas Andrew Andy Angel Angelo Angus Ansel  Anson Anthony Antonio Apollo Aries Archer Archie Aristotle Arlo  Arnaldo Arnold Arsenio Arthur Arturo Arwin Asa Asher Aslan Atlas  Atticus Aubrey August Augustin Augustine Augustus Aurelio Aurelius Austin Axel  Aziz

Balthazar  Bane Barnabas  Barnaby Barney Baron  Barrett Basil Bastian  Bear Beau Beck Ben Benjamin  Benji Bentley Bernard Bertram Bertrand  Blake Blaze Blue Bobby Bodhi Booker Boris  Boston Bowie Boyd Brad Bradford Bradley Bram  Bramwell Bran Brandon Brandt Braxton Braylen Brayden Brendon  Brent Brett Brian Briar Brick Bridge Bridger Brock Brody Brogan  Bronx Brook Brooks Bruce Bruno Brutus Bryce Bryson Buck Bud Buddha  Buddy Buck Burt Burton Buster Buzz Byron 

Cade  Caden Cain  Cairo Caius Calder  Caleb Callum Calvin Cam  Cameron Camillo Campbell Carl  Carlisle Carlito Carlo Carlos Carlton  Carmine Carson Carter Casper Caspian Cassian  Cassias Cato Cecil Cedar Cedric Cesar Chad Chadwick  Chance Charles Charlton Chase Chauncey Chester Chidi Chip  Christoff Christoph Christopher Christian Chuck Cian Cillian  Clarence Clark Claud Clay Clayton Cliff Clifford Clint Clinton  Clyde Coby Cody Colby Cole Collin Colt Colton Conan Connor Conrad  Constantine Cooper Copper Corbin Cornelius Cory Cosmo Cosmos Costas Craig Crispin Cruz Curt Curtis Cyrus

Dale  Dallas  Dalton Damien  Damon Dan Dane Daniel  Dante Darius Darrel Darren  Dash Dashiell Davey David Dawson  Dax Daxton Deacon Dean DeAndre Declan  Demetrius Denali Dennis Denny Denzel Derek  Derrick Des Desmond Dewey Dex Dexter Diego Diesel  Dion Dirk Dixon Dmitri Dominic Donatello Donovan Dorian  Doug Douglas Draco Drew Duke Duncan Dustin Dusty Dwayne Dwight  Dylan Dyson 

Earl  Easton  Edgar Edmund  Eduardo Edward Edwin  Egon Eli Elijah Elias  Elliott Ellis Elroy Elton  Emanuel Emeric Emerson Emery  Emil Emiliano Emmett Emrys Enrique  Enzo Eric Ernest Ernesto Ernie Esteban  Ethan Eugene Eustace Euvan Evan Evander Everett  Ezekiel Ezra 

Fabian  Fabio Falcon  Faustus Felix Ferdinand  Fergus Ferguson Fernando Fidel  Fido Finbar Findlay Finn Finnley  Fionn Fisher Fitz Fletcher Flint Florence  Florian Ford Forrest Fort Foster Fowler Fox  Francesco Francis Francisco Franco Frank Frankie  Franklin Fred Freddy Fredrick Frederico

Gabe  Gabriel  Gael Gage  Gale Galen Garfield Garrett Gaston Gatsby  Gavin Geoffrey Geordie George  Gerald Gerard Gideon Gil Gilbert  Gilberto Giovanni Glenn Gordon Gordy  Grady Graham Grant Gray Grayson Gregg  Gregory Grey Griffin Griffith Grover Gunner  Gunther Gus Gustavo Guy 

Hades  Hal Hamilton  Hank Hans Harley Harrison  Harry Hawk Hayden Hayes Heath Hector  Henrik Hendrix Henry Herb Herbert Herbie  Hercules Hermes Hershel Hiram Holden Howard  Howie Hudson Hugo Humphrey Hunter Hux Huxley 

Ian Igor Iker Irvin Isaac Isaiah Ivan 

Jace  Jack Jackson  Jacob Jaques Jaden  Jake Jalen Jamal James  Jameson Jared Jason Jax  Jay Jed Jedidiah Jefferson  Jeffrey Jeremiah Jeremy Jerome  Jerry Jesus Jethro Jett Jim Jimmy  Joe Joel Johan Johannes John Johnny Jonah  Jonas Jonathan Jones Jordan Jose Joseph Joshua  Josiah Juan Juanito Judah Judas Judd Jude Jules Julian  Julien Julio Julius Junior Jupiter Jurgen Justice Justin Justus 

Kaden  Kai Kaiser  Kale Kaleb Kane  Keane Keanu Keaton  Keegan Keenan Keith  Kellen Kenan Kendrick  Kenneth Kenzo Keoni Kevin Khalid  Kian Kieran Kiernan Kingsley Kingston Killian  Kip Kwan Kyle

Lachlan  Lake Lamar  Lance Lancelot  Landon Lane Larkin  Larry Lars Laurence Laurent  Lawrence Lawson Lazlo Legend Leif  Leith Leland Leo Leon Leonardo Leopold  Leroy Levi Liam Lincoln Linden Logan Loki  London Lonnie Lonny Lorcan Lorenzo Lou Louie  Louis Luc Luca Lucas Lucian Lucky Luke Lupe Luther

Maddox  Maksim Malachi  Malachy Malakai Malcolm  Malik Manfred Manny Marcel Marcello  Marcellus Marcio Marcius Marco Marcos  Marcus Marian Marino Mario Marius Mark  Marlin Marlon Marmaduke Marques Mars Marshall  Martin Marty Marvel Marvin Massimo Mason Matt Matteo  Matthew Maurice Maverick Max Maximilian Maximus Maxwell  Melvin Mercury Meredith Merritt Micah Michael Miguel Miles  Milo Mitchell Moe Monte Montgomery Murdoch Murphy Murray Murtagh  Murtaugh Myles

Nathan  Nathaniel  Ned Nelson  Nemo Neo Neon  Neptune Neville  Newt Newton Nick  Nicky Nicola Nicolai  Nicholas Niko Noah Noel Nolan  Norm Norman Novak 

Obadiah  Octavio Octavius  Odin Olaf Oleg Oliver  Olivier Omar Orion Orlando  Orville Osborn Oscar Oso Osvaldo  Oswald Ottis Otto Owen Oz Ozzy

Pablo  Palmer Panther  Parker Pascal Patrick Paul  Paxton Pedro Penn Percival Percy Perseus  Peter Peyton Phil Philip Phineas Phoenix Pier  Pierce Pierre Pilot Pluto Porter Poseidon Preston  Prince Prosper

Qadir  Quincy Quinn  Quinton 

Raiden  Ralph Ramone  Ramses Randall Randolph  Randy Raphael Ravi Ray Raymond Red  Reece Reggie Reginald Regis Reid Remington  Reuben Rex Reynald Reynaldo Reynard Rhett Rhys  Ricardo Richard Richie Richmond Rick Ricky Rico Ridge  Riley Rio Riordan River Robert Roberto Robbie Rocco Rocky  Rodney Rodrigo Roger Ricky Riley Rod Rodrick Roger Roland  Roman Romeo Ross Rowan Rudy Rufus Russell Ryder Ryker Rylan Ryland 

Salem  Salvador  Salvator Sam  Samir Sampson Samson  Samuel Sander Sandford Sanjay  Santiago Saul Sawyer Scott Sean Sebastian  Septimus Serge Sergio Seth Seus Seymour Shane  Shawn Shayne Sheldon Shepherd Sherlock Sherman Shin Sidney  Sigmund Silas Silver Silvester Simon Sinclair Sinjin Sirius  Slade Slate Sol Solomon Sonny Sparrow Spartacus Spencer Spike  Soren Stan Stanford Stanley Steele Stephen Steven Stevie Stone Sven Summit  Sullivan Sully Sylvester

Tad  Tag Talon  Tanner Tate  Ted Teddy Teo Teodor  Teodoro Terence Terrell  Terry Tex Thad Thaddeus Thane  Thatcher Theo Theoden Theodore Thomas  Thor Thorn Tiberius Tiger Tito Titus Timothy  Titus Tobias Toby Tommy Tony Topher Trace Travis  Trent Trenton Trev Trevor Trey Tristan Troy Truman Tucker  Tudor Tullio Tullius Tully Tycho Tyler Tyrell Tyrese Tyrone  Tyson

Uberto  Ulric Ulrich  Ulysses Uriah Urban Urijah  Uriel

Van  Vance  Vaugn Victor  Vince Vincenco Vincent  Vinny Virgil Vlad Vladimir 

Wade  Walden  Waldo Walker  Wallace Wally Walt  Walter Warner Warren  Watson Waylon Wayne Wendall  Wesley Westley Weston Wilbert  Wilbur Wilder Wiley Wilfred Will William  Winston Wolf Wolfe Wolfgang Woodrow Wyatt 

Xander  Xavier Xavion  Xenon

Yael  Yahir York Yosef  Yousef Yusef

Zac  Zach Zachariah  Zacharias Zachary Zack  Zander Zane Zayden Zeke  Zeus Ziggy Zion Zoltan

[nerdasaurus1200]

Ghost Bug Ghosts Version 2.0

An update of the update, cause I’ve made a few changes and added some people. If you guys want, I’ll make a separate list for my completely fanon heroes 

Marinette- Consort Yu/Piao Chong, Eru Iluvatar, Bahiti/Oracle of Khepri, Queen Hippolyta, Mudekudeku, Adora, Bo Rua, Joan of Arc, Princess Rapunzel/Sunbug, Cyrus/Sunbug, Micazoyolin, Tentomushi, Mudangbeolle, Elizabeth Schuyler-Hamilton/Lady Luck, Captain Marie Dupain/La Coccinelle, Maria/La Mariquita

Adrien- Hei Mao, Melkor/Morgoth, Mairon/Sauron, Isildur, Sméagol Stoor/Gollum, Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, Bastet, Antiope, Phantom Lion, Catra, Namaari, Meo Den, Prince Consort Aladdin, Jean d'Aulon, Hector/Gato Noir, Lady Cassandra/Madame Noir, Jericho/Sir Noir, Mistontli, Kuro Neko, General Alexander Hamilton/General Cat, Felix Agreste/Le Chat Noir, El Gato Negro, Selena Kyle/Catwoman

Alya- Bai Qian/Húlí, Nessa, Curumo/Saurman, Bofur, Sir Meriadoc Brandybuck, Set, Moses, Ulysses, Dolos, Tyrion Lannister, Double Trouble, Vixen, Tromus, Loki, Robin Hood/Swiper, Esmeralda, Prince Horace “Eugene” Fitzherbert/Flynn Rider/Reynard Rouge, Elianna/Reynarda Rouge,  Kitsune, Pied Piper of Hamelin, Conrad Dupain/Filou Fennec, La Zorra, Frederick Douglass, Clyde Barrow/Swiper, Edward Nigma/Riddler

Chloe- Jing Ze/Mifeng, Tian Ming/Mifeng, Aulë, Aiwendil/Radagast, Balin, Dwalin, Boromir, Apis, Artemisia, Boudica, Arya Stark, Scorpia, Ong Chúa, Demanitus, Sigyn, Will Scarlet, Addie/HoneyBee, Captain Quaid, Sir Varian/Sir Bumble Squeak, Luna/Honey Bumble, Grace O’Malley, Hachi, Angelica Schuyler/Lady Stinger, Peggy Schuyler/Miss Buzz, Amalie Bourgeois/Reine des Abeilles, La Abeja Reina, Dr. Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy

Nino- Yu Gui, Li Shang, Vana, Uinen, King Thorin Oakenshield, Samwise Gamgee, Ha, Moana, Athena, Jon Snow, Sir Leon, Netossa, Ngọc rùa, Baldur, Little John, Gilles de Rais, Adira/Hardshell, Thomas, Kame, Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens/Lieutenant Turtle, Frances Laurens, Alexandra “Lex” Beaufort/Snapper, La Tortuga, Kristoff Bjorgman

Nathalie- Kǒngquè, Yavanna, Alatar, Galadriel, Isis, Pharoah Rameses II, Hera, Queen Margaery Tyrell-Baratheon, Morgan le Fay, Gothel, Con công, Frigga, Sultana Jasmine, Queen Arianna/Bluebird, Atlas/Juno, Chiyome Mochizuki/Pīmosu, Aida Agreste/Paon Royale, Pavo real

Gabriel- É wáng, Melkor/Morgoth, Eonwë, Luthien, Ori, Alrabu Aleutha, Aaron, Psyche, Merlin, Chúa tể, King Odin, Friar Tuck, King Edmund/Monarch, Princess Nuru/Painted Lady, Ronnie/Grayling, Chiyome Mochizuki/Pīmosu, General George Washington/General Moth, Absolon Agreste/Le Papillon, Polilla, Ulysses S. Grant, Anastasia Romanov/Monarch

Mylene- Shǔ, Mandos, Nori, Belladonna Baggins, Bilbo Baggins, Seth, Hecate, Entrapta, Noi, Con chuột, Midge, Sir Varian/Sir Bumble Squeak, Kiera/Pack Rat, Carina/Reginault, Nezumi, Captain Jacquotte Delahaye/Bilge Rat, Cinderella, Clementine Haprele/La Rat Gris, La Rata Gris, Mary Bowser/Anonymouse, Billy the Kid/Pack Rat, Jane Porter, Bonnie Parker/Minnie Mouse

Ivan- Lu Bu/Niu, Tulkas, Pallanto, Gloin, Gimli, Apis, Hephaestus, Hercules, Hodor, Sir Percival, Frosta, Tong, Sửu, Magni, Quasimodo, Lance Strongbow/Strongbow, Ushi, Hercules Mulligan/Mighty Ox, Dureau Bruel/Puissant Beouf, Buey Poderoso, Tiana/Blue Babe, Bane, Clark Kent/Superman, Kara Danvers/Supergirl

Juleka- Mǔ lǎohǔ, Oromë, Tilion, Princess Tauriel, Princess Mili, Montu, Ares, Lady Sansa Stark, Con Hổ, Queen Freyja, Queen Brunnhilde, Tomoe Gozen, Catalina/Tigerin, Amber/Shadowcat, Tora, Anna Strong/Agent 355/Tiger Phantom, Amber Couffaine/La Tigress, La Tigresa,  Harriet Tubman/Shadowcat, Helena Bertinelli/Huntress

Alix- Ā lìkè s Kudbel/Tùzǐ, Vairë, Aliks/Huh, Princess Cassandra of Troy, Alix Kubdel/Con thỏ, Kanin Kubdel, Usagi, Alice Kubdel/Lapin Blanc, Alexander Kubdel/Lapin Blanc, Alessandra Kubdel/El Conejo Blanco, Mary Poppins/Miss Hopp, Alim Kubdel/Bunnyx

Kagami- Fa Mulan/Mother Dragon, Ulmo, Arien, Tefnut, King Zeus, King Aegon Targaryen, Queen Daenerys Targaryen, King Arthur Pendragon, Spinnerella, Raya, Nữ Hoàng, Prince Thor, Chieftain Hiccup Haddock, Chieftess Zephyr and Chieftain Nuffink Haddock, Maid Marian, Maleficent, Quirin/Zmey, Cassandra/Shadowscale, Doragonesu, Aria Sanceour-Agreste/Dragon Rouge, La Dragoness, Queen Elsa/Dragon Empress, Queen Anna/Dragon Empress, Kida

Luka- Bai Suzhen/Shé Nǚshì, Varda, Salmar, Beren, Bifur, King Aragorn, Wadjet, Medusa, Perseus, Oberyn Martell, Queen Guinevere, Mermista, Con Rắn, Jormungandr, Alan a Dale, Hugo/Schlange, Hebi, Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Burr/Colonel Serpent, Adam Couffaine/Le Serpent, La Serpiente, William Sherman

Max- Ma, Manwë, King Theoden, Princess Eowyn, Astarte, Pegasus, Khal Drogo, Glimmer, Con Ngựa, Heimdall, Sleipnir, Gilbert Whitehand, Stalyan/Lady Mare, Juliet/Equine, Uma, Sybil Ludington/Madame Mare, Le Chevalier, El Caballo

Marc- Gao ChangGong/Shānyáng, Irmo, Ilmare, Dori, Khnum, Silene, Sir Elyan, Dê đực, Aurora, Evie, Niorun, Yagi, Miram Anciel/Madame Bouc, La Cabra Billy

Nathaniel- Gōngjī, Estë, Oin, Lord Bard, Prince Legolas, Ra, Artemis, Apollo, Jaime Lannister, Sir Lancelot, Bow, Princess Merida, Chim Trời, Eir, Captain Caspar/Lord Dawn, Helene/Lady Dawn, Ondori, Dawn Kurtzberg/Poulet Rouge, El Pájaro del Sol, Clara Barton

Kim- Sun Wukong, Ossë, Prince Kili, Pippin Took, Babi, Icarus, Sir Gwain, Sea Hawk, Boun, Co Khi, Freyr, Diana/Singette, Monkī, Sasuke Sarutobi, Jack Overland Frost/Monkey Boy, Mary “Flee” Overland/Monkey Girl, La Singe, El Mono, George Custer

Sabrina- Gǒu, Faramir, Anubis, Hades and Persephone, Brienne of Tarth, Cú Chulainn, Chó, Hel, Yong/Xiǎo gǒu, Romeo/Weredog, Inu, Private Deborah Sampson/Private Hound, Leala Raincomprix/Chien de Guarde, El Perro Guardián

Rose- Zhu Bajie, Nienna, Melian, Bombur, Hathor, Aphrodite, Eros, Perfuma, Heo Con, Sif, Grenelda/Porcina, Ingrid/Porcina, Artemis, Snow White/Princess Schwein, Buta, Belle/Cochonette, Violet Lavillant/Petite Cochon, El Pequeño Cerdito, Charlotte/Princess Piggy

Jess- Yīng, Varda, Olorin/Gandalf, Miriam, Sucracha, Vedrfolnir, William Wallace, Chim ưng, Willow/Freebird, Orion, Pocahontas, Queen Elena/Aguila, Washi, Marquis de Lafayette/Aiglon

Lady Lion- Shīzi, Prince Fili, Hercules, Sư tử, Raion, León

[alandaroyalsims]

Monarch: King Henry Albert Phillip George

Consort: Queen Anne Elizabeth, Consort of Alanda

Heir apparent: Crown Prince George.

King Henry was the eldest son of King Aluisios and his wife Queen Catherine. He had a younger sister Princess Mary, to whom he was very fond, the two brothers were great friends throughout their lives.

Henry became King at age 13 after his father's death. He was responsible for taking care of his sister and her mother. Queen Catherine became very influential in the successful reign of King Henry. He married at age 19 to Miss Anne Smith, daughter of the minister of economy, Thomas Smith. As a wedding Gift the Monarch had the Winter Palace built for his wife.

Henry and Anne had three children, The first was Crown Prince George Phillip Arthur (Gen 3), the second and only daughter Princess Diana Louise Elizabeth and the last Prince Gabriel Louis Charles.

Princess Diana married Mr Ethan Kenal and had a son Edward Ethan Henry and Charlotte Anne Louise.

Prince Gabriel married Mrs Carly Luris and had twin sons Albert Peter Edmund and Alexander James Malcom and a daughter Anne Emilia Carly (the only one born after her grandparents death)

King Henry had a long life and was present at the birth of 6 of his 7 grandchildren. He prided himself on his male lineage by having two sons and his first five grandchildren being male.

He died at age 45, being succeeded by his son George.

You can see more about them in my Family tree.

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GEORGE

1st Duke of Kent

(born 1902 - died 1942)

pictured above is a portrait of the Duke of Kent, painted by Fülöp de László in 1934

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GEORGE EDWARD ALEXANDER EDMUND was born in 1902 at York Cottage, the residence of his parents at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.

He was born during the reign of his grandfather Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom, as one of the youngest sons of George, Prince of Wales, and Princess Victoria Mary of Teck.

Thus, he was born a member of the British branch of the HOUSE OF SAXE COBURG AND GOTHA. And, as a grandson of the Monarch in the male line, he was from birth a PRINCE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. Though, as an untitled child, he was styled by the title of his father and was known as PRINCE GEORGE OF WALES.

When his grandfather died in 1910, his father succeeded as George V, King of United Kingdom.

At the age of 13, he was sent to a Naval college and subsequently served in the Royal Navy.

When he was 14 years old, by 1917, there was a huge anti-German feeling in the United Kingdom because of World War I. So, his father decided to relinquish their German roots and changed the family name from House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to HOUSE OF WINDSOR.

During his youth, he was a playboy, had affairs with many women, and is rumoured to have been addicted to drugs.

Some people say that he had an illegitimate child from his affair with ALICE (KIKI) GWYNNE, a married American socialite. He was 23 years old when this child was supposedly born in 1926.

Check details about his purported child at the end of this post!

At 31 years old, he became engaged to a cousin of Greek Royalty. So, in preparation for his wedding, in October 1934, he was created DUKE OF KENT, EARL OF ST ANDREWS, and BARON DOWNPATRICK by his father.

In November 1934, his wedding to 28-year-old PRINCESS MARÍNA OF GREECE AND DENMARK took place. She was the last foreign Princess to marry into the British Royal Family. Her parents were Prince Nikólaos of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Yelyena Vladimirovna of Russia. With her, he had three children.

Check a list of his legitimate children at the end of this post!

When his father died in 1936, his eldest brother briefly succeeded as King Edward VIII, abdicating months later. So, his second eldest brother Albert, Duke of York, acceded as King George VI.

Later in life, in 1937, he transitioned from the Royal Navy to serve in the Royal Air Force, at the age of 34.

But, his life was cut short, when in 1942, while on service for the Royal Air Force, his plane crashed on Eagle's Rock in Scotland. And, the Duke of Kent died at 39 years old.

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After his death, his 7-year-old eldest son, Prince Edward, succeeded as Duke of Kent and on his other titles. To this day, his descendants still hold his titles.

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GEORGE and his wife MARÍNA had three children.

Edward, Duke of Kent - husband of Katharine Worsley;

Princess Alexandra of Kent - wife of Sir Angus Ogilvy; and

Prince Michael of Kent - husband of Baroness Marie Christine of Reibnitz.

pictured above is the Duke of Kent with his wife, photographed in 1934

And, he may have had illegitimate children.

From his affair with ALICE (Kiki):

possibly Michael Canfield - husband first of Caroline Bouvier, and second of Frances Laura Charteris.

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SERIES - Descendants of the Monarchs of Ireland (DotMoI)

In a span of four generations, George, Duke of Kent, was related to the Monarchs of Ireland through his father.

His father was George V, King of the United Kingdom - the Sovereign and Head of State of the Irish Free State between 1922-36.

[postcard-from-the-past]

1934 wedding of Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark

British vintage postcard

[girlysword]

Possibilities for Bridgerton Sequel (because as much fun as the regiment of siblings is, an army of cousins would be so much funnier)

1832-Daphne and Simon’s eldest (The show changed them from a girl to a boy, so while 18 would be fine for a girl, it would be scandalously young for a boy, which I think would be hilarious. Perhaps Lord Basset succeeds in running away to Gretna Green with Miss Joliffe where his uncle failed.)

Significant Historical Event(s): Cholera outbreak in England, it was declared over by May, but people were still dying. Could include Kitty Wilkinson, who saved lives through her generosity.

Example of fashion:

1836-Daphne’s daughters Belinda and Caroline

Significant Historical Event(s): The first railway in London had opened in February.

Example of fashion:

1840-Daphne’s son David and Anthony’s sons Edmund and Miles

Significant Historical Event(s): Queen Victoria and Prince Albert married in February.

Example of fashion:

1841: Anthony’s daughter Charlotte and Bendict’s sons Charles and Alexander

Significant Historical Event(s): The Royal Botanical Gardens opens in April.

Example of fashion:

1842-Benedict’s kids William and Violet

Significant Historical Event(s): Queen Victoria makes her first train journey as a reigning monarch in June.

Example of fashion:

1848-Colin’s daughter Agatha and Eloise’s daughters Penelope and Georgianna

Significant Historical Event(s): Queen’s College, the world’s first school to award academic qualifications to young women, is founded. The Great Famine in Ireland also.

Example of fashion:

1849-Colin’s daughter Jane, Gregory’s daughter Katherine, and Hyacinth’s daughter Isabella

Significant Historical Event(s): The first exhibition of paintings by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood are exhibited in London for the first time. Queen Victoria was shot at. The Great Famine in Ireland also.

Example of fashion:

1850-Anthony’s daughter Mary, Colin’s son Thomas, and Hyacinth’s son George

Significant Historical Event(s): A hippopotamus arrives in the London Zoo in May. The Great Famine in Ireland also.

Example of fashion:

1852-Eloise’s son Frederick and Francesca’s children John and Janet

Significant Historical Event(s): The first public bathroom for women in Britain opens in London. The Great Famine in Ireland ends.

Example of fashion:

1853-Gregory’s children Richard, Hermione, and Daphne

Significant Historical Event(s): London Zoo opens the world’s first public aquarium in May.

Example of fashion:

1860-Colin’s son George and Gregory’s daughters Eloise and Francesca

Significant Historical Event(s): Nightingale’s Training School and Home for Nurses opens in London.

Example of fashion:

1861- Daphne’s son Edward and Gregory’s kids Anthony, Benedict, and Colin

Significant Historical Event(s): The American Civil War breaks out

Example of fashion:

[richmond-rex]

What do you think Henry VII remembers, if anything, of his other uncle Henry VI?

This is such an interesting question and something that I myself have been wondering, so thank you for providing me with the opportunity to expand my thoughts on here 🌹

We know that Henry VII only ever saw his uncle King Henry VI once during his life, when he was 13 years old. However, I’d argue King Henry must have caused quite a great impression on him, and considering Henry Tudor was old enough at that time, also a profoundly lasting one. So far young Henry Earl of Richmond had been living as a ward of his uncle Jasper’s enemies, the Herberts. By 1470 his old guardian, William Herbert, had been executed, and then, as the Earl of Warwick changed sides and brought about Henry VI’s readeption, Henry Tudor was returned to his uncle Jasper who took him to London to meet King Henry VI. That Jasper felt like acquainting his nephew with his brother denotes a special degree of closeness and advocates for his idea of family, in my opinion.

According to André, Henry VII’s court poet and self-styled regius historiographus, on 27 October 1470 Henry VI held ‘a splendid feast with the nobles and best men of the kingdom’ to commemorate his return to the throne. As the king was washing his hands, young Richmond was brought to his presence, and according to André, ‘the king prophesied that someday the boy would undertake the governance of the kingdom and would have all things under his own power.’ Polydore Vergil, a historian that began his service under Henry VII in 1506, wrote in his Three Books that in that 1470 meeting ‘the king... is reported to have said:’

“This truly, this is he unto whom both we and our adversaries must yield and give over the dominion.”

It seems not even Vergil lends much credence to this tale as expressed by his choice of words: reported to have said. As expected, this myth has largely been viewed as Tudor propaganda and indeed the episode has been immortalised in Shakespeare’s Henry VI part III. In the play, King Henry VI meets a toddler Henry Richmond (then escorted by Somerset), calls him ‘England’s hope’, and says Richmond was ‘Likely in time to bless a regal throne’. Given that King Henry VI had his own son Prince Edward as his heir at the time, it seems unlikely he would ever have said such a thing. However, if anything remotely close to that happened, then I agree with Leanda de Lisle in saying that it must have been King Henry VI taking Henry Tudor to be his own son Edward, who thanks to his imprisonment in the Tower he had not seen for five years (and would not ever see again). It’s absurdly sad to think King Henry VI would confound his nephew with his son but arguably also not out of the realm of possibility. We don’t know if Henry Tudor saw his uncle King Henry again, but it’s also not unlikely that he, his mother and uncle Jasper stayed at court for the feast of All Hallows’ (1 November) and All Souls’ Day (2 November).

If King Henry VI ever made such prophecy, wittingly or not, then it must have greatly impacted on Henry Tudor. Henry VII believed to have been chosen by God to, against all odds, become king of England. He once wrote about ‘the crown which it has pleased God to give us with the victory over our enemy at our first field’. Henry Tudor was reported to be very pious—he made pilgrimages to the shrine of St Thomas Becket at Canterbury every Easter, as well as frequent pilgrimages to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham and donations to the shrine of St Vincent Ferrer in Brittany. He also founded the cult of the Breton saint St Armel in England and boosted the teachings of St Francis by his patronage of the Franciscan order. He especially favoured the Observants (the Franciscans, also known as the Greyfriars), granting them annuities for the establishment of monasteries in England and abroad. It seems he also favoured staying at religious houses when travelling or going on progress around the kingdom.

Most importantly, Henry VII held a singular devotion to the Virgin Mary and his adoption of the red rose as his personal symbol—aside from dynastic reasons—had everything to do with the religious connotations of that flower. Henry VII could have associated himself with his uncle Henry VI by adopting his antelope badge, for example, but instead, he chose the five-petal flower associated with the Virgin Mary and the Passion of Christ. The Franciscans were noted for their devotion to the Passion, and Henry VII had come in contact with the Observants during his exile in Brittany. The rose had five petals like the five wounds of Christ—St Bernard of Clairvaux once stated: “As many wounds as there are on the Saviour’s body, so many roses are there! Look at His feet and His hands; do you not see roses?” 

Forgive me for still going on a tangent about it, but Henry VII’s personal devotion to the Virgin Mary and the doctrine of her Immaculate Conception is exemplified in his Book of Hours, where a miniature shows a figure representing the king kneeling at a prayer desk before a vision of the Virgin as a baby held by her mother, St Anne (or, alternatively, The Virgin and the Child Jesus). His devotion to the Virgin was also highlighted in his rebuilding of the Lady Chapel (now Henry VII’s Chapel) at Westminster Abbey which I will return to in a moment.

I’m not sure but I think it was Vergil who reported Henry VII as having said that religion was his ‘continual refuge’ during exile. His piety has been largely attributed to the influence of his mother Margaret Beaufort, herself also a very pious woman. But given how many years—and formative years those were—they spent apart, I imagine that Henry must have looked up to someone closer to him at the time, namely his uncle Jasper Tudor. We know that after the death of Catherine of Valois Jasper and his brother Edmund were raised by nuns at Barking Abbey, and that then at some point they joined King Henry VI’s court. According to John Blacman, Henry VI’s biographer and chaplain writing in 1485:

[…] and like pains did [Henry VI] apply in the case of his half-brothers, the Lords Jasper and Edmund, in their boyhood and youth; providing for them most strict and safe guardianship, putting them under the care of virtuous and worthy priests, both for teaching and for right living and conversation, lest the untamed practices of youth should grow rank if they lacked any to prune them.

Blacman also claimed that the king personally protected his half-brothers from sexual temptation by keeping ‘careful watch through hidden windows of his chamber’ (yes, I know). Like his uncle King Henry VI, Henry VII would also set a court that ‘maintained the highest standards of sexual behaviour’. Indeed, Retha Warnicke made an extensive compilation of scandals during the first two Tudor reigns and not a single case of sexual misconduct was found to have taken place during Henry VII’s time, marking his court as a decidedly different one than Edward IV’s had been.

Going back to Henry VI’s supposed prophecy, his words surely must have acquired a great weight in Henry Tudor’s mind by 1483 when he made his bid to the English throne. By that time King Henry VI had become a popular saint in England and even though Edward IV had tried to have him modestly—and somewhat obscurely—buried in Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, people had started to flock to his grave. A peasant claimed that Henry VI helped him when he had a bean trapped in his ear, which only popped out after he prayed to the king. Painted images of King Henry VI began showing up in churches around the country, like this one at Barton in Norfolk:

One of King Henry VI’s most ardent devotees was Henry Tudor’s mother Margaret Beaufort (Jasper’s feelings towards the cult are unknown) who had met her kinsman when she was about nine years old. When King Henry VI allegedly offered her the option of remaining married to Suffolk’s son or be remarried to his brother Edmund, Margaret says St Nicholas came to her in a dream dressed as a bishop, telling her to choose Edmund. Again, if this story is true or not, we may never know, but Margaret told that to her confessor John (bishop, then saint) Fisher—why would a famously pious woman such as Margaret Beaufort lie to her own confessor, thus committing a sin? It might be that the events took a mystical turn in Margaret’s imagination as a young girl, but that she associated divine intervention to hers and her son’s fate, and likewise to King Henry VI’s proposal, is clear.

It seems Richard III tried to control King Henry VI’s ever-growing cult by moving Henry VI’s body from Chertsey Abbey to St George’s Chapel at Windsor, a place where visitors wouldn’t have easy access to the king. Nevertheless, when Henry VII came to the throne he wholeheartedly encouraged pilgrimages to the place. Henry VII launched an official campaign to have his uncle canonised, with several petitions to popes Innocent VIII, Alexander VI and Julius II. Henry also ordered the compilation of a book of miracles worked by his uncle, and a biography of Henry VI was published in 1500 claiming that Henry VI had been ever pious and chaste during his life, towards his queen never behaving ‘unseemly ... but with all conjugal honesty and gravity’. Henry VII planned to have the body of King Henry VI re-interred at the heart of the new Lady Chapel he was planning at Westminster Abbey. 

However much Henry VII enjoyed good relations with the papacy, especially Pope Innocent VIII, his campaign to have his uncle King Henry VI canonised never came into fruition. Henry VII decided for him and his wife to be buried at his new Lady Chapel instead, next to the tomb of his grandmother Queen Catherine of Valois. In his will, he stated his wish for his body to be buried:

“in the Chapell where our said graunt Dame laye buried, the which Chapell we have begoune to buylde of newe, in the honour of our blessed Lady.”

That doesn’t mean Henry VII set aside the memory of his uncle King Henry VI. He employed the same man that was overseeing the construction of the Lady Chapel at Westminster, Reginald Bray, to continue the rebuilding of St George’s Chapel at Windsor set in motion by his predecessor Edward IV (it came to be informally known as the Bray Chapel). The modest thirteenth-century chapel of Edward the Confessor was expanded into a vast cathedral-like chapel where, importantly, Henry VI’s body was placed alongside a famous relic, the fragment of the True Cross (a reliquary known as the Cross of Gneth) and the bones of John Schorne (revered for curing gout and toothache).

We may argue that Henry VII’s campaign to have King Henry VI’s canonised was fundamentally political (much like Richard II’s campaign for Edward II) as many historians have done. King Henry VI as a saint, combined with his supposed prophecy, would successfully contribute to the image of Henry VII’s reign as one chosen by God. When we put Henry VII’s religious devotion into perspective, though, his efforts to have ‘the glorious King Henry’ canonised take another dimension—in fact, there’s no doubt that in Henry VII’s eyes God had intervened in his favour. Henry VII’s will also stated his wish for an image of himself to be placed in St Edward’s chapel at Westminster, depicting him returning to God and the Virgin Mary the circlet with which he had been crowned at the Battle of Bosworth.

This is me purely speculating, but I think that even though Henry VII only came in contact with King Henry VI once in his life, his half-uncle might have exercised a great influence on him through his uncle Jasper. Jasper seemed to have been genuinely attached to his brother Henry on a personal level as well as devoted to his political cause. If Henry VI’s saintly qualities had been enough to impress Margaret Beaufort, it is very likely that they might have impressed young Henry of Richmond as well.

[heavyarethecrowns]

I just heard about Prince George, Duke of Kent. I was wondering if you knew anything interesting about him? Sounds like an interesting guy

Some facts about him,

His full name was George Edward Alexander Edmund (Edmund should make a comeback in the RF!)

He was born on the 20th December 1902 and sadly died just 39 on the 25th August 1942

He was the 4th son of King George V and Queen Mary. His elder siblings were the later King Edward VIII/Duke of Windsor, King George VI, Princess Mary later Countess of Harewood and also Prince Henry, The Duke of Gloucester. There was another siblings, younger than him, Prince John, who tragically passed away at just 13.

He became Duke of Kent in 1934

Prince George served in the Royal Navy in the 1920s and then briefly as a civil servant. In the late 1930s, he served as an RAF officer, initially as a staff officer at RAF Training Command and then, from July 1941, as a staff officer in the Welfare Section of the RAF Inspector General’s Staff. He was killed in a military air-crash on 25 August 1942.

As a young man, the Duke came to the opinion that the future lay in aviation. It became his passion, and in 1929, the Duke earned his pilot’s licence. He was the first of the royal family to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air. Before his flying days, he entered the Royal Navy and was trained in intelligence work while stationed at Rosyth

After leaving the navy, he briefly held posts at the Foreign Office and later the Home Office

In 1939 he returned to active service as a rear admiral in the Royal Navy, but in April 1940, transferred to the Royal Air Force. He temporarily relinquished his rank as an air officer to assume the post of staff officer at RAF Training Command in the rank of group captain, so that he would not be senior to more experienced officers. On 28 July 1941, he assumed the rank of air commodore in the Welfare Section of the RAF Inspector General’s Staff. In this role, he went on official visits to RAF bases to help boost wartime morale

He had many dalliances before and after marriage, from high society types to Hollywood celebs. Also with both men and women. In fact, one of his longest relationships was with Noel Coward. 

Some other notable names include musical star Jessie Matthews, writer Cecil Roberts and apparently he shared Kiki Preston in a ménage à trois with Argentine Jorge Ferrara

The Duke of Kent is rumoured to have been addicted to drugs, especially morphine and cocaine, a rumour that reputedly originated with his friendship with Kiki Preston

In his attempt to rescue his cocaine-addicted brother from the influence of Kiki, Edward, Prince of Wales, attempted for a while to persuade both George and Kiki to break off their contact, to no avail. Eventually, Edward forced George to stop seeing Kiki and also forced Kiki to leave England, while she was visiting George there in the summer of 1929. For years afterwards, Edward feared that George might relapse to drugs if he maintained his contact with Kiki. Indeed, in 1932, Prince George ran into Kiki unexpectedly at Cannes and had to be removed almost by force

It has been alleged for years that American publishing executive Michael Temple Canfield (1926–1969) was the illegitimate son of the Duke of Kent and Kiki Preston. According to various sources, both The Duke of Kent’s brother, the Duke of Windsor and Laura, Duchess of Marlborough, Canfield’s second wife, shared this belief. 

Canfield was the adopted son of Cass Canfield, an American publisher of Harper and Row. In 1953, Canfield married Caroline Lee Bouvier the younger sister of Jacqueline Bouvier who married U.S. Senator and future U.S. president John F. Kennedy the same year. Canfield and Bouvier divorced in 1958, and the marriage was annulled by the Roman Catholic Church in November 1962

On 25th August 1942, George and 14 others took off in an RAF Short Sunderland flying boat W4026 from Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, to fly to Iceland on non-operational duties. The aircraft crashed on Eagle’s Rock, a hillside near Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland. All but one were killed, including George. It marked the first time in 450 years that a royal died during active duty. 

There is a false rumour thanks to a book (considered unreliable and farfetched) alleging that Kent had a briefcase full of 100-krona notes, worthless in Iceland, handcuffed to his wrist, leading to speculation the flight was a military mission to Sweden, the only place where krona notes were of value

His elder son, six-year-old Prince Edward, succeeded him as Duke of Kent. Princess Marina, his wife, had given birth to their third child, Prince Michael, only seven weeks before Prince George’s death.

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

Current names in the BRF

This looks purely at the first 62 in line to the throne, plus the Queen, and the late Duke of Edinburgh. There are 109 different names in the BRF, from Elizabeth to Zenouska.

NAMES IN THE BRF

Click to enlarge - this is a bar chart of every name in use in the BRF. Of these names, the most common by far are Elizabeth, George, Alexandra, Philip, and Charles. These link back to the Queen (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), Philip, Charles, and both Georges (George VI, the ascendant of the Queen’s line and George V, the ascendant of them all)

REPEATED NAMES IN THE BRF

Click to enlarge - as you can see, variations of Elizabeth are the most common name in the family, followed by Elizabeth itself. Variations of Alexandra, Louis, and Charles are also common, as well as George, Philip, and Edward. Many Elizabeths are followed by Alexandra or Mary.

VARIATIONS OF ELIZABETH

Of the 16 Elizabeths in the family, 14 are Elizabeth, 1 Lilibet, and 1 Isabella. Only one Elizabeth is the given name of the person (The Queen), while both Lilibet and Isabella are also given names. Of the 13 Elizabeths which are not The Queen herself, 7 are direct descendants of the Queen

VARIATIONS OF LOUIS

Variations of Louis, a French name, appears 11 times in the family. Of those, 7 are Louis, 3 are Louise, and 1 is Eloise. Eloise is a given name, while Louise is a given name once (Lady Louise Windsor) and Louis is a given name twice (Prince Louis and Louis Windsor)

VARIATIONS OF ALEXANDRA

Alexandra is the second name of the Queen and a variation of Alexandrina, the given name of Queen Victoria. There are 14 Alexanders or Alexandras in the family, with 8 of them being Alexandras and 6 being Alexander. 2 of the Alexanders are the given name of the person (the Earl of Ulster and Alexander Ogilvy), while the only person with the given name Alexandra is Princess Alexandra.

VARIATIONS OF CHARLES

Charles is the name of the next King. As such, Charles or Charlotte is used 10 times within the family - Charles 8 times and Charlotte twice. Charlotte is the given name of Princess Charlotte, while Charles is the given name of the Prince of Wales and Viscount Linley

SINGLE USE NAMES

Names only used once in the BRF include: Lilibet, Isabella, Margarita, Eloise, Antony, Peter, Mark, Zara, William, Henry, Davina, Beatrice, Beatrix, Eugenie, Helena, Theo, Theodora, Archie, Harrison, August, Augustus, Hawke, Mia, Grace, Lena, Lucas, Lucy, Savannah, Kathleen, Isla, Inigo, Frances, Sarah, Alleyne, Samuel, Benedict, Benedikte, Nathaniel, Walter, Gregers, Xan, Anders, Cosima, Senna, Kowhai, Tāne, Mahuta, Birgitte, Lyla, Rufus, Montagu, Paul, Edmund, Maximilian, Amelia, Sophia, Jonathan, Leopold, Ernest, Guelph, Felix, Olivia, Columbus, Donald, Cassius, Estella, Franklin, Maud, Daphne, Gabriella, Ophelia, Bruce, Flora, Zenouska

This list includes “royal” names, like William, Henry, Isabella, Grace, and Theo.