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Emma of Normandy, Queen of England - History... the interesting bits!
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Empress Matilda, Lady of the English | Historically Woman
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| | In 1141, Matilda, daughter of Henry I, sat down to a victory banquet in Westminster, certain of her imminent coronation as Queen Matilda of England. Yet it was a coronation that would never come to pass - so how was England's potential first queen regnant foiled?
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Who was the first King of England?
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| | Athelstan (or Æthelstan), the Anglo-Saxon ruler, is considered the first King of England, who reigned from AD 924 to 939.
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Mary I, Queen of England - The Freelance History Writer
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| | Portrait of Queen Mary I of England by Hans Eworth Mary was born at the Palace of Placentia at Greenwich on February 18, 1516, the only surviving child of King Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon. Her baptism was celebrated two days later in the church of the Observant Friars next to the...
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Book Review: "Ladies of Magna Carta: Women of Influence in Thirteenth Century England" by Sharon Bennett Connolly - Adventures of a Tudor Nerd
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| The year of 1215 marked a turning point in English history with the sealing of a rather unique document; the Charter of Liberties, or as we know it today, the Magna Carta. It was a charter from the people to a king demanding the rights that they believed that they deserved. Those who sealed it...