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We would like to continue our series on Tudor queens by examining the life of Mary Tudor, the younger sister of King Henry VIII. She began as a victim of circumstances but ended up marrying the love of her life. Mary was the fifth child of Henry VII, King of England and his wife Elizabeth...
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In earlier medieval times, the area of Burgundy had been a kingdom. It was reduced to ducal status in 1004 and was given to the House of Burgundy in 1032. In the fourteenth century, Philip the Bold, the fourth son of King John II of France was the founder of the Burgundian branch of the...
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A short while ago I wrote about Isabel de Warenne, Countess of Surrey and then her first husband, William of Blois (youngest son of King Stephen). So, I think it's about time I finished the story by looking at Isabel's second husband, Hamelin Plantagenet, the other 4th Earl of Surrey. The illegitimate son of Geoffrey,...
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