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Princess Elizabeth Stuart was buried in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel at Westminster Abbey. She was the only surviving daughter of James VI of Scotland and I of England and his wife Anne of Denmark. She was born at Falkland Palace in August 1596. Her father put her in the care of Alexander, Lord Livingstone and she grew up in Linlithgow ...
- Who Was Elizabeth Stuart?
- Childhood and Education: Elizabeth’s ‘Fairy Farm’
- Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
- Marriage to Frederick V
- A Valentine’s Day Wedding
- The 'Winter Queen’
- Death and Legacy
Elizabeth Stuart was the second child of King James I (VI of Scotland) and Queen Anne and their only daughter to survive past infancy. Her brother Charles, four years younger than his sister, was considered weak and unlikely to survive into adulthood. James’ hopes for succession dynastic marriages for his children were therefore invested in his eld...
In 1603 her father James succeeded Elizabeth I to the English throne. Elizabeth was handed over to the care of Lord and Lady Harrington and took up residence at Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire, located some two and a half miles north of Coventry. Lord Harrington indulged her passion for nature, and in a secluded wilderness at the end of the park arrange...
Elizabeth idolised her older brother - they shared a love of life which eluded the sickly Charles, four years younger than his sister. Her letters to Henry reveal a deep affection and and mutual respect. In 1605 she writes ‘My noble brother, I rouse you from sleep to remind you that I am your most humble servant, and desire above all that I might h...
As King of England, as well as of Scotland, James I had a wider responsibility than before his succession and his relations with Europe assumed a correspondingly greater significance. Mindful of the political tensions he had inherited from Elizabeth’s long reign, he fashioned himself in a new role as peacemaker within the wider context of Continent...
On Valentine’s Day, 14 February 1613, a spectacular wedding ceremony took place in the Royal Chapel at Whitehall Palace in London. The 16-year-old bride was resplendent in a cloth of shimmering silver lined with taffeta. Many diamonds of estimable value were embroidered upon her sleeves which dazzled the eyes of all the beholders. She wore a crown ...
At the time of their marriage, Elizabeth and her young groom Frederick V were destined to achieve international power and influence. However, by 1621, Elizabeth was in exile, destined to be remembered as the ‘The Winter Queen’, a derogatory epitaph that reflects the short duration of her rule in Bohemia, with her union with Frederick deemed a polit...
During their separations whilst Frederick was on campaign, the couple wrote to each other three or four times a week, sometimes even twice in one day. Frederick describes Elizabeth as his ‘only heart’, he ‘kisses her mouth a million times in imagination’. Frederick died unexpectedly from the plague at Mainz while on perpetual military campaign in 1...
- Matilda (wife of William I) Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror. Her husband was crowned here on Christmas Day 1066 and her coronation followed in May 1068.
- Edith. Edith married Henry I in the Abbey on 11 November 1100 and was crowned queen at the end of the ceremony, taking the regnal name Matilda. She often acted as regent of England during her husband's frequent absences for military campaigns in France.
- Adeliza. Following Matilda's death, Henry I married Adeliza of Louvain in January 1121 and she was crowned a week later. Adeliza was a great patron of the arts and literature and supported the rise of French poetry in the English court.
- Matilda (wife of Stephen) A countess in her own right, Matilda of Boulogne was crowned queen of England on 22 March 1136. She had been pregnant when her husband, King Stephen, was crowned the previous December and joined him in England for her own coronation after giving birth to their son William.
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Anne of Bohemia. The face of Richard II's queen is also carved from a death mask. Catherine de Valois. The effigy of Henry V’s queen is a full length effigy with a painted red dress and groove on her head for a crown. Elizabeth of York. Only the pear wood head and arm of Elizabeth now survives. Henry VII
1469 – 6 April 1490. Catherine of Prodebady. Beatrice of Naples. Vladislaus II – part of Bohemia. (King of Poland) 22 August 1471 – 13 March 1516. Barbara of Brandenburg. Beatrice of Naples. Anne of Foix-Candale.
Jan 21, 2015 · Also known as Isabella of France, Isabella of Valois. Mother: Isabella of Bavaria-Ingolstadt. Father: Charles VI of France. Queen consort of Richard II of England (1367-1400, ruled 1377-1399, deposed), son of Edward, the Black Prince. Married: October 31, 1396, widowed 1400 at age ten. Coronation: January 8, 1397.
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