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Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG (d. March 3, 1542) was an illegitimate son of King Edward IV of England, and an important figure at the court of Henry VIII. The survival of a large collection of his letters make him in some ways one of the best-known people of his time.
Sep 30, 2022 · September 4, 2022. Arthur Plantagenet, Lord Lisle was the illegitimate son of King Edward IV, brother to Queen Elizabeth of York and uncle to King Henry VIII. Perhaps unfairly, Lord Lisle lived with a somewhat dubious reputation, seen as a weak and incompetent man while he was Lord Deputy of Calais.
Elizabeth Wayte. Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG (died 3 March 1542) was an illegitimate son of the English king Edward IV, half-brother-in-law of Henry VII, and an uncle of Henry VIII, at whose court he was a prominent figure and by whom he was appointed Lord Deputy of Calais (1533–40). [1] The survival of a large collection of ...
Her husband, John Basset, died in 1528, with Honor soon after marrying Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, thus becoming Lady Lisle. Her husband was later given the office of Lord Deputy of Calais. Most significantly about Arthur was his lineage, being the illegitimate son of King Edward IV and therefore having Plantagenet blood.
The Lisle Letters In 1940, poet T. S. Eliot, then a London editor, commissioned historian Muriel St. Clare Byrne to undertake the first annotated edition of England's illuminating 16th-century Lisle Letters - the personal and official correspondence of Arthur Plantagenet (Viscount Lisle), his wife, and his friends. The product of
Dec 10, 2023 · Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG (died 3 March 1542) was an illegitimate son of the English king Edward IV, half-brother-in-law of Henry VII, and an uncle of Henry VIII, at whose court he was a prominent figure and by whom he was appointed Lord Deputy of Calais (1533–40).
Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG (died 3 March 1542) was an illegitimate son of the English king Edward IV, half-brother-in-law of Henry VII, and an uncle of Henry VIII
