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4 days ago · 11th April, 2018 in History, Women in History. Joan, Lady of Wales. Three hundred years before Anne Boleyn was executed for allegedly committing adultery, the wife of Welsh prince Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, more commonly known as Llywelyn the Great, was forgiven for the same crime.
5 days ago · A new portrait of Catherine, Princess of Wales, is drawing mixed reviews. The painting, by British Zambian artist Hannah Uzor, appears on the cover of Tatler ’s July issue. It portrays the...
4 days ago · Joan of England 1165–1199 Queen of Sicily: Raymond VI 1156–1222 Count of Toulouse: House of Welf: Berengaria of Navarre c. 1165 –1230 Queen of England: King Richard I King of England 1157–1199 r. 1189–1199: Isabella of Angoulême 1188–1246 Queen of England: King John King of England 1166–1216 r. 1199–1216: Isabel c. 1173 –1217 ...
5 days ago · CNN — A new portrait of Catherine, Princess of Wales has stoked controversy online, with some royal fans criticizing the work for its portrayal of the future British Queen. The painting, by...
4 days ago · When Eleanor and Edward first met she was just ten years old and he a tall, long-legged teenager of fifteen (hence his nickname – ‘Longshanks’). Born in 1244, Eleanor was a Spanish princess – the Infanta of Castile. Her father was Ferdinand III, King of Castile and Leon and her mother Joanna, Countess of Ponthieu.
5 days ago · Catherine, princess of Wales (born January 9, 1982, Reading, Berkshire, England) is the consort (2011– ) of William, prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne. In 2022 Catherine became the princess of Wales, a title previously held by her mother-in-law, the late Princess Diana.
4 days ago · Gresham College - Edward VIII (May 06, 2024) Edward VIII (born June 23, 1894, Richmond, Surrey, England—died May 28, 1972, Paris, France) was the prince of Wales (1911–36) and king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of the British dominions and emperor of India from January 20 to December 10, 1936, when he ...
