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  1. Alice Perrers, also known as Alice de Windsor (circa 1348 –1400/1401) was an English royal mistress, lover of Edward III, King of England. As a result of his patronage, she became the wealthiest and most influential woman in the country.

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  2. Apr 1, 2024 · Alice Perrers (died 1400) was the mistress of King Edward III of England. She exercised great influence at the aging monarch’s court from about 1369 until 1376. She belonged probably to the Hertfordshire family of Perrers, although it is also stated that she was of more humble birth.

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  3. Alice Perrers Facts. Known for: mistress of King Edward III (1312 – 1377) of England in his later years; reputation for extravagance and legal battles. Dates: about 1348 – 1400/01. Also known as: Alice de Windsor.

  4. Aug 18, 2021 · 18th August 2021. Born 1348, Alice Perrers was an English royal mistress whose lover and patron was King Edward III of England. While there is no record of her birth, evidence suggests Alice...

  5. aa series of vivid vignettes about Alice Perrers, the mistress of Edward III.2. Walsingham clearly abhorred Alice. She was an ambitious woman. who overcame the disabilities of origin and gender to become one of. the most powerful figures at court in the mid-1370s.

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  7. Alice Wyndesore, or Alice Perrers as she is better known, rose to prominence at court during the 1360s as the notorious and powerful mistress of Edward III, where she established herself as a dominant political force until the death of the king in June 1377.

  8. “Edward III’s Gold-Digging Mistress”: Alice Perrers, Gender, and Financial Power at the English Royal Court, 1360– 1377; By Laura Tompkins; Edited by Cathleen Sarti; Book: Women and Economic Power in Premodern Royal Courts; Online publication: 20 November 2020; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781641892735.004

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