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5 days ago · In the book, we meet María de Salinas, who travelled to England with Catherine of Aragon when just a teenager and spied for her during the divorce from Henry VIII. Anne Boleyn’s lady-in-waiting Jane Parker was instrumental in the execution of not one, but two queens.
4 days ago · In 1301, Charles married Catherine of Courtenay, titular Empress of Constantinople, but he was lost in the complexity of Italian politics. He would eventually play a role in later crusades. Catherine died on 11 October 1307 and their daughter Catherine of Valois succeeded her as titular empress. Charles II of Anjou
- 1291–1399
- Rise of the Ottomans, decline of Mamluks, Mongols
- Levant, Baltic, Iberia, Italy, Northern Africa
- Hospitallers, Teutonic Knights successful, Templars destroyed
5 days ago · After the Rough Wooing and Thomas Seymour's plan to marry him off to Lady Jane Grey, the 13-year-old King was betrothed to the five-year-old Elisabeth of Valois, daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici, in 1550.
- 28 January 1547 – 6 July 1553
- Jane Seymour
4 days ago · Anne Boleyn (born 1507?—died May 19, 1536, London, England) was the second wife of King Henry VIII of England and mother of Queen Elizabeth I.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Who were Anne Boleyn’s parents?Anne Boleyn was the daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn (who was later named earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde) and Elizabeth Boleyn (née Howard), the daught...
- How did Anne Boleyn become famous?Anne Boleyn joined the court of King Henry VIII of England, and he fell in love with her. In January 1533 he married Anne; his marriage to Catherin...
- How did Anne Boleyn change the world?Anne Boleyn used her position at court to present herself as a solution to Henry's succession issues. Because Pope Clement VII refused to annul Hen...
- How did Anne Boleyn die?Anne failed to produce a male heir for Henry VIII, and he grew interested in Jane Seymour. Henry had Anne confined to the Tower of London on charge...
2 days ago · Catherine Howard 1518/1524–1542 Queen of England: Catherine Parr 1512–1548 Queen of England: Madeleine French princess of Valois 1520–1537 Queen of Scotland: James V 1512–1542 King of Scotland: Mary of Guise 1515–1560 Queen of Scotland: Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox 1515–1578: Matthew Stewart 1516–1571 4th Earl of Lennox ...
4 days ago · His father was the son of Owen Tudor, a Welsh squire, and Catherine of France, the widow of King Henry V. His mother was the great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, whose children by Catherine Swynford were born before he married her.
5 days ago · St. Catherine Labouré was a Marian visionary and sister of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. The Blessed Mother gave her the Miraculous Medal during one of her apparitions. St. Catherine’s incorrupt body lies at the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Paris, France. She died on Dec. 31, 1876. St. Bernadette, Youtube.
