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  1. 5 days ago · Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen. London, Bloomsbury, 2017, ISBN: 9781408853955; 624pp.; Price: £25.00. Before beginning this review, it is important to frame the commentary that follows with two caveats; first, that I (or we as academics), am not the intended audience of this book and secondly, that although I have some ...

  2. 1 day ago · Mary of Burgundy (French: Marie de Bourgogne; Dutch: Maria van Bourgondië; 13 February 1457 – 27 March 1482), nicknamed the Rich, was a member of the House of Valois-Burgundy who ruled a collection of states that included the duchies of Limburg, Brabant, Luxembourg, the counties of Namur, Holland, Hainaut and other territories, from 1477 until her death in 1482.

  3. 3 days ago · The young boy was named after his larger-than-life great-grandfather, Charles the Bold who had died in battle fighting the Swiss at Nancy in 1477. He was the latest addition to the powerful Habsburg family, the clan that was slowly but surely gaining footholds across Europe, amassing a formidable collection of crowns.

  4. 5 days ago · His sister, Queen Isabella of Castile, was one of the most renowned pilgrims who came to San Pedro de Cardeña to honor the memory of the martyrs, as did the monarchs Felipe II, Felipe III, and Carlos II. Popular devotion was such that in 1603, Pope Clement VIII authorized the cult through a pontifical brief, dated 1603. El Cid and the monastery

  5. 2 days ago · The Duchess of York (1) (unnamed) character in Richard II, a composite of Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York, died 1392, the mother of Aumerle, and Joan Holland, who bore no children The Duchess of York (2) ( hist ) is the wife of Richard, Duke of York (1) in Henry VI, Part 3 .

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  7. 1 day ago · Charles was born in Flanders to Habsburg Archduke Philip the Handsome, son of Emperor Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy, and Joanna of Castile, younger child of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. Heir of his grandparents, Charles inherited his family dominions at a young age.

  8. 2 days ago · Katharine, Duchess of Kent. Katharine, Duchess of Kent, married the Duke of Kent in 1961, and at 90 years old became the oldest living royal family member following the passing of Elizabeth II ...

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