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4 days ago · United Kingdom - Edward I, Magna Carta, Parliament: Edward was in many ways the ideal medieval king. He went through a difficult apprenticeship, was a good fighter, and was a man who enjoyed both war and statecraft. His crusading reputation gave him prestige, and his chivalric qualities were admired. Although he had a gift for leadership, he lacked sympathy for others and had an obstinacy that ...
4 days ago · Only one wife of a Welsh prince is known to have used the title: Eleanor de Montfort, wife of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last Prince of Wales. Margaret's husband held estates at Sycharth, Glyndyfrdwy, and elsewhere in North Wales. According to Sir John E. Lloyd, Margaret bore her husband five sons and four or five daughters.
3 days ago · In Gascony, Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, had been appointed as royal lieutenant in 1253 and drew its income, so in practice Edward derived neither authority nor revenue from this province. Around the end of November 1254, Edward and Eleanor left Castile and entered Gascony, where they were warmly received by the populace.
3 days ago · Joanna de Montfort 1248/1251: Guy de Montfort 1244–c. 1288 Count of Nola: Margherita Aldobrandesca Lady of Sovana. Eleanor de Montfort 1252–1282 Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon: Llywelyn II c. 1223 –1282 Prince of Wales: Eleanor of Castile 1241–1290 Queen of England: King Edward I King of England 1239–1307 r. 1272–1307 ...
5 days ago · They were probably a younger branch descended from Walter de Windsor, whose posterity, in the elder branch, being possessed of Farlam, by the gift of Ranulph de Meschines, took the name of Farlam, and became extinct temp Edw. III. Arms: — Gules, a saltier, Arg. between twelve crosscrosslets, Or.
3 days ago · Edmund of Hadham. FRANCE and ENGLAND quarterly in a border azure with martlets and fleurs de lis or alternately. When in October 1399 (fn. 204) the new king, Henry IV, granted the honour to Ralph Earl of Westmorland, (fn. 205) the long and troublesome connexion of Britanny and Richmond was broken at last.
5 days ago · Feast Day: April 28 – CNA. On April 28, the universal Church celebrates the feast day of Louis-Marie de Monfort, a 17th century saint who is revered for his intense devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Louis-Marie is perhaps most famously known for his prayer of entrustment to Our Lady, “Totus Tuus ego sum,” which means, “I am all ...
