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Hace 5 días · Father. William the Conqueror. Mother. Matilda of Flanders. Henry I ( c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in 1087, Henry's elder brothers Robert Curthose ...
12 de jun. de 2024 · Katherine de Sutton was Abbess of Barking Abbey, Essex, between 1358 and 1376. Although little is known about her life, she showed a keen interest in the potential for liturgical drama to stimulate the souls in her care out of the spiritual sloth that she encountered as abbess at Barking.
2 de jul. de 2024 · While the history of the monastery of Streoneshalch, so intimately associated with the Abbess Hilda, forms an important chapter in the early history of Christianity in the north of England, that of the Benedictine house, which after a lapse of two centuries was founded on its site, is devoid of exceptional interest or importance.
24 de jun. de 2024 · Matilda, Queen of Germany and wife of King Henry I was the daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and Reinhild of Denmark. She was born about 895 and was raised by her grandmother, the Abbess...
Hace 2 días · It was founded early in the 12th century by Adeliza, Abbess of Barking, for lepers and other poor men, and until the Dissolution remained under the control of the abbey.
2 de jul. de 2024 · Henry earl of Lancaster in 1349, and Matilda Lady de Lisle in 1353, received leave from the pope to visit the convent with a limited number of attendants. The relations between the nunnery and the family of Thomas de Woodstock, duke of Gloucester, appear to have been of the closest kind.
Hace 6 días · Alfred the Great (Old English: Ælfrēd [a], Ælfrǣd, "elf counsel" or "wise elf"; 849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred, also spelled Aelfred, byname Alfred the Great, (born 849—died 899), king of Wessex (871–899), a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England.
