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28 de jul. de 2014 · Angela McLeod. 4.71. 14 ratings6 reviews. A historically researched biographical novel on the life of Frances Walsingham, the only child of Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth the First's Secretary of State and Spymaster. She survived the massacre of St.Bartholomew's Eve in Paris together with Sir Philip Sidney, whom she later married.
Brief Life History of Frances. When Frances Walsingham was born in 1567, in Chislehurst, Kent, England, United Kingdom, her father, Sir Francis Walsingham Knight, was 36 and her mother, Ursula St. Barbe, was 35. She married Sir Philip Sidney on 20 September 1583, in Penshurst, Kent, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.
28 de jul. de 2014 · Much has been written on Sir Francis Walsingham, otherwise known as Elizabeth I's Secretary of State and Spymaster, but very little detailing the life of his only child, Frances. Although she was closely associated with some of the greatest and most powerful people of that era, her presence and her contribution to the course of history is largely unknown.
15 de abr. de 2024 · Sir Francis Walsingham (born c. 1532, Kent, England—died April 6, 1590, London) was an English statesman and diplomat who was the principal secretary (1573–90) to Queen Elizabeth I and became legendary for creating a highly effective intelligence network. He successfully thwarted England’s foreign enemies and exposed domestic plotters who ...
25 de jul. de 2006 · Sir Francis Walsingham’s official title was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, but in fact this pious, tight-lipped Puritan was England’s first spymaster. A ruthless, fiercely loyal civil servant, Walsingham worked brilliantly behind the scenes to foil Elizabeth’s rival Mary Queen of Scots and outwit Catholic Spain and France, which had arrayed their forces behind her.
Frances Walsingham. Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset ( née Devereux; 30 September 1599 [1] – 24 April 1674) was an English noblewoman who lived during the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I and Charles II. Her father was Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Elizabeth I's favourite who was executed for treason in 1601.
17 de jul. de 2018 · See especially Walsingham’s letters to Elizabeth in February, March and April 1575 in SP 12/103, and August and September 1581 in SP 78/6 and also printed in Sir Dudley Digges, The Compleat Ambassador, or, Two Treaties of the Intended Marriage of Queen Elizabeth of Glorious Memory; Comprised in Letters of Negotiation of Sir Francis Walsingham, her Resident in France.
