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Hace 4 días · Book Review-Mistress of the Maze: The Legend of Rosamund Clifford-J.P Reedman. Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Whether Henry II really loved Rosamund Clifford or was she just one of the many mistress' he had I kind of wondered about at the end of this engaging novel. No doubt he didn't want to lose her-he gave her jewels and other really amazing gifts ...
Hace 2 días · Henry had eight legitimate children by Eleanor: five sons, William, the Young Henry, Richard, Geoffrey and John; and three daughters, Matilda, Eleanor and Joan. He had several long-term mistresses, including Annabel de Balliol and Rosamund Clifford, and also several illegitimate children.
- 19 December 1154 – 6 July 1189
- Empress Matilda
Hace 2 días · Henry lost the woman reputed to be his great love, Rosamund Clifford, in 1176. He had met her in 1166 and had begun their liaison in 1173, supposedly contemplating divorce from Eleanor. This notorious affair caused a monkish scribe to transcribe Rosamund's name in Latin to "Rosa Immundi", or "Rose of Unchastity".
4 de may. de 2024 · 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 .
3 de may. de 2024 · King Henry commuted the sentence to beheading for St. Thomas after the verdict was read). But as I recently reread about his final days, including his trial on July 1, 1535, one detail that had previously escaped my notice jumped out. St. Thomas More’s jurors included the father of Anne Boleyn and her brother, George Boleyn.
18 de abr. de 2024 · Rollo (born c. 860—died c. 932) was a Scandinavian rover who founded the duchy of Normandy. According to later Scandinavian sagas, Rollo, making himself independent of King Harald I of Norway, sailed off to raid Scotland, England, Flanders, and France on pirating expeditions.
19 de abr. de 2024 · Cleopatra (1594) and The Works of Samuel Daniel Newly Augmented (1601). The Complaint of Rosamond – Long historical poem (epyllion) about Rosamund Clifford, the mistress of King Henry II. First published in Delia and The Complaint of Rosamond (1592) and in a second revised edition in that same year.
