Poor Anne Neville! I've been looking around the Web today to find a mention that today is the 523rd anniversary of her death on March 16, 1485, but haven't found anything, not even on Ricardian sites. So I thought I'd give her at least a quick mention here.
Perhaps the reason the anniversary of Anne's death received so little attention is that so little is known of Anne herself. Unlike her predecessors, Margaret of Anjou and Elizabeth Woodville, she has come in for little criticism; unlike her successor, the well-liked if not particularly influential Elizabeth of York, she has come in for little praise. Almost nothing is known of her personality. Nonetheless, she has been the heroine of numerous historical novels. Perhaps it's because so little is known about her that she makes for such fertile material: an author can make of her what he or she wishes. Her life, of course, is also stuff for the imagination. What did she think of her father's grand ambitions, her marriage to Margaret of Anjou's son, her mother's disinheritance, her marriage to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, her husband Richard's seizure of the crown? Probably we shall never know.
March 16, though, is a happy day in our household, because it's on that day fifteen years ago that I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Happy birthday, Bethany!
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Sunday, March 16, 2008
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Happy Valentine's Day From Some Famous Couples
Who said that you have to write romance novels to celebrate Valentine's Day in style? With the help of ACME Heart Maker, some famous couples in history (and in historical novels) have been doing it up right with custom-made candy hearts:
Thomas Seymour to Queen Katherine Parr:
Thomas Seymour to Princess Elizabeth:
Richard III to Anne Neville (remember the cookshop story):
Margaret Beaufort to Henry VII:
Henry VII to Elizabeth of York:
Henry VIII to Katherine of Aragon:
Edward IV to Elizabeth Woodville:
John of Gaunt to Katherine Swynford:
Edward II to Piers Gaveston
Roger Mortimer to Queen Isabella:
Queen Isabella to Roger Mortimer:
Hugh le Despenser the younger to Gower, Wales:
Thomas Seymour to Queen Katherine Parr:
Thomas Seymour to Princess Elizabeth:
Richard III to Anne Neville (remember the cookshop story):
Margaret Beaufort to Henry VII:
Henry VII to Elizabeth of York:
Henry VIII to Katherine of Aragon:
Edward IV to Elizabeth Woodville:
John of Gaunt to Katherine Swynford:
Edward II to Piers Gaveston
Roger Mortimer to Queen Isabella:
Queen Isabella to Roger Mortimer:
Hugh le Despenser the younger to Gower, Wales:
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