Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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Page xvii
... Gloucester taken - Exchanged for Stephen - Illness of king Stephen - Empress escapes from Oxford - Her son - Decline of the empress's cause Queen Matilda founds St. Katherine by the Tower - Death of the queen - Burial- Tomb - Epitaph ...
... Gloucester taken - Exchanged for Stephen - Illness of king Stephen - Empress escapes from Oxford - Her son - Decline of the empress's cause Queen Matilda founds St. Katherine by the Tower - Death of the queen - Burial- Tomb - Epitaph ...
Page xix
... Gloucester with her children - John's death - Queen's proceedings- Coronation of her son - She leaves England - Marries count Hugh - Deprived of her jointure - Detains the princess Joanna - Queen's dower restored - Her pride- Embroils ...
... Gloucester with her children - John's death - Queen's proceedings- Coronation of her son - She leaves England - Marries count Hugh - Deprived of her jointure - Detains the princess Joanna - Queen's dower restored - Her pride- Embroils ...
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... Gloucester - Margaret endows Queen's college - Banishment and murder or Suffolk - Cade's rebellion - Revolt suppressed- Queen persecutes John Payn - She favours Somerset - Wars of the roses - Death of the queen's mother - King's ...
... Gloucester - Margaret endows Queen's college - Banishment and murder or Suffolk - Cade's rebellion - Revolt suppressed- Queen persecutes John Payn - She favours Somerset - Wars of the roses - Death of the queen's mother - King's ...
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... Gloucester , and was possessed of so fair a heritage in that fruitful part of England , that he would not have been esteemed an unsuitable consort for the Flemish princess if their love had been reciprocal , but , for some reason , he ...
... Gloucester , and was possessed of so fair a heritage in that fruitful part of England , that he would not have been esteemed an unsuitable consort for the Flemish princess if their love had been reciprocal , but , for some reason , he ...
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... Gloucester , when he resided at her father's court as ambassador from Edward the Confessor , had refused to marry Matilda , adds , that in the first year of the reign of William the Conqueror , Matilda obtained from her lord the grant ...
... Gloucester , when he resided at her father's court as ambassador from Edward the Confessor , had refused to marry Matilda , adds , that in the first year of the reign of William the Conqueror , Matilda obtained from her lord the grant ...
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