Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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... husband - His character - Rosamond discovered by the queen - Eleanor's children - Birth of prince Geoffrey - Eleanora regent of England -Goes to Normandy - Conclusion of empress Matilda's memoir - Matilda regent of Normandy - Mediates ...
... husband - His character - Rosamond discovered by the queen - Eleanor's children - Birth of prince Geoffrey - Eleanora regent of England -Goes to Normandy - Conclusion of empress Matilda's memoir - Matilda regent of Normandy - Mediates ...
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... husband - Elegies written by him - Discovery of Isabella's corpse - Re - interment - Portrait . France - 428 JOANNA ... husband's jealousy - Birth and death of Joanna's daughter - Heir of Bretagne born - French ambassadors saved by ...
... husband - Elegies written by him - Discovery of Isabella's corpse - Re - interment - Portrait . France - 428 JOANNA ... husband's jealousy - Birth and death of Joanna's daughter - Heir of Bretagne born - French ambassadors saved by ...
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... husbands , than the sordid selfishness practised by this princess . The queen - regnant , in addition to the cares of ... husband . There have been but three unmarried kings of England , -William Rufus , Edward V. , and Edward VI . The ...
... husbands , than the sordid selfishness practised by this princess . The queen - regnant , in addition to the cares of ... husband . There have been but three unmarried kings of England , -William Rufus , Edward V. , and Edward VI . The ...
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... husband , Ethelbert , the king of Kent , to that faith of which she was so bright an ornament , and of planting the first Christian church at Canter- bury . Her daughter , Ethelburga , was in like manner the means of inducing her ...
... husband , Ethelbert , the king of Kent , to that faith of which she was so bright an ornament , and of planting the first Christian church at Canter- bury . Her daughter , Ethelburga , was in like manner the means of inducing her ...
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... husband , Edward the Confessor . But well as the acquirements and tastes of Editha qualified her to be the companion of that learned prince , he never treated her with the affection of a husband , or ceased to remember that her father ...
... husband , Edward the Confessor . But well as the acquirements and tastes of Editha qualified her to be the companion of that learned prince , he never treated her with the affection of a husband , or ceased to remember that her father ...
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