Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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... Lady of Good Tidings . · --- CHAPTER II . — Matilda assumes the title of queen of England in Normandy - Her re ... ladies - Scandalous reports - William's supposed conjugal infidelity - Matilda's cruelty to her rival - Duke of Bretagne ...
... Lady of Good Tidings . · --- CHAPTER II . — Matilda assumes the title of queen of England in Normandy - Her re ... ladies - Scandalous reports - William's supposed conjugal infidelity - Matilda's cruelty to her rival - Duke of Bretagne ...
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... ladies to wait on her at Dover - Her wardrobe - Her coronation - Peeresses first summoned thereto - Slights offered to ... lady Badlesmere - Indignation of the queen - She excites the civil war - Birth of princess Joanna in the Tower ...
... ladies to wait on her at Dover - Her wardrobe - Her coronation - Peeresses first summoned thereto - Slights offered to ... lady Badlesmere - Indignation of the queen - She excites the civil war - Birth of princess Joanna in the Tower ...
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... lady . Mary I. was not recognised without bloodshed . Elizabeth's title was disputed . Mary II . was only a sovereign in name , and as much dependent on the will of her royal husband as a queen - consort . The archbishop of Canterbury ...
... lady . Mary I. was not recognised without bloodshed . Elizabeth's title was disputed . Mary II . was only a sovereign in name , and as much dependent on the will of her royal husband as a queen - consort . The archbishop of Canterbury ...
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... lady the king's companion , as of the king himself . ” 2 " The queen is entitled to some pecuniary advantages ... lady's dress grows in the head of the fish , which , as we have seen , falls to the share of the king . 1 Blackstone's ...
... lady the king's companion , as of the king himself . ” 2 " The queen is entitled to some pecuniary advantages ... lady's dress grows in the head of the fish , which , as we have seen , falls to the share of the king . 1 Blackstone's ...
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... lady his companion , " and to them it was displeasing to hear the Normans speak of Matilda as la Royne , as if she were a female sovereign , reigning in her own right ; —so distinct in those days was the meaning attached in this country ...
... lady his companion , " and to them it was displeasing to hear the Normans speak of Matilda as la Royne , as if she were a female sovereign , reigning in her own right ; —so distinct in those days was the meaning attached in this country ...
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