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Showing posts with label Hugh le Despenser the Younger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hugh le Despenser the Younger. Show all posts
Sunday, July 2, 2023

Alexander de Bicknor

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Alexander de Bicknor had a distinguished career that lasted through three kings of England, Edwards I, II, and III. A person of the same nam...
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

The She-Wolf of France, Part 1

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Isabella of France (c.1295 - 1358) was a queen whose father and three brothers all became kings. Although she was used for a political marri...
Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Isabella of France

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Isabella of France was the only surviving daughter of King Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre, promised to the Prince of Wales (later...
Monday, February 6, 2023

The Worst Briton

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Hugh le Despenser the Younger was an able administrator and close friend and advisor of King Edward II , who had made Hugh his chamberlain. ...
Sunday, February 5, 2023

Those Despensers!

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One of the complaints about King Edward II of England by his barons was that he took the wrong people into his confidence and acted on thei...
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