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Saturday, November 9, 2024
Louis, Eleanor, Annulment
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King Louis VII of France had a problem. His clever and wealthy wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine , was really getting on his nerves. On the Second ...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Isabella, Countess of Gloucester
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Isabella of Gloucester (c.1160/1166 - 1217) was the youngest (surviving) daughter of the 2nd Earl of Gloucester, William FitzRobert, and Haw...
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Alfonso's Marriage Blues
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King Alfonso IX of León (1171 - 1230) may be noted for calling the Three Estates together to advise him—the first such gathering in Western...
Thursday, October 13, 2022
John's Marriages
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John, son of Henry II, having seized the throne of England after Richard the Lionheart's death, and subsequently having lost several pos...
Sunday, January 9, 2022
Consanguinity
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The word "consanguinity" comes from Latin consanguinitas ["blood relation"], and refers to having a close kinship with s...
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