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Month: May 2019

Coronation of King John of England

By Olivia LonguevilleIn Angevin Blog, Medieval BlogPosted May 27, 2019
King John I of England

On the 27th of May 1199, John Plantagenet was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. John was the last child of the illustrious King Henry II and the legendary Eleanor of Aquitaine.  When he was born on Christmas Eve of 1167 at Beaumont Palace in Oxfordshire, King Henry, his...

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Death of Henri d’Albert, King of Navarre

By Olivia LonguevilleIn Tudor & Renaissance BlogPosted May 25, 2019
Henry II of Navarre

On the 25th of May 1555, Henri d’Albert, King of Navarre, died at Hagetmau.  Nicknamed Sangüesino of his birth at Sangüesa (a city in Navarre 44.5 kilometers from Pamplona), he was the King of Navarre from 1517, after the passing of his father, King John III, in 1516. Before Henri’s...

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A hymn of Anne Boleyn’s heart

By Olivia LonguevilleIn Poetry, Tudor & Renaissance BlogPosted May 19, 2019
Anne Boleyn's beheading

Hello to everyone!  Today is another anniversary of Anne Boleyn's tragic death. As a tribute to the extraordinary Anne Boleyn, here is my poem written in Renaissance style, lyrical and a bit whimsical, about her thoughts in different moments of her life.  My poem is a mixture of real and...

Tags: anne boleyn, henry percy, King Henry VIII, queen anne boleyn, Tudor Era
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