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17 set 2024 · When Catherine of Lancaster was born on 31 March 1373, in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John of Gaunt 1st Duke of Lancaster, was 33 and her mother, Constanza Castilla y Leon, was 18. She married King Henry III of Castile on 17 September 1388, in Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain.
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2 giorni fa · The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
2 giorni fa · Catherine, forced into a marriage to an unattractive, obese man over 30 years her senior, had never wanted to marry Henry, and allegedly conducted an affair with the King's favourite, Thomas Culpeper, while Henry and she were married.
15 set 2024 · Catherine of Aragon, first wife of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47). The refusal of Pope Clement VII to annul Henry’s marriage to Catherine triggered the break between Henry and Rome and led to the English Reformation.
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3 giorni fa · The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in following centuries as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne from 1455 to 1487. The wars were fought between supporters of the House of Lancaster and House of York, two rival cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet.
3 giorni fa · The exhumation of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster last year, and with it the discovery of the remarkably intact state of her body, served as something of a litmus test. Catholic media didn’t hesitate to report it.
11 set 2024 · Catherine de’ Medici (born April 13, 1519, Florence [Italy]—died January 5, 1589, Blois, France) was the queen consort of Henry II of France (reigned 1547–59) and subsequently regent of France (1560–74), who was one of the most influential personalities of the Catholic–Huguenot wars.
