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Vor 2 Tagen · The duke's proud widow, Catherine Darnley, the natural daughter of James II. by Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, lived here after his death. "Here," writes Mr. J. H. Jesse, "on each successive anniversary of the execution of her grandfather, Charles I., she was accustomed to receive her company in the grand drawing-room ...
Vor 4 Tagen · My lord [Thomas Howard] leading me about the house made no scruple of shewing me all the hiding-places for the popish priests, and where they said Mass.' After the duke's death the duchess who had married again, sold the house to Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, former mistress of James II when Duke of York.
Vor 6 Tagen · Despite opposition from his father, who wanted him to marry the wealthy Catherine Sedley, Churchill married Sarah in the winter of 1677–78, helped by Mary. The couple had five children who survived to adulthood: Henrietta Churchill, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough, Lady Anne Churchill, John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford, Elizabeth ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536) The daughter of the famous Spanish monarchs Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, Catherine of Aragon was groomed for queenship from an early age. Originally married to Henry VIII‘s older brother Arthur in 1501, she wed Henry after Arthur‘s death and reigned as queen consort for over 20 years.
Vor 3 Tagen · The queen often shifted [i.e., changed her clothes] in a morning: if her majesty shifted at noon, the bedchamber-lady being by, the bedchamber-woman gave the shift to the lady without any ceremony, and the lady put it on.
Vor 4 Tagen · Camilla was born in 1994 as daughter of Count Maximilian von Drechsel and Franziska Monforts von Hobe. Both bride and groom have interesting Gotha-connections. The groom’s maternal grandmother was Altgräfin Gabrielle zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim und Dyck. His uncle Count Moritz is married to Duchess Fleur von Württemberg.
Vor 6 Tagen · Jetzt sorgt ein neues Gemälde von Charles' Schwiegertochter Catherine, Princess of Wales, 42, für Aufsehen. Catherine, Princess of Wales: Diskussion um Ähnlichkeit entbrennt. Das britische...
