tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post8588531786094406122..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: 18 November 1362: King Pedro Makes a WillKathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-5843148654860456592023-01-01T16:04:54.397+00:002023-01-01T16:04:54.397+00:00The Chronicler Hardyng claimed to have *seen* some...The Chronicler Hardyng claimed to have *seen* some document that constituted an agreement between Gaunt and Edmund of Langley that whichever of them had a son first (by the Spanish sisters that is) that son should be King of Castile. On that basis, Edward of York, (2nd Duke thereof) ought to have had Castile and that might explain his attempt to gain the Castilian throne circa 1414. (Needless to say, he lacked the resources and presumably the local support.)<br /><br />Gaunt and Langley are said to have had a disagreement following the former's return from Castile (following his treaty) and one wonders whether it was just that Edmund was cut out completely from any profit from the transaction.<br /><br />Was this agreement a mere figment of Hardyng's imagination? Perhaps. He may just have wanted to flatter the Yorks. OTOH the Edward IV Roll demonstrates that Edward took his claim to Castile very seriously. He is illustrated with the Castilian heraldry demonstrated prominently.Brian Wainwrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16867772590464992131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-12009924021414358942023-01-01T08:43:33.195+00:002023-01-01T08:43:33.195+00:00Catalina's aunt María de Ayala, an illegitimat...Catalina's aunt María de Ayala, an illegitimate daughter of Pedro the Cruel and a much younger half-sister of Costanza, joined the convent of Santo Domingo el Real in Toledo, and her mother Teresa de Ayala, one of Pedro's mistresses, became its prioress. Maybe that's who was meant? Not sure, though Queen Catalina was often in touch with both women and referred to them as her aunts. Beatriz, who died as a teenager, cannot possibly have been an abbess or prioress.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-45887304092959239972022-12-31T23:38:47.763+00:002022-12-31T23:38:47.763+00:00Not only has it been claimed that Beatriz, daughte...Not only has it been claimed that Beatriz, daughter of Pedro and Maria de Padilla, entering the convent, I've just today found an article on Catalina of Lancaster's role in supporting religious establishments as Queen Consort and Queen Regent, in which it was claimed that Catalina's aunt was an *abbess* at I think Torsidillal. I wonder how it can be she was an abbess by the age of 16 when she died?<br /><br />https://www.academia.edu/32111671/Catalina_de_Lancaster_la_Orden_de_Predicadores_y_la_reginalidad_las_pol%25C3%25ADticas_conventuales_Catherine_of_Lancaster_the_Order_of_Preachers_and_Queenship_Monastic_Policies<br /><br />What are your thoughts?Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04656031407072054347noreply@blogger.com