tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post8787328605625449655..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: Blanche of Artois, Queen of NavarreKathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-86816994662365337792016-10-18T01:08:37.771+01:002016-10-18T01:08:37.771+01:00Very interesting article on Blanche d'Artois. ...Very interesting article on Blanche d'Artois. I am doing a research on her life myself for a write-up in the future. Although I live in the United States, three of my immigrant ancestors: William Farrar, Col. Thomas Ligon, and Diana Dale(nee Skipwith), were English aristocrats and descendants of Blanche by both of her marriages to Henry I)of Navarre and Edmund 'Crouchback,' Earl of Lancaster. My parents both descend from these lines. Thank you for your post!<br /><br />Steve RigganSJRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089910291838670495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-66975600119147421922014-01-02T22:55:30.787+00:002014-01-02T22:55:30.787+00:00Lovely post on Blanche de Artois.
Our "Chate...Lovely post on Blanche de Artois.<br /><br />Our "Chateau Beaufort Noble Wines" was so named after the Castle she bought with her own Dowery money: 7000 'Livres Tournois'...<br /><br />There the first Chardonnay was planted in Champagne. Countess of Champagne & Brie, and Rose of Lancaster. <br /><br /> Wine, Cheese & the Rose... what an achievement?!<br /><br />Blanche, along with Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their Ancestress Melusine de Lusignan gave birth to our Western Civilization!<br /><br /><br />(We descend from her through Blanche of Lancaster, and Blanche of Castille, wives of John of Gaunt)WWW.CHATEAUBEAUFORT.CAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-85839319144684426672012-06-19T04:39:05.899+01:002012-06-19T04:39:05.899+01:00Hi! Yes, the Lancasters certainly had some extrem...Hi! Yes, the Lancasters certainly had some extremely illustrious ancestors!<br /><br />I'm not sure what to make of the 'Crouchback' name, really. It doesn't make sense to me as 'Crossback', not least because I've never heard of another crusader called that, and Edward I and numerous others also went to the Holy Land and weren't given that name. On the other hand, no-one at the time mentions any physical deformity. Curious!Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-54871844369518391692012-06-18T20:47:38.539+01:002012-06-18T20:47:38.539+01:00Wow, with ancestors like this (and the illustrious...Wow, with ancestors like this (and the illustrious Henry of Grosmont!), I can see why the Lancasters thought they were worthy of the English crown. It's interesting that her descendent from her first marriage, Richard II, was dethroned by a descendent from her second <i>and</i> first marriages, Henry IV.<br /><br />Wikipedia seems to think that "Crouchback" was derived from the cross that Edmund wore on his back (?). Do you think that etymology makes sense? Was he particularly pious?karacherithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-60351303058389673072012-06-17T20:28:02.881+01:002012-06-17T20:28:02.881+01:00Thanks, Anerje! Yes, it was great to pick up the P...Thanks, Anerje! Yes, it was great to pick up the Powicke again - I haven't looked it for absolutely ages!<br /><br />It's a good few years since I was last in Westminster Abbey, and I can't actually remember if I've seen Edmund's tomb or not!Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-48499325439161648432012-06-17T20:25:38.784+01:002012-06-17T20:25:38.784+01:00Another fascinating post! Maurice Powicke - now t...Another fascinating post! Maurice Powicke - now there's a blast from the past! I'm always a bit over-whelmed whenever I go to Westminster Abbey, and I miss lots of tombs - I shall look out for Edmund 'Crouchback' next time.Anerjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305237339979790391noreply@blogger.com