tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post308755423685439572..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: A Happy (Slightly Belated) 700th Wedding AnniversaryKathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-8781942268832039672007-11-03T18:00:00.000+00:002007-11-03T18:00:00.000+00:00Good point, Susan. She outranked her elder sister...Good point, Susan. She outranked her elder sister Eleanor quite considerably, which I can imagine she was pretty pleased about (and which might have rankled with Eleanor). Of all the men she might have married, at least Piers was handsome and charming, and not decades older, and she could stay in England. No reason at all to assume she hated him or was unhappy.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-85553529639522532422007-11-03T17:46:00.000+00:002007-11-03T17:46:00.000+00:00Can't prove it, of course, but I'd be inclined to ...Can't prove it, of course, but I'd be inclined to think that Margaret rather liked a marriage to a handsome young man that made her a countess (outranking her sisters). It's irritating how many nonfiction writers (who should know better) assume that she was miserable about the prospect.Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.com