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28 June, 2015

The Siege of Carlisle – 22nd July to 1st August 1315 (guest post)

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My thanks to Jerry Bennett for writing and providing this excellent account of Robert Bruce's siege of Carlisle in 1315! * On 22 nd...
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21 June, 2015

Isabella of France was not asked to take an oath to the Despensers

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One very curious claim in Paul Doherty's Isabella and the Strange Death of Edward II (2003), p. 79, is that in the 1320s Isabella of F...
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17 June, 2015

Blanche of Brittany (c. 1270-1327)

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Blanche of Brittany somehow seems to keep popping up in the book I'm writing about Queen Isabella, and is a prime example of how hopeles...
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12 June, 2015

The People's Book Prize, And Edward II Goes Rowing

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My book Edward II: The Unconventional King has been nominated for the People's Book Prize!  If you've read and enjoyed it, please d...
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05 June, 2015

5 June 1316: Death of Louis X of France

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699 years ago today, Edward II's brother-in-law Louis X, king of France and Navarre, count of Champagne, died at Bois de Vincennes.  He ...
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31 May, 2015

Some Of The New Knights Of 22 May 1306 (1)

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Edward of Caernarfon, prince of Wales, duke of Aquitaine, earl of Chester and count of Ponthieu, who succeeded as King Edward II of England ...
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26 May, 2015

Yolande de Dreux, Queen of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany and Countess of Montfort (c. 1263-1322)

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A post today about a French noblewoman whose father was the the count of Dreux, who succeeded her mother as countess of Montfort in her own ...
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22 May, 2015

Bartholomew Badlesmere (d. 1322) and Margaret de Clare (d. 1333)

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Unfortunately, I haven't been able to write a post again this week owing to the intense pain and discomfort I'm having with my right...
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