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6 days ago · Isabella found a country in ruins after 30 years of war (the Dutch Revolt would endure much longer, and is now known as the Eighty Years War). Fields went untilled as Spain’s unpaid, starving troops mutinied and pillaged the countryside, exacting contributions from farmers.
Jun 20, 2024 · In this article she re-examines a dispute between the king and Isabella, countess of Arundel, in light of evidence from the Fine Rolls and highlights the personal nature of the battle to uphold Magna Carta and popular liberties in the face of the Rex simplex.
Jun 14, 2024 · One such rebel baron who felt particularly aggrieved by a marriage-related fine was Geoffrey de Mandeville, whose opposition to the king in 1215 was directly related to, if not caused by, the extortionate fine of 20,000 marks foisted upon him, in order that he might have as his wife Isabella, countess of Gloucester – John’s own previously ...
5 days ago · 1.Fine of the Month Competition. Prizes in the Fine of the Month Competition have been awarded for six years. The winners are listed below. Fines of the Month by members of the Project Team and its advisory committees were not eligible to be considered in the competition.
Jun 10, 2024 · Susanna Annesley, 'Isabella countess of Arundel's confrontation with King Henry III'
Jun 29, 2024 · The reversionary interest belonging to the Crown was granted to Isabella, Countess of Arlington, wife of Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton, a son of Charles II by Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland. She died on 7th February, 1722–3, and her son Charles, 2nd Duke of Grafton, obtained from the Prebendary on 18th July, 1723, a fresh lease ...
Jun 14, 2024 · Isabella died in childbirth in 1498, putting a damper on Portuguese ambitions to rule in Spain, which various rulers had had since the reign of Fernando I (1367-1383). Manuel and Isabella's young son Miguel was for a period the heir apparent of Castile and Aragon, but his death in 1500 ended these ambitions.
