Eleanor Cobham is perhaps one of the
lesser known royal wives of medieval times. As with most women of
her time, not much is known of her youth. She was born around 1400,
probably at Sterborough Castle in Kent, which didn’t survive the
reign of Oliver Cromwell. Her parents were Reginald Cobham, 3rd
Baron Sterborough, 3rd Lord Cobham and Eleanor Culpeper. When she
was around 22 years old, she…
The White Rose of York and the Red Rose
of Lancaster had been in battle for the throne of England for quite
some time. At the time of the Battle of Tewkesbury the Yorkists
were being led by Edward of York, or Edward IV and the
Lancastrians were being led by Margaret of…
In medieval times royal brides were often
quite young when they married, though consummation was usually
forbidden until a more appropriate age was reached. A certain young
bridge might ring a bell as the founder of the Tudor Dynasty. Lady
Margaret Beaufort was first married…
