True Plantagenet, The Life of Edmund
Mortimer is a historical novel published on the life of
Edmund Mortimer, fifth Earl of March. Edmund was born in to a life
of turmoil following the deposition of King Richard II and the
accession of Henry Bolingbroke, whose claim to the throne was
somewhat bogus. Edmund Mortimer’s claim to the throne was
considered far more superior than Henry’s…
Portsmouth comes from the Old English
Portesm?ða, which translates to: “mouth of the harbour called
Portus.” It was a city founded in the year 1180 by John of Gisors,
a Norman lord. Before that, it was known to have been a Saxon fort
called Portus Adurni in the…
George I became an international name in
1714 when he became King of Great Britain and Ireland. Until then,
he was one of many German princes and dukes with their own patch to
rule but not much reason for the rest of the world to take notice
of them. George had acquired some…
An alternative to the popular election is
the hereditary principle, which in the case of the British monarchy
is governed by the rules of primogeniture. Primogeniture is nothing
more than an algorithm for inheritance where the eldest child has
the sole right of succession. It is a real alternative to a popular
election when you don’t want human intervention in the political
process or more…
Longevity, popularity and, above all,
impartiality. Over more than 63 years, Elizabeth II has been an
embodiment of a monarchy that always puts people first. Her
frequent engagements with her subjects and unrelenting willingness
to listen to them have distinguished her from…
Maria of Modena was born in October 1658
and is the last queen consort, so far, to have celebrated a
birthday in that month When being a queen meant that you had
married a king, rather than being a ruler yourself, life stories
were told very differently. The queens of…
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Most kings are born into regal families
and grow up with the knowledge that someday they will rule over a
country. However, when he was born in 1683, the future King George
II was nothing more than the heir to the heir to a small German
Duchy – a far cry from the…
October is truly the king of all the
autumn months as the leaves turn to gold and regal red and the
fading sun adds a gentle sparkle to all it touches. And it’s marked
the beginning of five royal roads that ended with a crown –
although all five monarchs had very…
A giant of a king, literally, standing in
excess of six feet and three inches Edward reigned over what has to
be described as one of the most pivotal and tempestuous times of
medieval monarchy. If not the hardest fight to be and remain king,
Edward was no stranger to the battlefield. In the eleven years
between 1460 and 1471 he fought five major battles in the War of
the Roses. Three of them…
