It’s puzzled historians for centuries but
now one of the pressing questions hanging over one of the most
famous royal artefacts in the world has an answer. And it sheds a
new light on the reign of the king it celebrates, William the
Conqueror. The conquest that gave him a throne and a place in royal
legend was commemorated in the Bayeux Tapestry. It tells the story
of his decision to…
Henry I of England was the son of William
the Conqueror and reigned from 1100 to 1135. Henry had two
legitimate children with his first wife Matilda of Scotland:
Matilda and William. Sadly Henry’s heir William died at sea leaving
Matilda as Henry’s chosen heir. This…
It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s
coming…the tapestry is coming home. The Bayeux Tapestry is heading
back to British shores, for the first time in almost 1000 years,
and you need to put 2022 in your diary right now if you want to see
this…
Though many of the details of life are
unknown or disputed by historians, Adela of Normandy is a saint of
the Roman Catholic Church and was the daughter of William the
Conqueror, the first Norman King of England and his wife, Matilda
of Flanders. Adela was born in the years following her father’s
accession to the English throne in 1066 and was one of up to five
daughters. (The birth order and…
Westminster Abbey has been the site of
many weddings, coronations and of course funerals. Over 3,300
people are buried in Westminster from royalty to nobility to
scientists, and now we can add to that number. Westminster Abbey
has been demolishing a 1950s lavatory block to…
