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[naath]

Died on this day in 1314 aged 46 King Philip IV of France (my toy,wikipedia). Father of Isabella who married Edward II. Consolidated royal power in France, fought a War with the English, expelled the Jews from France... so fairly typical sort of European ruler then. He had diplomatic contacts with the Mongols in Baghdad and was contemplating an alliance with them against the Turks.

Born on this day in 1338 to King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, Lionel of Antwerp Plantagenet , 1st Duke of Clarence (my toy,wikipedia). One of Edward III's too many sons... he was governor (not very successfully) in Ireland. Geoffrey Chaucer was a page in Lionel's house (Chaucer married the sister of Katheryne Swynford, John of Gaunt's 3rd wife, so he's going to be in the database eventually although he isn't yet)

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[ex_inklessej388]

I just want to let you know how much I appreciate these posts. I added your feed in a general interest toward the monarchy and have since developed a growing interest in this. I have to actually watch myself because a read of one of your posts followed by a wiki and internet trip to read more about the subject can result in hours leaving me behind. Thank you for all of the work that you put into this.