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Jan. 6th, 2015 04:40 pmDied on this day in 1555 aged 79 Anne Boleyn(my toy,wikipedia). Illustrating one of the Many Annoyances - not *that* Anne Boleyn, but her Aunt - sharing her entire name. (In "reasons you should not try to use 'name' as the primary key in a database" shock). (The most popular such name, so far, is "John Neville")
Born on this day in 1367 to Edward the Black Prince and Countess Joan of Kent King Richard II of England(my toy,wikipedia). Richard followed his grandfather has King, his father having died previous; he had two wives (4th and 3rd cousins of his) but no children; he was ousted by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV) as portrayed by Shakespeare in his play "Richard II" with dubious accuracy. The whole to-do about which of Edward III's descendants got to Be King ended up causing the Wars of the Roses, the arguments about who is most relevantly descended from Edward III rather complicated by many of the parties marrying their cousins (and thus having multiple lines of descent); throughout the whole affair all the claimants were keen to stress how *their* descent from Edward III was "better" than the other lot but really the Crown went to the owner of the Biggest Stick.
Born on this day in 1367 to Edward the Black Prince and Countess Joan of Kent King Richard II of England(my toy,wikipedia). Richard followed his grandfather has King, his father having died previous; he had two wives (4th and 3rd cousins of his) but no children; he was ousted by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV) as portrayed by Shakespeare in his play "Richard II" with dubious accuracy. The whole to-do about which of Edward III's descendants got to Be King ended up causing the Wars of the Roses, the arguments about who is most relevantly descended from Edward III rather complicated by many of the parties marrying their cousins (and thus having multiple lines of descent); throughout the whole affair all the claimants were keen to stress how *their* descent from Edward III was "better" than the other lot but really the Crown went to the owner of the Biggest Stick.