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Died on this day in 1458 Ralph Neville(my
toy,wikipedia).
So boring he doesn't even get a wikipedia page. His half-sister
Cecily was the mother of Edward IV. His half-brother Richard's son
(also Richard) was the Earl of Warwick known as the 'kingmaker'. The
Nevilles got their fingers in a lot of pies in the 15th century; or at
least from the way I'm confused about which of them is which it feels
like it.


Born on this day in 1885 to Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess
Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine Princess Alice of Battenberg(my
toy,wikipedia).
Mother in law of Elizabeth II. She married her 5th cousin once
removed, which is quite a distant cousin really. During WWII she
sheltered Jewish refugees from the Nazis, later she founded an order
of Orthodox nursing nuns. Congenitally deaf and diagnosed with
schizophrenia her life can't have been exactly easy, even with piles
of money. She lived her last years in Buckingham palace, after the
Greek monarchy was booted out. Battenberg is the name that was
Anglicised as Mountbatten, which prince Philip has because (I guess)
his father didn't have a surname? Anyway, Battenberg is better,
because it reminds me of cake.

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Reading Wednesday

Still reading Mecca, not finished anything new. Changed "next book" plan to the Just City since fivemack has offered the loan of a copy.