Ray Filby

The Countess who should have been Queen (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Margaret Plantagenet was born near the end of the Wars of the Roses. As the daughter of the brother of King Edward V, a situation could well have arisen when she or her brother, Edward, had a claim to the throne. This situation did arise when Edward V's children were declared to be illegitimate as Richard III usurped the throne. Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth and Henry Tudor became King. Henry VII had only a slender claim to the throne and in order to consolidate his position and gain acceptance of the European monarchs so that he could arrange a marriage for his son Arthur with Catherine, the King of Spain's daughter, the Plantagenet children had to be removed as claimants to the throne. This was achieved by executing Edward and marrying off Margaret to a commoner, Sir Richard Pole. Margaret was not ambitious to become Queen but settled as a happily married enlightened landowner with her husband in Berkshire. When Arthur married Catherine of Aragon, Sir Richard and Margaret were given special responsibilities as supporters of the young Prince and Princess of Wales. Sadly, Prince Arthur died soon after his marriage but in due course, Catherine married the King's second son to become the Queen of Henry VIII. Margaret became Queen Catherine's chief lady-in-waiting and was awarded a peerage to become Countess of Salisbury. Margaret supported Catherine, her right through her reign until Catherine was sent to live in isolation after her divorce. One of Margaret's sons, Reginald, became a prominent churchman and angered the King by writing a treatise, heavily critical of Henry VIII, the way he had divorced Catherine and taken over the Church of England. Reginald was living out of reach of Henry on the continent so Henry vented his wrath on Margaret Pole and her family.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dr. Ray Filby
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780995506992
• Artikelnr.: 51403645

Autorenporträt

I am currently a Reader in the Church of England. I am married with two children and five grandchildren. My career has covered a wide range of activities. While serving with REME in the army, I was for a time in charge of the garrison telecommunications workshop.in Gibraltar. I worked as a development engineer in industry before moving on to do research at a university. I have worked in technical colleges as a lecturer and senior manager and have been employed in an advisory capacity by a local education authority. I have worked as a technical writer for Jaguar cars and managed data for Severn Trent water. I was awarded an open scholarship to Imperial College, London University where I graduated with bachelor's and doctor's degrees. I was awarded a special prize by Warwick University for the work I undertook in following a master's degree in manufacturing systems engineering.