To: tumblindice
Elizabeth I wasn’t related to Richard III.
16 posted on
03/22/2016 3:57:11 PM PDT by
IronJack
To: IronJack
My point was they were always marrying their children off to one another to cement alliances.
And I remember a reference by the Earl of Essex, Liz’s young gigilo, to her “crooked carcass.”
Are you sure?
I may be wrong (again), but don’t they allow first cousin marriage in England today?
17 posted on
03/22/2016 4:03:47 PM PDT by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: IronJack
Elizabeth I was indeed related to Richard the Third. Her grandfather was Edward the Fourth, Richard’s brother. But no actual person by the name Plantagenet survived Henry 8th.
20 posted on
03/22/2016 4:08:09 PM PDT by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
To: IronJack
She was his great great niece
39 posted on
03/22/2016 5:02:34 PM PDT by
Oztrich Boy
('Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy for those who feel' - Horace Walpole)
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