If it is a girl?
Am I the only one hoping that Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, gives birth to a daughter this week? I love the idea of a daughter finally being able to claim the crown instead of being bumped off center stage by younger brothers. Think how different English history would have been if Elizabeth of York, first-born of Edward IV, had been his heir when he died rather than her younger brother. And if this comes to pass, I am sure that somewhere the Empress Maude will be smiling.
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I'd love a Maude/Matilde though I admit I do want it to be a boy.
Poor Kate, all that pressure. I just pray the baby will be healthy. When it comes to names, I just wonder the girls name will be either Alexandra Frances(for Williams mother & Maternal grandma) or stay traditional with Elizabeth Frances.....I did read where one of the names might be Spencer..not quite sure about that one. But I wish the couple well:)and much happiness.
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"Henry of Bolingbroke had established the House of Lancaster on the throne in 1399 when he deposed his cousin Richard II and was crowned as Henry IV. Bolingbroke's son Henry V maintained the family's hold on the crown, but when Henry V died in 1422, his heir was the infant Henry VI. The Lancastrian claim to the throne descended from John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, the third surviving son of Edward III. Henry VI's right to the crown was challenged by Richard, Duke of York, who could claim descent from Edward's second and fourth surviving sons, Lionel of Antwerp and Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York. Richard of York, who had held several important offices of state, quarrelled with prominent Lancastrians at court and with Henry VI's queen, Margaret of Anjou."