A great Welsh prince, a beloved queen, and a tragic pawn
I hope you all had wonderful Thanksgivings—a very happy one for Eagles fans, of course!
November 28th is the date upon which several significant deaths occurred. In 1170, the Welsh prince, Owain Gwynedd, died, after a highly successful reign; like his famous grandson, he would be honored with the epithet—Fawr or Great. Sadly, his death resulted in a struggle for power amongst his sons and the most capable of the lot, the poet-prince Hywel ab Owain, would lose his life in an ambush not long after Owain’s death. And on November 28, 1291, Eleanora of Castile, the queen of Edward I, died after a brief illness at the age of forty-nine. Her grieving husband honored her memory with the twelve spectacular Eleanor crosses, erected at each place where her body had rested as it was conveyed from Lincoln to Westminster. (Three of the twelve survived) As you all know, Edward is not one of my favorite kings (although he was fun to write about), but this was a very romantic gesture—even I’ll admit that. I’d put it in the same class as the founding of a friary by Llywelyn Fawr to honor Joanna’s memory. Lastly, the tragic young Earl of Warwick, Edward, son of George of Clarence, was judicially murdered on this date in 1499. Plantagenet blood would become a lethal legacy during the Tudor dynasty.
November 28th is the date upon which several significant deaths occurred. In 1170, the Welsh prince, Owain Gwynedd, died, after a highly successful reign; like his famous grandson, he would be honored with the epithet—Fawr or Great. Sadly, his death resulted in a struggle for power amongst his sons and the most capable of the lot, the poet-prince Hywel ab Owain, would lose his life in an ambush not long after Owain’s death. And on November 28, 1291, Eleanora of Castile, the queen of Edward I, died after a brief illness at the age of forty-nine. Her grieving husband honored her memory with the twelve spectacular Eleanor crosses, erected at each place where her body had rested as it was conveyed from Lincoln to Westminster. (Three of the twelve survived) As you all know, Edward is not one of my favorite kings (although he was fun to write about), but this was a very romantic gesture—even I’ll admit that. I’d put it in the same class as the founding of a friary by Llywelyn Fawr to honor Joanna’s memory. Lastly, the tragic young Earl of Warwick, Edward, son of George of Clarence, was judicially murdered on this date in 1499. Plantagenet blood would become a lethal legacy during the Tudor dynasty.
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Nov 28, 2014 09:24AM
As an avid reader of histories and historical fiction I have often wondered if dates cited in these works before 1582 are in the Julian calendar or have they been revised to the Gregorian calendar we use today. You talk about today's date in history but did these events really happen on today's date centuries ago or 14 days later? Nobody ever mentions in their books if pre-Gregorian dates have been modified or if they are the Julian dates. I was wondering how or if you address this issue.
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