Author: allecmere
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Yes. A potato. I know, I know, those aren’t period. But grab a nice drink and sit yourself down. This story is CUTE! Once again I am taking you to the north of my country: Friesland In 1905, a potato farmer and farming teacher in Friesland named Kornelis Lieuwes de Vries had grown a new…
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I have figured something out. Well, no, not exactly. This has actually been on my mind for quite some time. I realised I had ‘abandoned’ the Skjoldehamn project for a while now and most of the time when I do that, it is because there is something off. Grab a coffee, you might want to…
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The year 1025 has been particularly rough. The village where Ava used to live was ransacked by religious fanatics around Lady Day, and she lost her beloved farm. It is for that reason that this blog has been so silent this past year. There was a lot of pain and hurt, losing a farm and…
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Relax, this one will not hurt you a bit! Please meet Jacob van Maerlant, a famous Flemish poet born in Bruges around the year 1230. He is known for being the first Flemish/Dutch poet who translated a lot of work from Latin to Flemish. Many church officials were not very happy about this because it…
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There are some great similarities between Hobbits and SCA members. No really! Most of us, if not all, started in a shire. Perhaps you started your SCA career in a household, but that household was probably part of a shire as well. Let’s take a closer look at those excellent Hobbits and some of their…
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Further to this series of posts, which you can find here, I have once again hit the Dutch medieval archives to find more gender neutral names for y’all. Today, I have found a great one!! BONNE Hear me out, no even better, have a seat! In Midwolda, Friesland in the year 1606, on the beautiful…
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Here we are with the last part of this series, William’s fourth wife Louise de Coligny. Louise de Coligny was born on 23 September 1555 to Huguenot parents Admiral Gaspard de Coligny and Charlotte de Laval. This high born young lady was wed in 1572 at the age of 16 to Charles de Téligny, who…
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So, here we are around the campfire again to discuss William’s third wife, Charlotte de Bourbon. She was the daughter of Louis III de Bourbon-Vendôme, duke of Montpensier and Jacqueline de Longwy, duchess of Bar-sur-Seine. Charlotte had a brother, François, who was seen as the heir of all his parents’ wealth. Charlotte, however, wasn’t going…
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I should really say Wife 2, but the lady had a name! After Anna van Egmond’s passing, William asked Anna van Saksen (Anna of Saxony) to be his bride in 1561. Anna’s uncle, Elector August van Saksen, was a powerful and rich monarch in the German kingdom and William attempted to create a strong position…
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We all know that Henry the VIII had six wives, but how much do you know about Holland’s very own William of Orange ? Did you know he had 4 wives? If you are interested, then I have just the thing for you because most of the correspondence by William and his 4 wives has…
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