#ralph de monthermer

[julio-claudian-saberface]

Fantasy critics of my youth: And what's with all these rebellious princesses and this “marrying for love” nonsense? Back then women married who they were told to and they liked it!

Edward I: All right, Joan, I’ve arranged your marriage to the Count of Savoy. 

Joan of Acre: Sorry, Daddy, I’ve already married this household squire who might be a bastard. 

Edward I: FFFFFFF-

#history fandom #edward i #joan of acre #ralph de monthermer #ed let him out of the dungeon eventually

[nanshe-of-nina]

Women’s History Meme || Romantic Pairings (3/10) ↬ Ralph de Monthermer and Joan of Acre

Despite the mass of surviving information, we know very little about the individuals who provided it. From time to time, a personality shines forth from the dry text. Such was Joan of Acre, who defied her father Edward I by marrying “a certain knight elegant in appearance but poor in substance” arguing that since it was “not ignominious nor shameful for a great and powerful earl to marry a poor and weak woman; in the opposite case it is neither reprehensible nor difficult for a countess to promote a vigorous young man”...

— England Under Edward I and Edward II: 1259-1327 , Sandra Raban

#women's history meme #joan of acre #house of plantagenet #medieval #ralph de monthermer #english history #european history #women's history #history #nanshe's graphics

[the-busy-ghost]

Ah yes, my underrated fave of the Wars of Independence, that far-famed knight Sir Marmaduke de Tweng

#K firstly the dude is called Marmaduke #Secondly he was one of only a few English knights to make it back over hte bridge at Stirling #Thirdly he was at Bannockburn and allegedly rode around the battlefield afterwards refusing to surrender to anyone but King Robert #Which is EXACTLY the kind of blindly chivalrous behaviour I would expect of someone named Marmaduke #Allegedly Bruce then feasted him and Ralph de Monthermer (Joan of Acre's husband who'd helped him out in a fix before) #before setting them free without ransom #And let us be clear that in this story Bruce allegedly owed Monthermer his life whereas Marmaduke was just that Cool #But then he WAS a Yorkshireman #FOURTHLY his coat of arms has green parrots on it

[queenmarytudor]

reading about Joan of Acre and Ralph de Monthermer, and I just love secret love marriages in a time when women were seen as lesser beings and had no control over their own lives. Joan says it brilliantly: 

“It is not considered ignominious, nor disgraceful, for a great earl to take a poor and mean woman to wife; neither, on the other hand, is it worthy of blame, or too difficult a thing for a countess to promote to honor a gallant youth.”

#also the mary tudor/charles brandon vibes <3

[roksig]

Chapters: 22/22 Fandom: 14th Century CE RPF Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Underage Relationships: Margaret de Clare/Piers Gaveston, Edward II of England/Eleanor de Clare (1292-1337), Ralph de Monthermer/Joan of Acre Characters: Piers Gaveston, Margaret de Clare, Edward I of England, Edward II of England, Eleanor de Clare (1292-1337), Joan of Acre, Ralph de Monthermer, Elizabeth de Clare Summary:

Хорошо воспитанная благородная девушка не станет перечить родителям и опекунам и с благодарностью примет их волю, даже если вопрос касается ее замужества. А что если ей предложат самой найти мужа? Прислушаться к сердцу или разуму? И что, если это очередная ловушка и от нее все равно ничего не зависит?

В тексте использована поэзия автора начала XIII века Пейре де Бержака (перевод Валентины Дынник).

Время событий - то же, что в "Трех веснах. Начало". Но теперь история второй сестрички Клер.

#Piers Gaveston #margaret de clare #edward ii

[thebritishmonarchycouk]

On This Day In History . 1 November 1254 . King Edward I married Eleanor of Castile . . ◼ In 1254, English fears of a Castilian invasion of the English province of Gascony induced Edward's father (Henry III) to arrange a politically expedient marriage between his fourteen-year-old son & thirteen-year-old Eleanor, the half-sister of King Alfonso X of Castile. . ◼ Eleanor & Edward were married on 1 November 1254 in the Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas in Castile. As part of the marriage agreement, the young prince received grants of land worth 15,000 marks a year. . They had 16 known children; . ▪ Daughter, stillborn in May 1255 in Bordeaux, France. . ▪ Katherine (c 1261 – 5 September 1264) . ▪ Joanna (January 1265 - before 7 September 1265) . ▪ John (13 July 1266 – 3 August 1271) . ▪ Henry (before 6 May 1268 – 16 October 1274 . ▪ Eleanor (18 June 1269 – 29 August 1298). She was long betrothed to Alfonso III of Aragon, who died in 1291 before the marriage could take place, & in 1293 she married Count Henry III of Bar. . ▪ Daughter (1271 Palestine ). Some sources call her Juliana, but there is no contemporary evidence for her name. . ▪ Joan (April 1272 – 7 April 1307). She married (1) in 1290 Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, who died in 1295, and (2) in 1297 Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer.  . ▪ Alphonso (24 November 1273 - 19 August 1284), Earl of Chester. . ▪ Margaret (15 March 1275 – after 1333). In 1290 she married John II of Brabant, who died in 1318. . ▪ Berengaria (1 May 1276 – before 27 June 1278), . ▪ Daughter (December 1277/January 1278 - January 1278). There is no contemporary evidence for her name. . ▪ Mary (11 March 1279 – 29 May 1332), a Benedictine nun in Amesbury. . ▪ Son, born in 1280 or 1281 who died very shortly after birth. There is no contemporary evidence for his name. . ▪ Elizabeth (7 August 1282 – 5 May 1316). She married (1) in 1297 John I, Count of Holland, (2) in 1302 Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford & 3rd Earl of Essex. . ▪ Edward II of England, also known as Edward of Caernarvon (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327). In 1308 he married Isabella of France.  . . . https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpp6rTEFf2A/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17dsxkq8u6v68