Aveline de Forz, Countess of Albemarle and Lady of Holderness was married to Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, the second son of Henry III of England
Aveline de Forz, Countess of Aumale. Reign of Henry III.
Category: Nobility
Renata of the House of Lorraine, 16th c.
This is Renée de Lorraine, daughter of the Duke of Lorraine François I” and Christine of Danemarck.
Marguerite de Valois-Angoulême, duchesse de Berry
Marguerite de France was the fourth daughter of King Francis I of France and Claude, Duchess of Brittany
Portrait of Queen Catherine Paulovna of Württemberg
Miniature portrait of Queen Katharina Paulowna (Romanova) of Württemberg c.1820, daughter of Paul I of Russia by Dietrich Jakob Christian Mathes.
Claude Gouffier. French nobleman and book collector. 16th c.
He was Duc de Roannais, Marquis de Boisy, Comte de Maulévrier, Comte de Caravas, Seigneur d’Oiron, Grand Stable Master of France.
Catherine de Médici. The kings mother.
Portraiture at the court of the Valois
Edward the Black Prince. The last hero of English chivalry.
Edward of Woodstock, named after his birthplace, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine, known as The Black Prince, but actually Edward Plantagenet; KG (June 15, 1330 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire; – June… Read More
Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland.
Margaret was the daughter of Christian I, King of Denmark and Dorothea of Brandenburg.
Kashmir Dancer. Bodyguard. Raja of Kashmir c. 1890.
Traditional Costumes of Kashmir. On the history of costumes. Female dancer. Bodyguard. Raja.
Francis the first, King of France
Few monarchs have been so distinguished by their avidity for knowledge and instruction as Francis I.