#Catherine Cavendish

[bicokun]

What’s not clicking? Mary Shelley, one of the most important gothic horror authors of her time and mother of science fiction, as a teenager made love to her future husband on the grave of her mother Mary Wollstonecraft, one of the most important feminist authors of her time and mother of modern feminist expository prose. She didn’t know her mother because she died days after giving birth after a procedure removing her placenta because the surgeon didn’t wash his hands. She grew up spending much of her time there and learning to write her own name from tracing her mother’s name and naturally wanted to confess to the married man she was courting at the site and immediately bang him. Simple.

Can’t believe Jane Austen wrote Pride and Prejudice in the 2000s

And in 2015 Emily Brontë released literary clsssic Wuthering Heights

Thank God someone paved the way for them…

[lenetaylor]

That time Paul McCartney stole a London street sign (probably)

Whilst perusing this photo set, my attention was caught by the street sign in the background, fixed to the wall:

The sign says Wellington Road NW; this road runs parallel to Cavendish Ave.

So at first I thought he and Heather were somewhere out on Wellington Road, but this didn't make sense: there are no places to swim (except the canal at the southeast end of Wellington, but, gross), and anyway Heather's wearing a nightgown. But as I looked more closely, I realized the photos were actually taken (by Linda, I assume, perhaps in 1969) the backyard of his house at Cavendish. The crappy paving stones and the multicolor brick wall match other photos at roughly the same time:

Note also the railing and steps, which match the fifth photo of Paul with his leg up.

But where did the sign come from?

These street signs were and are ubiquitous in Westminster. The original signs (installed in the 1950s) are cast iron and use the Crown Estate’s gilted crown emblem and relief lettering in a serif font. They look like this (note the Cavendish Place sign in this lot!):

In 1967, they started replacing them with a new style of sign, designed by Sir Misha Black. From this article:

If you ask most people what the typical London street sign looks like, they will probably describe something that looks very like the classic Westminster design: white enamel with neat black lettering and the postal district in red, then the name of borough in red across the bottom, all in sans serif. This classic and copyrighted design – many genuine examples of which are currently being auctioned online by Catherine Southon Auctioneers – feels historic but was in fact conceived as recently as 1967 by Misha Black’s Design Research Unit. Black was commissioned by Westminster City Council to design a simple and striking template that would replace the existing anarchic street sign policy – which he did with great success.

Here's the new Wellington Road sign:

The old Wellington Road sign ended up in Paul's backyard sometime after 1967. I think he must have seen it on the side of the road and picked it up while he was walking around, or fished it out of a skip. Or maybe he straight up nicked it while they were doing the sign replacement. Who can say?

I'd love to know how long he kept it fixed to the wall.

In conclusion, Paul McCartney stole a street sign (I think).

[andiatas]

Royal(ish) Reads: Jul-Sep 2024

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The Tragic Life of Lady Jane Grey by Beverley Adams (published Aug. 30, 2024) // All His Spies: The Secret World of Robert Cecil by Stephen Alford (published Jul. 4, 2024) // Dancing With Diana: A Memoir by Anne Allan (published Sep. 10, 2024)

Son of Prophecy: The Rise of Henry Tudor by Nathen Amin (published Jul. 15, 2024) // Planning the Murder of Anne Boleyn by Caroline Angus (published Aug. 30, 2024) // The Last Days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA by John Ashdown-Hill (new paperback version published Sep. 26, 2024)

The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome: A History of the Ptolemies by Guy de la Bedoyere (published Sep. 10, 2024) // Richard Beauchamp: Medieval England's Greatest Knight by David Brindley (new paperback version published Aug. 29, 2024) // A Voyage Around the Queen by Craig Brown (published Aug. 29, 2024)

Henry III: Reform, Rebellion, Civil War, Settlement, 1258-1272 by David Carpenter (new paperback version published Sep. 24, 2024) // Stuart Spouses: A Compendium of Consorts from James I of Scotland to Queen Anne of Great Britain by Heather R. Darsie (published Sep. 30, 2024) // Prince Eugene of Savoy: A Genius for War Against Louis XIV and the Ottoman Empire by James Falkner (published Aug. 30, 2024)

Normal Women: From the Number One Bestselling Author Comes 900 Years of Women Making History by Philippa Gregory (new paperback version published Sep. 26, 2024) // The Romanovs: Imperial Russia and Ruling the Empire, 1613-1917 by Professor Lindsey Hughes, Professor Erika Monahan (2nd edition published Sep. 19, 2024) // Lady Pamela: My Mother's Extraordinary Years as Daughter to the Viceroy of India, Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen, and Wife of David Hicks by India Hicks (published Sep. 3, 2024)

Hannibal and Scipio: Parallel Lives by Simon Hornblower (published Sep. 26, 2024) // Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief by Ronald Hutton (published Aug. 27, 2024) // Catherine, the Princess of Wales: The Biography by Robert Jobson (published Aug. 1, 2024)

Henry V: The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King by Dan Jones (published Sep. 12, 2024) // Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor by Valentine Low (new paperback version published Sep. 17, 2024) // Kings & Queens: The Real Lives of the English Monarchs by Ann MacMillan, Peter Snow (new paperback version published Sep. 12, 2024)

The Romanovs Under House Arrest: The Russian Revolution and A Royal Family’s Imprisonment in their Palace by Mickey Mayhew (published Aug. 30, 2024) // Queen Victoria's Favourite Granddaughter: Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, the Most Consequential Royal You Never Knew by Ilana D. Miller (published Aug. 19, 2024) // Cooking and the Crown: Royal recipes from Queen Victoria to King Charles III by Tom Parker Bowles (published Sep. 26, 2024)

Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish by Francesca Peacock (new paperback version published Sep. 12, 2024) // Henry VIII and the Plantagenet Poles: The Rise and Fall of a Dynasty by Adam Pennington (Sep. 30, 2024) // Everyday Life in Tudor London: Life in the City of Thomas Cromwell, William Shakespeare & Anne Boleyn by Stephen Porter (new paperback version published Aug. 15, 2024)

Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman's Astonishing Life of Seduction, Intrigue and Power by Sonia Purnell (published Sep. 19, 2024) // The Secret Diary of Queen Camilla by Hilary Rose (published Sep. 26, 2024) // Adventures in Time: Heroes: The Box Set by Dominic Sandbrook (published Aug. 29, 2024)

Adventures in Time: Heroines: The Box Set by Dominic Sandbrook (published Aug. 29, 2024) // Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint by Professor Peter Sarris (new paperback version published Sep. 12, 2024) // Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age by Kathleen Sheppard (published Aug. 19, 2024)

Marriage, Tudor Style: Love, Hate & Scandal by Sylvia Barbara Soberton (published Jul. 29, 2024) // A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women by Emma Southon (new paperback version published Jul. 4, 2024) // A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire by Emma Southon (new paperback version published Sep. 17, 2024)

Cleopatra: The Woman Behind the Stories by Alexandra Stewart and Hannah Peck (published Aug. 15, 2024) // The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI and I by Steven Veerapen (new paperback version published Sep. 5, 2024) // The King's Loot: The Greatest Royal Jewellery Heist in History by Richard Wallace (published Aug. 8, 2024)

The Beaumonts: Kings of Jerusalem by Kathryn Warner (published Sep. 30, 2024) // Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China by Jack Weatherford (published Sep. 26, 2024) // Ravenous: A Life of Barbara Villiers, Charles II's Most Infamous Mistress by Andrea Zuvich (published Jul. 30, 2024)

[wardrobeoftime]

Master Post - N to Z

If you notice any show, movie or character missing that I’ve made gifs of, please let me know. Characters are sorted alphabetically by first their last name and then their first name.

Go to A-M | Last updated: January 3rd, 2025

N

Nussknacker und Mausekönig (Louise Stahlbaum | Marie Stahlbaum | Zuckerfee/Sugar Fairy)

O

Oktoberfest 1900/Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood (Clara Prank | Curt Prank)

Once Upon A Time (Belle French | Colette French | Cora Mills | Ella Mills | Regina Mills / The Evil Queen | Robin Mills | Emma Swan | Anastasia Tremaine | Drizella Tremaine)

Once Upon A Time in Wonderland (Alice | Cora Mills | Anastasia Tremaine)

Outlander (Abigail | Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne | Jocasta Cameron | Margaret Campbell | Geilis Duncan | Geneva Dunsany | Isobel Dunsany | Madame Elise | Brianna Fraser | Claire Fraser | Jamie Fraser | Janet “Jenny” Fraser Murray | Harold “Hal” Grey | John Grey | Lady Grozier | Mary Hawkins | Jeanne LeGrand | Louis XV | Mairi | Laoghaire MacKenzie | Letitia MacKenzie | Joan MacKimmie | Marsali MacKimmie | Mary MacNab | Elias Pound | Alexander Randall | William Ransom | Charles Edward Stuart | Suzette | Margaret Wake Tryon | Martha Washington | Elizabeth “Lizzie” Wemyss | Extras)

Oz the Great and Powerful (Evanora | Glinda | Theodora)

P

Q

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Agatha Danbury | Queen Charlotte | Violet Ledger | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Princess Charlotte of Wales)

R

Reign (Aylee | Kenna de Poitiers | Amy Dudley | Robert Dudley | Claude of France | Greer Norwood | Penelope | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots | Elizabeth Tudor/Elizabeth I | Elisabeth of Valois)

Reinas/Queens: The Virgin and the Martyr (Joanna of Austria | Empress Maria / Maria of Austria | Margaret Douglas | Bess of Hardwick | Isabel de Osorio | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots | Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain | Anna Throndsen | Elizabeth I/Elizabeth Tudor | Elisabeth of Valois)

Rise of Empires: Ottoman (Katarina Branković | Mara Branković | Gülbahar Hatun | Hüma Hatun | Constantine XI Palaiologos)

Romeo & Juliet [2013] (Juliet Capulet)

S

Sechs auf einen Streich (see the individual movies)

Shadow and Bone (Tatiana Lantsov | Zoya Nazyalensky | Genya Safin | Alina Starkov)

Sisi [2009] (Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria | Archduchess Sophie of Austria | Helene “Néné” in Bavaria | Charlotte of Belgium | Eugénie de Montijo)

Sisi [2021] (Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria | Archduchess Sophie of Austria | Helene “Néné” in Bavaria | Karl Ludwig von Grünne | Eugénie de Montijo)

Sissi Trilogy (Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria | Archduchess Sophie of Austria | Helene “Néné” in Bavaria | Ludovika, The Duchess in Bavaria)

Snow White and the Huntsman (Ravenna)

Sophie - Braut wider Willen (Sophie von Ahlen)

Still Star-Crossed (Guiliana Capulet | Juliet Capulet | Rosaline Capulet | Tessa Montague | Princess Isabella of Verona)

T

The 100 (Emori | Clarke Griffin | Lexa)

The Age of Adaline (Adaline Bowman)

The Duchess (Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire)

The Last Duel (Marguerite de Carrouges | Jacques Le Gris)

The Little Mermaid [2023] (Vanessa)

The Crown (Catherine Middleton | Queen Elizabeth II | Princess Margaret)

The Empress (see Die Kaiserin)

The Eras Tour (Taylor Swift)

The Gilded Age (Mamie Fish | Bertha Russell | Peggy Scott | Extras)

The Great (Countess Belanova | Catherine the Great | Georgina Dymova | Marial | Queen Agnes of Sweden | Extras)

The Greatest Showman (Jenny Lind)

The Hunger Games Trilogy (Katniss Everdeen | Peeta Mellark | Johanna Mason | Finnick Odair | Coriolanus Snow)

The Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Lucy Gray Baird | Livia Cardew | Arachne Crane | Clemensia Dovecote | Palmyra Monty | Iphigenia Moss | Juno Phipps | Persephone Price | Diana Ring | Vipsania Sickle | Tigris Snow | Lysistrata Vickers)

The Huntsman: Winter’s War (Freya | Ravenna)

The Originals (Davina Claire | Hayley Marshall | Aurora de Martel | Freya Mikaelson | Hope Mikaelson | Keelin Mikaelson | Rebekah Mikaelson)

The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 (Anne Boleyn | Elizabeth Boleyn (née Howard) | Mary Boleyn)

The Pillars of the Earth (Empress Matilda)

The Princess Switch (Margaret Delacourt | Fiona Pembroke)

The Royals (Princess Eleanor Henstridge | Queen Helena Henstridge | Wilhelmina “Willow” Moreno)

The Scandalous Lady W (Seymour Fleming)

The School for Good and Evil (Emma Anemone | Clarissa Dovey | Leonora Lesso)

The Serpent Queen (Catherine de Medici | Diane de Poitiers | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots)

The Spanish Princess (Catherine of Aragon | Henry VIII | Mary Tudor)

The Tudors (Catherine of Aragon | Bessie Blount | Anne Boleyn | Anne of Cleves | Katheryn Howard | Ursula Misseldon | Kathryn Parr | Jane Seymour | Elizabeth Tudor/Elizabeth I | Margaret Tudor | Mary Tudor/Mary I)

The Twilight Saga (Charlotte | Alice Cullen | Edward Cullen | Katrina “Kate” Denali | Jasper Hale | Rosalie Hale | Peter | Bella Swan | Caius Volturi | Demetri Volturi | Jane Volturi)

The Vampire Diaries (Bonnie Benett | Caroline Forbes | Elena Gilbert | Jo Laughlin | Rebekah Mikaelson | Katherine Pierce | Annabelle “Anna” Zhu | Pearl Zhu)

The White Queen (Anne Neville | Isabel Neville | Margaret Plantagenet | Bona of Savoy | Elizabeth “Jane” Shore | Elizabeth Woodville | Cecily of York | Elizabeth of York | Margaret of York)

The White Princess (Mary of Burgundy | Cecily Neville | Eliza de la Pole | Margaret Pole | George Stanley | Jasper Tudor | Cecily of York | Elizabeth of York | Margaret of York)

The Witcher (Calanthe of Cintra | Pavetta of Cintra | Tissaia de Vries | Philippa Eilhart | Sabrina Glevissig | Margarita Laux-Antille | Triss Merigold | Keira Metz | Lydia van Bredevoort | Yennefer of Vengerberg)

The Young Victoria (Victoria, The Duchess of Kent (née of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld) | Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen | Queen Victoria)

Three Thousand Years of Longing (Hürrem Sultan | Kösem Sultan)

Trenck - Zwei Herzen gegen die Krone (Anna Amalia of Prussia)

Tulip Fever (Mrs Overalt | Sophia Sandvoort | Mrs Steen)

Tut (Ankhesenamun)

U

V

Vampire Academy [2022] (Vasilisa “Lissa” Dragomir)

Victoria (Queen Victoria | Victoria, Princess Royal)

Vom Reich zur Republik (Victoria, Princess Royal)

W

War & Peace [2016] (Natasha Rostova)

What We Do In The Shadows (Marwa | Nadja of Antipaxos)

Wolf Hall (Anne Boleyn | Catherine of Aragon)

X

Y

Z

[saintmeghanmarkle]

Wow! THIS is how you control the narrative Meghan. A masterclass by Catherine. by u/Mistressbrindello

Wow! THIS is how you control the narrative Meghan. A masterclass by Catherine. https://ift.tt/aFzLcIs their first joint engagement since the POW finished chemo, the Prince and Princess of Wales invited budding photographer Liz Hatton who is only 16 and battling an aggressive tumour to take the official photos. So, an event which honoured British luminaries such as Mark Cavendish, was not open to the Royal Rota, there were no press invitations at all, and the only photographs available are all owned by Liz. This is a brilliant move; a way of controlling the narrative after all the hoo ha over the mother's day photo as well as giving copyright to a young woman whose life will be cut tragically short by cancer (rather than the press). The press have only bare bones stories as it's being shared by the PPOW on social media and they knew nothing about the event (I've included a link to the PPOW twitter). You don't need to "control the media" by refusing to let the invisikids out in public or by merching the hell out of every opportunity. This is classy and says a lot with no words at all.https://ift.tt/N39uVE4 (so far non story) story in the mail: https://ift.tt/Q4IqdlD post link: https://ift.tt/S8I0kuY author: Mistressbrindello submitted: October 02, 2024 at 11:06PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

[magthemage]

Soooo... Some friends and I decided to run a bi-weekly creative event where we improvise a random OC xD We pick a Jojo part, pick a name, RNG the biometric traits so we all have a starting "concept" and then we run wild, giving both a design and a backstory! It's mind blowing how different the same concept turned out! Meet version one of the bi-weekly OC, Eleanor Cavendish!

Want to see how my fellow artists ran the concept? ♥ See @theschneckenhouse 's version [HERE]! ♥ See @white-nolse 's version [HERE]! ~ Backstory under the cut ~

Eleanor Cavendish - Born in New York as Eleanor Vanderbilt, an American noveau riche, daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, one of the first self-made magnate who made a fortune in railroads and shipping. A rather refined, yet quiet lady, her passive nature became her undoing as her mother Frank Armstrong coveted the status that came with the idea of having a nobility title, something constitutionally forbidden in America after the civil war. So, against her daughter's wishes, she promised her to the Baron of Northbourne, Alexander Cavendish, a 59 year old old-school noble that had more poise than funds to keep his state running. Catherine tried to run away with her sweetheart of the time, the son of the Vanderbilt's cook, but the boy was quickly 'dispatched to work at the ferry station' and she was locked in her bedroom against her will until the day of the marriage. Once in England against her own will, married to a man she found disgusting, she met the ever elusive Dio Brando at a party held to celebrate Jonathan's entrance to the university. She saw in him the freedom and danger she was doomed to never have in her marriage and he found a quick piggybank to use for his whims.

[fideidefenswhore]

Nor did Catherine still hold quite the place she had as Henry's adviser in matters of state. The rise of Thomas Wolsey in the eighteen months after Flodden was extraordinary: archbishop of York and lord chancellor, and cardinal too. As his contemporary biographer Cavendish put it, Wolsey 'ruled all under the king'.

The Tudors in Love, Sarah Gristwood

[trashmouth-toastzier]

oi oi hello it was gay month and i had changed the layout of my tumblr for the first time since i created it :)!! then i drafted this post and only just found it now lol

decided to introduce myself a little and make a list of the non-male characters i like since my bio is a list of the fictional men i like >:)

hi im jules (u can also call me volantis), im 23 and im a non binary lesbian, i use they/them pronouns (and iel/yel in french), im british-french 😔✊ and i also speak some german

here are some of my favourite non-men!!!! (any characters who don't use he/him and/or identify as men) fictional characters:

genshin-> keqing, yanfei, klee, yoimiya, hu tao, shen he, yae miko, qiqi, xinyan, mona, lumine, arlecchino, beidou, collei, diona, dehya, faruzan, fischl, lisa, kujou sara, nahida, ningguang, xiangling

honkai star rail-> hook, natasha, bailu, seele, march 7th, herta, jingyun, kafka

honkai impact-> herrscher of sentience

mha-> himiko toga, mina, mei, ragdoll

proseka/vocaloid-> tenma saki, gumi, kagamine rin, hinomori shizuku, shiraishi an, yoisaki kanade, shininome ena, mayu, seeu, kaai yuki

magnus chase/percy jackson-> alex fierro, hazel levesque, piper mcclean

great pretender-> cynthia moore, abby jones

professor layton-> katrielle layton, flora reinhold, lucy baker, goldie potsby-mahn

love live-> tsushima yohane, yazawa nico, arashi chisato, emma verde, hanamaru kunikida, haruka konoe, kanata konoe, nakasu kasumi, tang keke, minami kotori, ohara mari, yoneme mei, mia taylor, tojo nozomi, tennoji rina, kazuna sarah, heanna sumire, watanabe you, ranpha, shirase koyuki, shitara fumi, kirihara yuuka, miyashita coco, hasekura kasane, kikkawa mizuki, tanaka sachiko, saeki reine, nishimura fumie

homestuck :') -> terezi pyrope, latula pyrope, rose lalonde, kanaya maryam, nepeta lejion, meulin lejion, roxy lalonde, calliope

tokyo mew mew-> aizawa minto, huang bu-ling

little witch academia-> diana cavendish, constanze albrechtsburger

bungou stray dogs-> yosano akiko, lucy montgomery

vanitas no carte-> dominique de sade, chloé apchier, amelia

black butler-> meyrin

pandora hearts-> alice, sharon rainsworth

vampire princess miyu-> miyu

tangled the series-> cassandra

it-> bev marsh

ensemble stars-> anzu, narukami arashi

x-men-> kitty pryde, rogue, mystique, emma frost, jubilation lee, polaris (lorna dane)

moomin-> little my, snorkmaiden

saiki k-> mikoto aiura, imu rifuta

dyslite-> feng nuxi, bai liuli, camille, catherine, yuuhime, discboom, elaine, heng yue, intisar, jiang man, li guang, mona, lin xiao, ye suhua

taz-> lup taaco, aubrey little, dani, lydia, lucretia, N0-3113, irene baker, gandy dancer

the raven boys-> blue sargent

pokemon-> jessie, lillie, blanche, acerola, mina, plumeria, klara, marnie, melony, nessa, sonia, opal, iono, nemona, tulip, mela

yuukoku no moriarty-> miss hudson

the magnus archives-> basira hussain, george barker, helen richardson, melanie king, jane prentiss, nikola orsinov, sasha james

teen titans-> raven, starfire, terra, jinx, bumblebee

bee and puppycat-> bee, cas wizard, toast

stranger things-> max, robin, erica

cookie run-> latte, strawberry crepe, scorpion, hydrangea, snow sugar, bellflower, black garlic, spinach, captain ice, snake fruit, kumiho, starfruit, moon rabbit, lychee dragon, pond dino, angel, black pearl, oyster, sea fairy, moonlight, pumpkin pie, cotton, cream puff, pinecone, milky way

idolm@ster-> hoshii miki, kikuchi makoto, takatsuki yayoi

etc... cause if not we'll be here for years (watch me add more when i think of them)

[callipraxia]

Books Read, May 2023

I've thought of starting a book blog before, but alas - I never have enough to say when I don't have someone to bounce off of, or at least can't figure out how to say it. Plus, I mostly read nonfiction, so...probably not the most thrilling reviews. In lieu of that...here's what I read in May.

Courting Scandal: The Rise and Fall of Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford - James Taffe

Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford - Julia Fox

Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII - Gareth Russell

Inside the Tudor Court: Henry VIII and His Six Wives Through the Writings of the Spanish Ambassador Eustace Chapuys - Lauren Mackay

Wolsey: The Life of King Henry VIII's Cardinal - John Matusiak

Cardinal Wolsey - Mandell Creighton

Remembering Wolsey: A History of Commemorations and Representations - J. Patrick Hornbeck II.

The Life and Death of Thomas Wolsey Cardinal: Once Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor of England - Sir William Cavendish

Obviously, I got 'on a tangent,' as I do sometimes. I've gathered this may have something to do with the ADHD, though not from particularly official sources, so don't quote me on that. In this case, it was partially a return to old tangents; while I'd not read the last three books on this list before, my reading journal indicates I previously went on a bit of a tangent on the subject of Cardinal Wolsey in February and March of 2021. I was also immensely pleased, in my Kindle recommendations earlier this month, to find a book on Chapuys; he was always one of those background figures in the historical fictions I read as a kid that I wished I knew more about. Gotta read his letters myself sometime, since it seems, from the Google, that they can be viewed online in English translation.

I'll give Lauren Mackay this: she's much more honest than a lot of authors are when she reached places where the information simply no longer exists, or at least hasn't been recovered yet. There was enough 'prose' to keep it interesting, but not excessive attempts to state things about the ambassador that she couldn't back up with evidence. This, I felt, was in sharp contrast to Julia Fox; I loved the descriptions of the court, the attempts to tell a story, and these things definitely have a place in history-writing, but here they were fairly blatantly...fluffy, I suppose. Now, I'm hardly one to complain of fluff, rather fond of soft things myself, but it was glaringly obvious, when she said Lady Rochford must have been thinking or feeling something, that she was essentially filling in the blanks with a story of her own devising. Sometimes the 'costume' of historicity the text wore was something it looked 'comfortable' in and sometimes it was quite obviously a poorly-researched French hood shoved awkwardly onto the head of an actress with zero knowledge of sixteenth century fashion and how to wear it, but there were always leaps from one point to another. In contrast to that, I felt that Gareth Russell balanced his reader-drawing prose fluff with his historical analysis much more adeptly when considering Catherine Howard; I've read his book more than once over the past couple of years and expect I'll read it again in years to come. I came away with no impression of James Taffe's work, alas, except that he clearly wrote his book as an exasperated rebuttal to Julia Fox; I was, unfortunately, very sleep-deprived when I read that, so I'll have to read it again sometime. My lack of sleep, however, is not why I read the rebuttal first and the book it was responding to second...even though I'd had Fox's book in my physical TBR shelves for several years and only stumbled across Taffe's the day I bought it. I'm told I've always had a tendency to do things in the wrong order and somehow make it work anyway, so why mess with a good system at this point?

As for one book being a rebuttal to another - here we come to one of my favorite things about reading history, which is to say, how often historians blatantly attack or support each other in their writing. In the last couple of chapters of Remembering Wolsey, I was irrationally delighted to see the author offer opinions on every book I read during my 2021 tangent as well as one of the ones I read this time around. It's amusing (to me) to sort of...get to know the different personalities: "hm, yes, I can see why someone would say that about Ives," or "yeah, I never did get Starkey's position on that, all things considered," or "ha, that was almost the exact same thing I said two years ago about Ridley!" It's...oddly cozy, I suppose.

Hornbeck was especially interesting as he wasn't writing about what happened - he was writing about the trends in how people have remembered what happened over the past few centuries. There were interesting thoughts on historical fiction throughout, especially near the end; that one may warrant a full independent review, if I can muster the energy to write it out. For now, however - there's all the reading I did in May.

[vavuska]

Some insight about the creepy relationships into the british royal family:

- Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were third cousins through Queen Victoria

- Princess Diana and King Charles III were seventh cousins once removed via William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire

- Prince William and Catherine are fourteenth cousins once removed via King Edward III

To be fair, nowdays british royals don't have an obsession for close cousins or uncle/niece marriage, so there is more genetical diversity around there and they didn't seem to have worrying medical conditions. However, the only one who didn't marry into family happens to be Harry, but seems that also him and Meghan were distant cousins somehow. This adds creeps to another level.

Rumors says that Meghan is apparently a descendant of King Edward III through her father, Thomas Markle. Given Meghan’s royal ancestor, she and Harry are 17th cousins.

N. B. Camilla descends from Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond one of the illegitimate children of Charles II, meaning that her last common ancestor with her husband is James VI and I. They are ninth cousins once removed. This is not in the main list, because Charles and Camilla don't have children together.

Edit: A person's contribution here

Edit 2: Another one here

[thegospelhighways2020]

Yes sir Y'all know what to do Request Prayers at the #brothercory2024 here and tonight we're praying for Them Friday night 1 Jean-Baptiste Greuze 2 Saint Praxedis 3 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn 4 Katherine or Catherine Philips 5 Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 6 Margaret Theresa of Spain 7 Margaret Cavendish and Louis XVII

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⊱ Nombre: William James Cavendish ⊱ Fecha de nacimiento: 6 de diciembre de 1599, Yorkshire. ⊱ Ocupación: diplomático y militar (capitán general en la Primera Guerra Civil Inglesa) ⊱ Familia: Cavendish. ⊱ Títulos: Vizconde de Mansfield (a los 17 años) ⊱ Afiliación: Casa de Estuardo

William es el hijo primogénito de Sir Charles y Catherine, de la noble familia inglesa de Cavendish. Nació en los últimos años del reinado de Isabel I, última monarca de la casa Tudor, y fue educado como un noble desde sus primeros años instruyéndole en las letras y las artes. Desde pequeño mostró interés por los caballos y el mundo de la guerra, así que cuando apenas contaba con 10 años, ya era un espléndido jinete a pesar de su edad. La casa de Cavendish siempre ha contado con un puesto privilegiado en la corte, aunque realmente nunca fueran simpatizantes de la reina, sino del que, posteriormente, sería rey de Inglaterra: Jacobo I. La familia Cavendish que ya contaba con la noble reputación de sus antecesores, era propietaria de grandes extensiones de tierras que les habían servido para enriquecerse. Además de las riquezas que una posición como la suya les otorgaba. Jacobo I, que ya era rey de Escocia, fue coronado rey de Inglaterra e Irlanda en 1603, cuando William solo contaba con 4 años de edad. La afiliación de su casa con la casa reinante, y el contacto directo de su padre con el mismísimo rey, desembocó en largas estancias en la corte del rey, creando una amistad con el infante Carlos, heredero al trono tras la muerte de su padre. Con tan solo un año de diferencia entre ambos, crearon un vínculo bastante cercano entre ellos, a pesar de que no solían verse a menudo debido a las responsabilidades de ambos. 

En 1616 se le otorgó el título de vizconde de Mansfield, con solo 17 años. A pesar de los intentos de su familia en buscarle una buena esposa, él siempre ha renegado de la idea del matrimonio, prefiriendo otras compañías y otras distracciones como la pintura o la escritura, en la que es bastante diestro.

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hi love!! where could you see manny jacinto? thank you!

─── ⋆⋅ Nonnie'! I have taken a look through our FAMILY PAGE and WANTED CONNECTIONS PAGE and these are my suggestions:

FAMILY PAGE: The Royal Family ( adopted child ), there are also various open employee spots in many families.

WANTED CONNECTIONS PAGE: JIANG YEYING ( sun zhenni )'s secret relationship - Manny would need to be aged down by 5 and mun would need to be contact to determine if the connection could be aged up by 1 year, PRISCILLA CAVENDISH ( emily bader )'s betrothed, PRISCILLA CAVENDISH ( emily bader )'s romantic dalliance, LADY HAZEL MONTGOMERY ( olivia cooke )'s former crush, LADY HAZEL MONTGOMERY ( olivia cooke )'s other former crush, ASRIEL HALIFAX ( oliver jackson cohen )'s two old friends - this would also be CATHERINE YORK ( freida pinto )'s husband, or PRISCILLA CAVENDISH ( emily bader )'s source.

I hope this helped, nonnie'!

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ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ( 𝖳𝖧𝖤 𝖣𝖴𝖢𝖧𝖤𝖲𝖲 ).ㅤ ㅤthe full profile ✰❜ ⸻

NAME / thyora.

CODENAME / the duchess.

OTHER NAMES / catherine annabel cavendish, dianna noble.

PLACE OF BIRTH /  gallifrey.

AGE /  + 500 years old.

REGENERATIONS / five.

FAMILY / androj ( father ), theone ( mother ), zenner ( husband ), azana ( daughter ), andred ( grandson ).

FACE CLAIM / anya taylor-joy ( the current regeneration ).

GENDER / genderfluid, currently woman ( she / her ).

CURRENT LOCATION / earth.

TARDIS / a red telephone box, but the camouflage system works perfectly.

EDUCATION / time lord academy, patrex chapter.

ㅤ ㅤ⸻ ㅤ ㅤPROFILE.

 ㅤ ㅤthyora, the name given to her from birth, remained surrounded by mystery, an enigma carefully guarded by her parents. like any child, she grew up in an environment surrounded by books and music, developing a special appreciation for these arts which would shape each of her personalities over the course of time.

ㅤ ㅤwhen she reached the appropriate age, she was sent to the time lord academy and forced to face the vortex, as tradition dictated for so many years. her father, always deeply concerned about his daughter, didn’t know how she would react to the sight of such an imaginative mind. nonetheless, thyora was slightly disturbed, but nothing to make her lose control of her creative mind or stop her from attending the academy. for a while, she became more contemplative than usual, but soon returned to her original personality. without any problems, she entered the academy and was admitted to the patrex chapter, known for being the home of artists, which came as no surprise to anyone who knew little thyora. 

ㅤ ㅤduring her years at the academy, she was known for being a chaotic rebel, yet kept her learning up to date ensuring nobody could eclipse the merits of her intelligence. eventually, she was deeply influenced by the stories she heard about the doctor, a time lord who travelled the universe in a tardis, making a daydream about being able to do something like that.

ㅤ ㅤtime passed and the inevitable time war erupted, with time lords and daleks fighting fiercely. battles of all kinds took place simultaneously and like every gallifreyan, she was present, supporting her people and wanting to put an end to the daleks once and for all. it was during one of the heaviest and most violent clashes when thyora regenerated for the first time, almost dying permanently. that’s because she was almost hit a second time during her regeneration. fortunately, she was rescued and taken to her father.

ㅤ ㅤthe time lord, in complete despair and noticing the escalating war, decided his daughter would survive regardless of gallifrey’s fate. he made her lose consciousness, which wasn’t difficult for someone who had just gone through her first regeneration cycle, and used a chameleon arch to transform her into a human and transferred her time lord essence and memories into a reliquary necklace. somehow, taking advantage of the chaos, he stole a tardis and put his daughter inside with the necklace. the coordinates? a quiet, safe place for her to live in peace.

ㅤ ㅤfor more than ten years, thyora no longer existed. only catherine cavendish, duchess of devonshire, existed as the youngest daughter of the dukes of devonshire. a magnificent, vivacious and extremely creative woman, was the pride of her family, friends and acquaintances. however, after a series of strange and chaotic events, catherine opened the reliquary necklace and regained all her memories. it was thyora again. at some cost, she used the tardis to return home in the hope she could still help with the war, but she arrived to devastation. everyone had died. she was alone in the universe, the only time lady to survive the time war, but at what cost?

ㅤ ㅤshe began to travel the universe, at first full of doubts, resentment and sadness. but over time, the universe taught her how within infinity there is always room for hope, companionship and love.

ㅤ ㅤ⸻ ㅤ ㅤTHE REGENERATIONS.

1ST DUCHESS / THYORAㅤ ㅤ⸻ ㅤ ㅤ( sadie sink / jessica chastain. ) gallifrey era, from the time lord academy to the time war against the daleks.

2ND DUCHESS / CATHERINE CAVENDISHㅤ ㅤ⸻ ㅤ ㅤ( jessie buckley. ) post-time war era, both the duchess being human and the time she rediscovered herself as a time lady and the destruction of gallifrey.

3RD DUKEㅤ ㅤ⸻ ㅤ ㅤ( colin morgan. ) the first male regeneration of the duchess, any period or place. a more distant and introverted version.

4TH DUCHESSㅤ ㅤ⸻ ㅤ ㅤ( laura harrier. ) the duchess who spent the longest time on earth, usually travelling with orphan children and finding good homes for them. 

5TH DUCHESSㅤ ㅤ⸻ ㅤ ㅤ( anya taylor-joy. ) a version who fluctuates between introverted and extroverted, feels lost in life and is searching for answers to her father’s riddles.

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~The Devonshire House Ball~

In 1892, William Cavendish the 8th Duke of Devonshire married the widowed Duchess of Manchester, Louise von Alten, whom he had known/ met several years before. Louise known as the 'Double Duchess' was a famous hostess and Devonshire House as well as Chatsworth became the focus of entertainment on a scale that had not been seen since the 6th Duke's time.

The Devonshire House Ball was one of the most extravagant and high society celebrations of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Those invited to the Diamond Jubilee Ball (The devonshire house ball) came in full fancy dress.

For the Devonshire House Ball, the dress code was “allegorical or historical costumes before 1815”. This was used an encouragement to the guests to give their imaginations full rein for their costumes and, since it was the main subject of interest that season, everyone wanted to have the fun of keeping their outfits a secret while at the same time trying to discover what others were wearing. Guests were instructed to dress around the theme of certain courts, both mythical and temporal.  On the day the costumes ranged from goddesses, figures from paintings, and historical kings and queens, including the court of Elizabeth I, Queen Guinevere & the Knights of the Round Table, the court of Louis XV and Louis XVI of France and the court of Catherine the Great of Russia. Many guests took much time and effort with their costumes, and due to the popularity of fancy dress balls, there was a plethora of books and specialist hire shops on hand to offer advice. More than one guest, in their desire for accuracy (and to stand out) suffered through the evening with uncomfortable headdresses and props.

{the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire at the Devonshire House Ball}

Attendance to the ball was strictly by invitation only but it is fair to say that anyone who was anyone was on the guest list were of high society. More than 700 invitations to the Ball were sent out a month before the event, although reports of the event stated numbers up to 3,000 guests. Most of the British Royal family were there, including the Prince of Wales in the costume of a Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers of Malta accompanied by his wife the Princess of Wales as Queen Marguerite de Valois. Their son, the Duke of York, the future King George V, was dressed as the Earl of Cumberland while his wife, the Duchess of York, later Queen Mary, wore a costume as a Lady of the Court of Marguerite de Valois in deference to her mother in law.

The costumes were prescribed, guests couldn’t turn up wearing just anything. There were seven categories from which to choose; the Elizabethan Court, the Louis XV and XVI Court, the Court of Maria Theresa and the Court of the Empress Catherine II of Russia, plus the Oriental, the Italian Procession and the 17th century.

Louise Duchess of Devonshire Ball Gown

The duchess of Devonshire arrived to the event in A ball gown with an under-robe of cloth of silver, wrought all over with silver thread and brilliants, and with an over-dress of green and gold shot-silk gauze, embroidered to the waist with green and gold metalwork, decorated with jewels. A long train of turquoise velvet, embroidered in gold to an oriental design, was attached to the shoulders. A bodice of gold cloth and lace was fitted over a whalebone corset into which her waist was tightly laced. The headdress that went with it has not survived, but it can be seen in Lafayette's photograph.The dress was made for Louise, Duchess of Devonshire by the House of Worth to wear at the celebrated Diamond Jubilee Ball at Devonshire House. It was a fancy dress ball and Louise attended as Queen Zenobia, the warrior Queen of Palmyra. The Duchess may have got the idea for the theme of the dress from Inigo Jones's costume designs for Court Masques that are in the drawing collections at Chatsworth.

Harvard Referencing:

(No date) Background to the Devonshire House Ball of 1897. Available at: http://www.rvondeh.dircon.co.uk/incalmprose/ball.html (Accessed: 20 September 2023).

Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): Photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers (no date) Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball Album - Set - National Portrait Gallery. Available at: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/set/515/Devonshire+House+Fancy+Dress+Ball+Album (Accessed: 20 September 2023).

Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (2022) Friends of Lydiard Park. Available at: https://www.friendsoflydiardpark.org.uk/news/blog-post/devonshire-house-fancy-dress-ball/ (Accessed: 20 September 2023).

Duchess Louise at the Devonshire House Ball (no date) Chatsworth House. Available at: https://www.chatsworth.org/visit-chatsworth/chatsworth-estate/art-archives/devonshire-collections/photographs/duchess-louise-at-the-devonshire-house-ball/ (Accessed: 20 September 2023).

Duchess Louise’s Ball Gown (no date) Chatsworth House. Available at: https://www.chatsworth.org/visit-chatsworth/chatsworth-estate/art-archives/devonshire-collections/textiles/duchess-louises-ball-gown/ (Accessed: 20 September 2023).

July 2019: Portrait Photographs, the Devonshire House Ball, 1897 (no date) The Collections ’ Treasure of the Month :: The Rothschild Archive. Available at: https://www.rothschildarchive.org/collections/treasure_of_the_month/july_2019_portrait_photographs_the_devonshire_house_ball_1897 (Accessed: 20 September 2023).

Lafayette (fl.1880-1952) : London - the duke and duchess of york at the Devonshire House Ball (no date) Royal Collection Trust. Available at: https://www.rct.uk/collection/2926140/the-duke-and-duchess-of-york-at-the-devonshire-house-ball (Accessed: 20 September 2023).

Saad719 (2022a) Devonshire House Ball, 1897, The Royal Watcher. Available at: https://royalwatcherblog.com/2022/07/02/devonshire-house-ball-1897/#google_vignette (Accessed: 20 September 2023).

Saad719 (2022b) Devonshire House Ball, 1897, The Royal Watcher. Available at: https://royalwatcherblog.com/2022/07/02/devonshire-house-ball-1897/#google_vignette (Accessed: 20 September 2023).

woostersauce2014 (2017) The Devonshire House Ball (1897): Dressing up on a grand scale, Enough of this Tomfoolery! Available at: https://enoughofthistomfoolery.wordpress.com/2017/09/12/the-devonshire-house-ball-1897-dressing-up-on-a-grand-scale/ (Accessed: 20 September 2023).