#relations ; rey & carlos

[elodie-starlord]

reading thousands of fanfics about *your man* then remembering that's he's not real be like:

[feveredbcnes]

Contd Thread II @the-perfect-scientist

"D'ya save some Christmas for the other customers?" Reynardine laughed as he eyed the amount of shopping that Carlos was carrying. How he hadn't dropped everything yet was a mystery, but he certainly spoke too soon as he watched the candy canes starting to slide. He immediately grabbed them before disaster happened, carefully tucking the box under his arm. "Here, let me take half before you drop everythin'." Taking some of the packages from the teetering tower, he stacked the candy canes safely on top of his own mini one and started following the other. It appeared as though Carlos had a productive shopping trip, wise enough to buy stuff early before the chaos of Christmas began. "Where's all this goin', boss?"

[carletes]

tsor with something blood-related after a fight?

[combining these too!]

"My liege," Carlos said, walking into the audience hall at a clip. He was in full golden armor, his beard grown thick and lush, cape torn and dusty from battle and the journey home. He looked every inch the warrior king he was—more so with the blood splattered across his armor and face. Rather than mar, it only enhanced the mythical visage of him. "I come bearing news of our success."

Lando ignored every single nerve in his body that seemed to explode with a singular instinct: to run to his husband, to throw his arms around him, to check him for injury, to demand every detail of the battle Lando was unable to join because of his advanced condition. "Report, King Sir Carlos."

Carlos nodded, cleaning his brow of blood. Lando swallowed hard, his nails digging into the arms of his throne. Around him, their courtiers murmured, anticipating.

"Beloved," he began, and Lando's heart clenched, "we intercepted the enemy's plans before they were prepared for a counterstrike. Duchy Albon's intelligence was perfect. They were a force of 200, preparing to send small forces into all the major strongholds in Anglosax. Assassins."

Carlos snarled rather than said that word. The king-consort's disdain for assassins was well known.

Lando nodded, swallowing his emotions. "Prisoners?"

"Two. A grunt and a captain of one of these would-be forces. We have interrogated them, but of course, my king, they await your interrogation."

Carlos had a smile on his face, wry and without humor. Lando made a pleased noise; Lando may be a month from full-term, but he was still a king and still a knight. "Good. Casualties?"

"All of theirs. Some injuries on our side." Then Carlos sighed: "They killed the family in whose stable we found them."

Lando fist clenched. He made to stand, and his valets rushed to his aid, but his husband was faster: Carlos crossed the space between them rapidly and took hold of Lando's arm, his other hand supporting Lando's lower back.

"We will find that family's closest kin and compensate them," Lando declared, his courtiers nodding with approval. "We need to investigate any other Anglosaxons that may have been harmed by these scoundrels and ensure their satisfaction. We will send missives to our allies presently."

Lando's courtiers stood, murmuring, "Your Majesty," as Lando took his leave of them. Carlos supported Lando as Lando waddled towards his office, just off the audience hall.

Once the door closed behind them, Lando let the facade slip. He cried out and threw his arms around Carlos.

"Mi vida," Carlos whispered, careful of Lando's swollen belly, lifting him up and onto the nearest cushioned service. "Mi rey. I am home."

"Inside me," Lando whispered, and Carlos hesitated.

"I am covered in gore," he said, placing a hand on Lando's cheek. "I am filthy. Let me clean myself, and then I will give you what you deserve."

"Fuck what I deserve," Lando snarled, running his palms over Carlos' bloody face. Carlos' eyes widened as Lando then rubbed the blood onto his own face. "You will give me what I want. I want satisfaction for my people killed in cold blood. I want vengeance on those that would harm my dearest vassals. I want you to fuck me, and I want to know that the blood you will ruin me with belongs to my enemies."

Carlos looked at Lando's eyes, full of desire and demand. Then he unclipped the legs of his plate, keeping the rest of the armor on.

"Quickly," Lando commanded, begged, and Carlos ripped Lando's hose and tunic off in response. Lando gasped and nodded rapidly, letting Carlos swing his legs around his waist, his gauntleted hands cold and biting on Lando's skin.

Carlos pushed in with a growl, his restrained adrenaline exploding out of him in that moment of sundering. Lando nearly screamed with it, the roughness, the force of Carlos' entry, so good, so necessary. "Yes. Yes. Yes."

"I killed a dozen, at least," Carlos whispered as he thrust into his husband, and Lando begged Carlos for more. "In your name. In the name of our people. I killed them without warning and I do not regret it."

"Yes. Yes. Yes." Lando had his hands all over Carlos' armor, his hands filthy with the half-dried blood. He ran those hands over himself, over his bare legs, over his belly, so their child would know how their parents protected them. "Fuck me. Tell me. Fuck me."

"Every captain but one. The captive. Lando. I made sure I was the one to kill them. For you. Everything for you."

Lando came to that, mewling Carlos' name over and over, the taste of copper and violence on his tongue. Carlos' eyes were hungry as they looked over Lando.

"Bloodthirsty," he said approvingly, his hips still fucking into Lando, and Lando just whimpered at the overstimulation. He needed it. He needed it. "Look at you. A miracle, again, full with our child, again. Covered in the blood of your enemies. I would fuck you before the world but they are not worthy of your beauty, your glory."

Lando looked at Carlos and said, "Thank you for killing them." Carlos grunted and spilled himself deep inside Lando. "Thank you for giving me what I need."

"Always," Carlos said. His eyes softened as he panted softly, running his palm over Lando's belly. "Always. My love. I wish I had you beside me."

Damn his condition. Damn the heightened emotions.

Lando's eyes overflowed with tears and he exploded into sobs. Carlos quickly removed the rest of his armor and pulled his husband into his lap, kissing comfort into his forehead, rocking him as consolation.

They would never speak of Lando's bloodthirst in that moment again. But it would not be the last time Lando asked for Carlos after battle and adorned himself with the blood of his enemies.

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazil Federal Police Sees Fraud in Bolsonaro's Vaccination Data

Investigation is regarding the insertion of false data on Covid vaccination into the Ministry of Health system

The Federal Police carried out this Wednesday (3) a search and seizure warrant at the address of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and the arrest of some of his closest former advisers. According to the Federal Police, the suspects allegedly attempted to insert false data on Covid-19 vaccination into the Ministry of Health system between November 2021 and December 2022.

In representation to Justice Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court, the Federal Police points Mauro Cid, Bolsonaro's former assistant, as the main articulator of the scheme. According to the authorities, Bolsonaro was aware of the fraudulent entry of data into the system. "Jair Bolsonaro, Mauro Cid and, possibly, Marcelo Câmara were fully aware of the fraudulent insertion of vaccination data, remaining inert in relation to such facts until the present moment", says the Federal Police.

Mauro Cid and Luis Marcos dos Reis, former orderlies, Max Guilherme de Moura and Sergio Cordeiro, Bolsonaro's security guards, Ailton Moraes Barros, candidate for state congressman for the PL-RJ in 2022, and João Carlos de Sousa Brecha, secretary of the City Hall of Duque de Caxias (RJ), Bolsonarist stronghold in Rio and the place where the fraud would have been executed, they were all targets of an arrest warrant. Former First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro is also being investigated. Investigators have identified two fraud attempts. In the last one, data would have been entered to state that the then president and the other beneficiaries would have been vaccinated and therefore be able to issue a vaccination certificate to travel to the United States.

Continue reading.

[handicappedbuenchico]

hc + 🤕 for a pain-themed headcanon

hc + 🚶‍♂️ for a habit-themed headcanon

hc + 👍 for a headcanon about things they like

hc + 👎 for a headcanon about things they dislike

hc + 💪 for a sport-themed headcanon

hc + 😡 for a headcanon about something that makes them angry

hc + 👻 for a headcanon about supernatural occurrences

hc + 🥣 for a food-themed headcanon

hc + ☕ for a drink-themed headcanon

hc + 🐈 for a pet/animal-themed headcanon

hc + 🌸 for a plant-themed headcanon

hc + 🌄 for an outdoor-themed headcanon

hc + 🌍 for a travel-themed headcanon

hc + 🗡 for a weapon-themed headcanon

hc + 🎡 for a hobby-themed headcanon

hc + 🤕 for a pain-themed headcanon

Carlos frequently gets really bad migraine and tension headaches as a result of his previous head related trauma.

hc + 🚶‍♂️ for a habit-themed headcanon

When Carlos gets really stressed out or really scared, he has a habit of stammering out his words; the worse the stress/fear, the worse the stammering is.

hc + 👍 for a headcanon about things they like

Carlos really loves telenovelas (Spanish soap operas). He loves all the random plot twists and juicy drama, what can he say?

hc + 👎 for a headcanon about things they dislike

Carlos HATES going to the doctor or to the hospital with a passion. This hatred stems from his trauma mostly. It just brings up way too many bad memories for him, and he doesn't want to be constantly reminded that his mind and body no longer function like a "normal" teen's does. (A/N: I the mun am not trying to imply that deaf individuals are "broken" or "abnormal" for being deaf!! I only used that last sentence as a reflection of how Carlos feels about his gained disability and the everlasting harm his abuse caused to his body.)

hc + 💪 for a sport-themed headcanon

The only sport Carlos cares about is wrestling. While Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero were his favorite wrestlers, he did also love The Rock and Stone-Cold Steve Austin for how much they busted Vince's balls. He also really loves The Undertaker.

hc + 😡 for a headcanon about something that makes them angry

One thing that will instantly piss Carlos off is if someone is purposely covering/stopping his hands when he's trying to sign to them as a way to get him to verbally talk. Covering up a signing person's hands is the equivalent of someone coming up to you and putting their hand over your mouth to get you to stop talking. Not only is it rude as fuck to do, but sometimes Carlos doesn't have the energy to talk verbally, or his hearing aids aren't in his ears (he's canonically mute when he takes his aid out for reference) so signing is the only way he knows how to communicate.

hc + 👻 for a headcanon about supernatural occurrences

Carlos definitely has felt the presence of spirits before. Not to the point where he can physically see or touch them, but he can feel when the energy of a space shifts after a spirit enters or leaves.

hc + 🥣 for a food-themed headcanon

While Carlos can tolerate a lot of spicy food at once, he doesn't actively seek it out.

hc + ☕ for a drink-themed headcanon

Carlos doesn't drink soda except for ginger ale, and even then, he drinks it very sparingly.

hc + 🐈 for a pet/animal-themed headcanon

Carlos is an animal whisperer! He definitely has made the (not really) mistake of saying hello to a stray cat, calling it over to give it affection, and having said stray cat follow him for a while.

hc + 🌸 for a plant-themed headcanon

Carlos wants to have a garden of his own someday.

hc + 🌄 for an outdoor-themed headcanon

Carlos knows his way around Central City fairly well, but the suburbs are very much a form of uncharted territory for him.

hc + 🌍 for a travel-themed headcanon

Carlos would still love to go to California, despite the original escape attempt with Spencer and Tracy failing.

hc + 🗡 for a weapon-themed headcanon

Carlos 100% is a brass knuckles kind of dude. This headcanon is based on a piece of Freddy's Dead art that I saw, which used the official comic adaptation's art style, and it had the main cast holding weapons (except Spencer who had a video game controller in his hands) and Carlos had a pair of brass knuckles. I cannot for the life of me find this piece of art anymore, and ngl I'm kind of sad about that 😭.

hc + 🎡 for a hobby-themed headcanon

Carlos's hobby is doing volunteer work whenever and wherever he can. I feel like this would be the only way he's let out of the shelter for long periods of time (bc let's be real here the shelter acts more like a prison/halfway house than a traditional youth shelter). He just has to have some form of documentation proving that he was only outside of the shelter walls doing volunteer work and nothing else.

[evoldir]

Fwd: Postdoc: QueenMaryU_London.BayesianPhylogenetics

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Postdoc: QueenMaryU_London.BayesianPhylogenetics > Date: 24 March 2024 at 04:42:18 GMT > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > Postdoc position in Bayesian Phylogenetics > > School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences > Queen Mary University of London, London, UK > > Salary: �37,182 to �44,722 per annum > > Deadline: 29th April 2024 > > Apply: https://ift.tt/5RxVO3L > > Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant (PDRA) > to work at the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences (SBBS) > in the research group of Dr. Mario dos Reis, as part of a BBSRC > project on development of Bayesian methods to analyse large genomic > datasets. We seek a highly motivated individual with relevant background > in statistics/physics/computational biology. The successful candidate > will contribute to real data analyses and to the development of Bayesian > MCMC algorithms in the MCMCtree software and associated R packages. > We are interested in Hamiltonian Monte Carlo and covariance-informed > MCMC samplers. The project is a collaboration with Prof. Ziheng Yang > (UCL) and Prof. Philip C. J. Donoghue (Bristol University). > > A PhD in a subject relevant to the project is essential.  This is an > integrative project and relevant subject areas include computational > biology, bioinformatics, physics, statistics, computer science and > related.  Experience of code development in a major programming language > (such as C, C++ or Java) is essential.  Experience of phylogenetics > software development, use of high-performance computing facilities, > evolutionary biology, MCMC sampling algorithms, and genome data analysis > are desirable but not essential.  You should have excellent communication > skills, with the ability to present your research findings both orally > and in writing. You must have excellent time management skills, and the > ability to complete large tasks on a schedule.  The project is highly > collaborative, and you are expected to work well within a team, and > have the ability to deliver production-ready software for use by other > team members. > > As a member of the dos Reis group (https://ift.tt/drhtNck) > you will be part of a dynamic research community at SBBS > (https://ift.tt/e83R5tp).  The school employs circa 120 academics > working in evolutionary biology, genomics, cell biology, ecology, and > experimental psychology. > > Mario dos Reis > > Reader in Statistical Phylogenetics > Queen Mary University of London > https://ift.tt/drhtNck > > > Mario dos Reis

[operaportugues]

I Puritani (Bellini) - MET 06/janeiro/2007

Ópera completa com legenda em português.

1. Crie login gratuito no site https://www.metopera.org/

2. Instale o programa “Bigasoft Video Downloader Pro” Ele permite download do Metropolitan Opera.

3. Seriais Vá ao menu “Ajuda” - “Registrar” e digite um serial no campo “Código de Licença”.

4. Adicione no programa Bigasoft um destes 2 links para fazer o download. Ao usar a opção https://ondemand.metopera.org, o Bigasoft solicitará em janela pop-up que você digite seu login/senha do site do MET. https://ondemand.metopera.org/performance/detail/93cac559-5ff2-5520-ba58-d982e71bc5ba https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357011393

5. Download da legenda em português: link.

Após a estreia desta ópera em 24/janeiro/1835 em Paris, Bellini relatou: "Os franceses enlouqueceram; havia tanto barulho e tantos gritos que eles próprios ficaram surpresos por terem sido tão arrebatados… Em uma palavra, foi uma coisa inédita e, desde sábado, Paris tem falado sobre isso com espanto".

Este seria o último trabalho de Bellini; ele morreu em setembro de 1835, aos 33 anos de idade.

Revivida pelo MET especialmente para ela, a soprano Anna Netrebko tomou Nova York de assalto quando interpretou o papel da frágil donzela puritana Elvira. Sua ousada interpretação da famosa cena de loucura da heroína lhe rendeu ovações de pé em casas lotadas noite após noite. Repleta de árias e conjuntos arrebatadores, esta joia do bel canto também é estrelada por Eric Cutler como o amor de Elvira, Arturo.

Wikipedia

Sinopse do Met

"Vien, diletto, è in ciel la luna" (Anna Netrebko)

Libretto

Ária "A te, o cara, amor talora": Franco Corelli, Pavarotti; Juan Diego Florez, Juan Diego Florez (2), Alfredo Kraus, Javier Camarena, Lawrence Brownlee, Giuseppe Di Stefano.

Canção "Vaga luna, che inargenti" (Bellini)

Personagens principais: - Lorde Arturo Talbo - Elvira, noiva de Arturo - Sir Riccardo Forth, o líder puritano apaixonado por Elvira - Sir Giorgio Valton, tio de Elvira - Lorde Gualtiero Valton, pai de Elvira e irmão de Giorgio - Sir Bruno Roberton - Enrichetta di Francia, viúva de Carlos I

Sinopse: Inglaterra durante a Guerra Civil Inglesa.

Ato I Inglaterra, por volta de 1650. Plymouth, uma fortaleza puritana, está ameaçada pelo cerco das tropas realistas. Vozes distantes anunciam o dia do casamento de Elvira, filha de Gualtiero, o comandante da fortaleza. Riccardo entra lamentando o fato de sua noiva prometida, Elvira, amar outro homem - um partidário dos Stuart. Seu pai não a forçará a se casar contra sua vontade, ao que parece, então o amigo de Riccardo, Sir Bruno, o incentiva a dedicar sua vida à liderança das forças parlamentares.

Elvira diz a seu tio, Giorgio, que prefere morrer a se casar com Riccardo. Seu tio a tranquiliza dizendo que convenceu seu pai a deixá-la se casar com seu amante, Arturo. Embora Arturo seja um monarquista, ele é saudado quando se aproxima do castelo.

Todos se reúnem para a celebração do casamento e Arturo cumprimenta sua noiva. Ele fica sabendo que a viúva do Rei Carlos I, a Rainha Enrichetta, é prisioneira no castelo e logo será levada a julgamento em Londres. Sozinho com a rainha, Arturo se oferece para salvá-la, mesmo que isso signifique sua morte. Elvira retorna com o véu de noiva e caprichosamente o coloca sobre a cabeça de Enrichetta. Quando fica sozinho novamente com a rainha, Arturo explica que o véu será o disfarce perfeito para escapar do castelo. Quando eles estão prestes a sair, Riccardo os impede, determinado a matar seu rival. Enrichetta os separa e revela sua identidade. Riccardo os deixa fugir, sabendo que isso arruinará Arturo. Os outros retornam para o casamento e Riccardo conta sobre a fuga de Arturo com Enrichetta. Os soldados saem correndo em sua perseguição. Elvira, acreditando ter sido traída, é tomada pela loucura.

Ato II Os habitantes da cidade lamentam o colapso mental de Elvira. Giorgio explica que ela continua desejando Arturo. Riccardo chega para anunciar que Arturo foi condenado à morte pelo Parlamento. Os puritanos partem.

Elvira entra, revivendo seu passado feliz. Em sua loucura, ela confunde Riccardo com Arturo e sonha com seu casamento. Quando ela vai embora, Giorgio tenta convencer Riccardo a salvar Arturo. A princípio indignado, Riccardo finalmente se sente motivado a ajudar Elvira, e os dois homens se unem em patriotismo: se Arturo voltar como amigo, ele viverá; se voltar como inimigo armado, ele morrerá.

Ato III No jardim de Elvira, Arturo revela que o amor por ela o trouxe de volta a Plymouth. Ele a ouve cantar sua antiga canção de amor e fica dividido entre seu afeto e sua lealdade aos Stuarts. A própria Elvira aparece e Arturo lhe garante que ela é seu único amor. Os soldados correm para prender Arturo. Nesse momento, um diplomata chega com a notícia da derrota final dos monarquistas e uma anistia geral para todos os infratores. O choque dessa notícia restaura os sentidos de Elvira, e todos se alegram com a paz enquanto Elvira e Arturo abraçam sua nova felicidade.

[podcasts-8-my-heart]

Ohh for the f1 ask 9, 17 and 21?? Or any you haven't been asked but want to answer?

9. who is your dream driver line-up?

Ok. So...

RBR: Verstappen / LeClerc

Ferrari: Carlos Sainz / Daniel Riccardo

Aston Martin, McLaren, Mercedes, etc. stay the same. (checo retires?)

17. who do you think is the greatest of all time?

Sebastian Vettel (it's the bees for me).

19. have you ever been go-karting?

Yes. It was a tiny track, but it was so much fun for 16-year-old me at the time!

21. what is your favourite f1-related quote?

Carlos Sainz saying "Maria Ka-rey".

[dispatchdcu]

Scarlet Witch Annual #1 Review

Scarlet Witch Annual #1 Review #scarletwitch magneto #xmen #MARVEL #marvelcomics #comics #comicbooks #news #mcu #art #info #NCBD #previews #reviews #xmen #trialsofx

Writer: Steve Orlando Art: Carlos Nieto Colors: Tríona Farrell Letters: VC’s Cory Petit Cover: Russell Dauterman Variant Covers: George Pérez & Edgar Delgado; Rod Reis; Jim Cheung & Jay David Ramos Publisher: Marvel Comics Price: 4.99 Release Date: June 21, 2023 If you’re interested in this comic, series, related trades, or any of the others mentioned, then simply click on the title/link to snag…

[travsd]

Alejandro Rey: Of Carlos, Casinos and "Cuba"

Alejandro Rey (1930-1987) was likely the first Latin-American screen actor I was ever aware of. The handsome Argentine played Carlos on The Flying Nun and is by no means to be confused with Fernando Rey, whose real last name was Arambillet, came from Spain, and is therefore not even a relation. Rey had been a star in his native country since the early 1950s, moving to Hollywood to appear in such…

[sweeterlovers]

let me get to know my moots, tag <33

no one tagged me but i wanted to do it!

top 5 current replay songs

1. venus - frankie avalon

2. playground love - air, gordon tracks

3. and i love her - santo & johnny

4. heaven, california - honey gentry

5. love - lana del rey

top 4 pinterest saved pics that describe you

top 3 quotes u think about often

1. “it’s mortifying to be the one who remembers.” - ryan o’connell

2. “i am homesick for a place i am not sure even exists. one where my heart is full. my body loved. and my soul understood.” - melissa cox

3. “i can never read all the books i want; i can never be all the people i want and live all the lives i want. i can never train myself in all skills i want. and why do i want? i want to live and feel all the shades, tones, and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. and i am horribly limited.” - sylvia plath

top 2 lore about yourself that surprises people

1. i have no idea how to ride a bicycle

2. i spend 2 hours plus daily on pinterest

top 1 ‘hear me out’

i have so many.. honestly any older man, but f1 related probably carlos sainz (like carlos sainz jr dad)

let me get to know my moots, tag <3

top 5 current replay songs

mine—treasure in the hills by leon thomas, that's why i love you by sir and sabrina claudio, d'evils by sir, replay by tems, and lucid dreams by leon thomas and masego

top 4 pinterest saved pics that describes u

top 3 quotes u think about often

We have yet to understand that if I'm starving, you are in danger. People think that my danger makes them safe. They're in trouble. — James Baldwin

Nothing matters so do what you love and be kind — Everything, Everywhere All At Once (Theme)

In front of my mother and my sisters, I pretend love is cheap and vulgar. I act like it’s a sin–I pretend that love is for women on a dark path. But at night I dream of a love so heavy it makes my spine throb. I dream up a lover who makes love like he is separating salt from water. — Salma Deera

top 2 lore about yourself that surprises people

i had a reputation of fighting people in high school and to not be messed with despite having 0 fights

i got a famous book on wp that had like 700k views lol

top 1 'hear me out'

specifically, the bracket "}"

tagging moots (no pressure <3) @itneverendshere @aliyahwritings @cameronsprincess @starkeysprincess @oceandriveab @nottsangel @nadvs @whytheylosttheirminds @inthelibrarybtw @promiscuousg1rl @sematarygirls and anyone who wants to join!

[booasaur]

Welcome to Eden - 1x03

[undertheelectricstarspodcast]

A certain kind of calm has fallen over the outposts. After new arrivals, high tensions, power outages, and the world seeming to shift on its axis, at the end of the day, the world readjusts. And life goes on. Zero Zero may be considering their return home. Cair Mallplex has finally come to the calm after the storm. Though that's not usually how that phrase goes, is it? Featuring a rousing game of tennis, ghosts in the machine, and new names, depending on how you look at it.

[ichayalovesyou]

🎵!

“La luz en cada amanecer, mis días fragilidad”

In English (literal translation):

“The light in every sunrise, my frail days”

Listen not to be whatever on main but daaaamn, Carlos Rivera! 🥰❤️💕💞

The title means “you come back”

It feels like a really gentle song about someone you love who’s gone, but you still hold on to the good memories help you get through the rest of your life. Which is something I can relate to quite a bit.

I love Carlos Rivera but this is one of my favs of his along with Hijo De La Luna.

Sidenote: If you love the Lion King and/or Broadway and/or like listening to/can speak/understand Spanish I HIGHLY recommend checking out El Rey Léon (Madrid 2013). He’s hands down my favorite Simba in the role (and I have seen…… a lot of TLK Broadway videos). I listened to a couple of his songs prior to that but BOY he won me over big time with his performance fr fr.

[maximumphilosopheranchor]

“Por si el asunto de los supuestos amoríos de la princesa no estaba ya bastante complicado, existe una relación italiana anónima “de las cosas principales de España, notadas en Madrid en 1584”, que afirmaba que Felipe II también había sido un amante de doña Ana de Mendoza, y que su hijo Rodrigo, nacido en 1562 y después duque de Pastrana, había sido engendrado por el propio rey. Don Manuel Fernández Álvarez tomó esta alegación en serio, y también apuntó que unos autores posteriores, sobre todo Gregorio Leti, sostuvieron que el rey había apresado a Antonio Pérez porque los dos se habían convertido en amantes de la princesa. Pero ¡estos autores posteriores son los mismos que afirmaron que Felipe había encarcelado a don Carlos porque había descubierto un amorío entre su hijo y la reina Isabel! No son fiables. Como escribió Nacho Ares, en su biografiá de la princesa: “El único destacable” que cree que Felipe era el amante de Ana “es Manuel Fernández Álvarez, pero, al igual que los que piensan lo contrario, su apuesta no es más que una suposición difícilmente probable con documentos”. Y el único fragmento de evidencia, aparte del testimonio anónimo italiano, era, ¡la coincidencia de que el duque de Pastrana, como el rey, era rubio!

Cierto, Felipe afirmó en una ocasión acerca de la princesa, “ha mucho que conozco sus cosas” – y escribía estas palabras en sentido peyorativo: “esto es malo de creer, aunque si de alguna persona se puede creer es de esa señora” – pero jamás la acusó ni de adulterio ni siquiera de mantener una relación indecorosa con Pérez.”

“As if the matter of the supposed love affairs of the princess was not already complicated enough, there is an anonymous Italian relation "of the principal things of Spain, noted in Madrid in 1584", which asserted that Philip II had also been a lover of Doña Ana de Mendoza, and that her son Rodrigo, born in 1562 and later Duke of Pastrana, had been sired by the king himself. Don Manuel Fernández Álvarez took this allegation seriously, and also pointed out that later authors, especially Gregorio Leti, maintained that the king had imprisoned Antonio Pérez because the two had become lovers of the princess. But these later authors are the same ones who claimed that Philip had Don Carlos imprisoned because he had discovered an affair between his son and Queen Elisabeth! They are not reliable. As Nacho Ares wrote, in his biography of the princess: "The only remarkable one [historian]" who believes that Philip was Ana's lover "is Manuel Fernández Álvarez, but, like those who think otherwise, his bet is nothing more than a assumption hardly provable with documents”. And the only piece of evidence, apart from the anonymous Italian testimony, was the coincidence that the Duke of Pastrana, like the king, was blond!

True, Philip once said about the princess, “I have known her things for a long time” – and he wrote these words in a pejorative sense: “this is bad to believe, although if you can believe it of someone, it is of that lady” – but he never accused her of adultery or even of having an indecorous relationship with Pérez.”

Geoffrey Parker, Felipe II: La biografía definitiva

It seems that Gregorio Leti invented and claimed unfounded things about many historical figures.

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- E lo princep respos al almirall: -Ques aço que vos volets que yo hi faça? que si fer yo puch , -volenters ho fare.- Yo , dix lalmirall , quem façats ades venir la filla del rey Manfre, germana de madona la regina Darago, que vos tenits en vostra preso aci el castell del Hou , ab aquelles dones e donzelles qui soes bi sien ; e quem façats lo castell e la vila Discle retre . - E lo princep respos , queu faria volenters. E tantost trames un seu cavaller en terra ab un leny armat, e amena madona la infanta , germana de madona la regina , ab quatre donzelles e dues dones viudes.  E lalmirall reebe les ab gran goig e ab gran alegre , e ajenollas, e besa la ma a madona la infanta.

Ramon Muntaner,  CRÓNICA CATALANA, p. 221

Beatrice was born (probably) in Palermo around 1260. She was the first child and only daughter of Manfredi I of Sicily and his second wife, the Epirote princess Helena Angelina Doukaina (“[…] et idem helenam despoti regis emathie filiam sibi matrimonialiter coppulavit, ex quibus nata fuit Beatrix.”, Bartholomaeus de Neocastro, Historia Sicula, in Giuseppe Del Re, Cronisti e Scrittori sincroni Napoletani editi ed inediti, p. 419). It’s quite plausible the baby had been named after Manfredi’s first wife, Beatrice of Savoy (mother of Costanza, who will later become Queen consort of Aragon and co-regnant of Sicily). The little princess would soon be followed by three brothers: Enrico, Federico and Enzo (also called Anselmo or Azzolino). With three sons, Manfredi must have thought his succession was secured.

Beatrice’s father was one Federico II of Sicily’s many illegitimate children, although born from his most beloved mistress (and possibly fourth and last wife), Bianca Lancia. Since his father’s death in 1250, Manfredi had governed the Kingdom of Sicily on behalf firstly of his (legitimate) half-brother Corrado and, after his death in 1254, of Corrado’s son, Corradino. In 1258, two years prior Beatrice’s birth, Manfredi had been crowned King of Sicily in Palermo’s Cathedral, de facto usurping his half-nephew’s rights.

Like it had happened with Federico, Manfredi was soon opposed by the Papacy, which didn’t approve of the Hohenstaufen’s rule over Sicily (and Southern Italy with it) and the role of the King as the champion of the Ghibellines faction. In 1263, Urban VI managed to convince Charles of Anjou, younger brother of Louis IX the Saint, to present himself as a contender to the Sicilian throne. Three years later, on January 6th 1266, the French duke was crowned King of Sicily by the Pope in Rome, thus overthrowing Manfredi. On February 26th, in Benevento, the usurped King then tried to get back his kingdom by facing Charles in the open field, but failed and lost his life while fighting.

The now widowed Queen Helena had previously fled to Lucera (in Apulia) with her children (Beatrice was now six), her sister-in-law Costanza, and her step-daughter, the illegitimate Flordelis, where she thought they would be safer. When they got news of the disaster of Benevento and Manfredi’s death, they fled to Trani from where they planned to set off to Epirus. The unfortunate party was instead betrayed and handed off to the Angevin. On March 6th night, Helena and the children were taken hostage and later separated. The Queen was sent at first to Lagopesole (in Basilicata) and finally to Nocera Christianorum (now Nocera Inferiore), where she would die still in captivity in 1271.

Enrico, Federico and Enzo were taken to Castel del Monte. Following Corradino’s death in 1268, Manfredi’s young sons (the oldest, Enrico, was just four at the time of his capture) were, to all effects, the rightful heirs to the Sicilian throne. It’s undoubtful Charles must have wanted them gone, or at least forgotten. In 1300 they were moved to Naples, in Castel dell’Ovo (which, at that time, was called San Salvatore a mare), under the order of the new Angevin king, Charles II. According to some sources, Federico and Enzo died there within the short span of a year. As for Enrico, he died alone and miserable in October 1318, he was 56.

As for Beatrice, her fate was more merciful compared to that of her mother and brothers and, for that, she had to thank her sex, which made her harmless in Charles’ eyes (as long as she was left unmarried). After being separated from her family (she will never see them again), the six years old princess was, like her brothers, held captive (although not together) in Castel del Monte. In 1271, she was moved to Naples, in Castel dell’Ovo, under the guardianship of its keeper, a French nobleman called either Landolfo or Radolfo Ytolant. Manfredi’s daughter is mentioned in a rescript of Charles dated March 5th 1272, from which we learn she had been granted at least a maid (“V Marcii xv indictionis. Neapoli. Scriptum est Iustitiario et erario Terre laboris etc. Cum ex computo facto per magistrum rationalem Nicolaum Buccellum etc. cum Landulfo milite castellano castri nostri Salvatoris ad mare de Neapoli pro expensis filie quondam Manfridi Principis Tarentini et damicelle sue. ac filie quondam comitis Iordani et damicelle sue dicto castellano in unc. auri novem et taren. sex de pecunia presentis generalis subventionis residuorum quolibet vel qua canque alia etc. persolvatis. non obstante etc. Recepturus etc.”, Monumenti n. XLIV. in Domenico Forges Davanzati, Dissertazione sulla seconda moglie del re Manfredi e su’ loro figliuoli, p. XLIII-XLIV). Like it had happened with her mother, and unlike her brothers, it appears Beatrice was treated with courtesy and respect. In her misfortune, she could count on the company of a fellow prisoner and distant relative, the daughter of Giordano Lancia d’Agliano, who was her grandmother Bianca Lancia’s cousin and had been a loyal supporter of her father, Manfredi.

On Easter Day of 1282, an anti-Angevin rebellion sparkled in Palermo would soon transform itself into a war to get rid of the so much hated Frenchmen, the so-called War of the Sicilian Vespers. It’s dubious that, close in her prison, Beatrice came to know about it. She might have also been surprised to know that her half-sister, Costanza, had been asked by a delegation of fellow Sicilians to take possession of what was hers by right (the throne) as she was their “naturalis domina”. Her rights were shared with her husband, Pedro III of Aragon, who would personally take part in the war and be rewarded with a joint coronation in November 1282.

For Beatrice, everything changed in 1284. On June 4th, Italian Admiral Ruggero di Lauria, at the service of the Aragonese King (he was also Costanza’s milk brother), defeated the Angevin fleet just offshore from Naples and took Carlo II prisoner. Being in clear superiority, the Sicilians could now demand (among many requests) the release of Princess Beatrice. Carlo’s eldest son and heir, Carlo Martello Prince of Salerno, could nothing other than obliging them. (“Siciliani autem , & omnes faventes Petro Aragonum, incontinenti de ipsorum victoria plurimum exultantes, Nuncios, & Legatos ad quoddam Castrum ex parte Principis direxerunt , ubi quaedam filia quondam Domini Regis Manfredi sub custodia tenebatur , ut dicta filia fine ullo remedio laxaretur , quae statim fuit antedictis Legatis , & Nunciis restituta.”, Anonimo Regiense, Memoriale Potestatum Regiensium. Gestorumque iis Temporibus. Ab anno 1154 usque ad Annum 1290, in Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Rerum Italicarum scriptores ab anno aerae christianae quingentesimo ad millesimumquingentesimum, vol. VIII, p. 1158). 

Beatrice, finally free, left Castel dell’Ovo headed for Capri, where the Admiral was waiting for her. She had spent 18 long years in captivity and was now 24. From Capri she reached Sicily, where she was warmly welcomed and with a lot of enthusiasm, to meet her half-sister Costanza. 

As the Queen’s closest free relative (both Pedro and Costanza had no interest in asking for Enrico’s release since, as a male, he had more rights than Costanza to inherit the throne), Beatrice had a great political value. At first, Ranieri Della Gherardesca’s name came up. He was the son of that Count Gherardo who had fought together with the unfortunate Corradino (the sisters’ royal cousin), and for that had been beheaded in Naples in 1268 alongside his liege. Finally the perfect candidate was found. Manfredo of Saluzzo was born in 1262 and was the son of Marquis Tommaso I and his wife Luigia of Ceva. Like Beatrice, Manfredo was strongly related to Costanza, specifically, he was her nephew since Tommaso and the Sicilian Queen were half-siblings (they were both Beatrice of Savoy’s children).

The marriage contract between the two is dated July 3rd 1286 and the contracting parties are on one side “la serenissima signora constanza regina dy aragon e dy sicilia e dil ducato de puglia principato di capua” and, on the other side “il marchexe thomas di sa lucio signore de conio una cum mạdona alexia soa moglie”. Tommaso declares that Manfredi will inherit his title, privileges and possession upon his death. If, after the marriage is celebrated, Manfredi were to die first, Beatrice would enjoy possession of the castle and some properties. The Marquise Luisa declares to agree with her husband’s decision (“[…] e a tuto questo la marchexa aloysia madre dy manfredo consenty”, Gioffredo Della Chiesa, Cronaca di Saluzzo, p. 165-166). The union was formally celebrated the year after.

Beatrice bore Manfredi two children: Caterina and Federico, born presumably in 1287 (“Et da questa beatrix haue uno figlolo chiamato fredericho et una figlola chiamata Kterina” Gioffredo Della Chiesa, Cronaca di Saluzzo, p. 185). In 1296 Tommaso died, so Manfredi inherited the marquisate and Beatrice became Marquise consort of Saluzzo. She will die eleven years later at 47, on November 19th 1307 (“Venne a morte nel dì 19 novembre di quest’anno Beatrice di Sicilia moglie del nostro marchese Manfredo, e noi ne accertiamo il segnato giorno col mezzo del rituale del monastero di Revello , nel quale leggesi annotato: 19 novembris anniversarium d. Beatricis filiae quondam d. Manfredi regis Ceciliae et uxoris d. Manfredi primogeniti d. Thomae marchionis Saluciarum, quae huic monasterio quingen- tas untias in suo testamento legavit.” Delfino Muletti, Memorie storico-diplomatiche appartenenti alla città ed ai marchesi di Saluzzo, vol III, p. 76). Her husband would quickly remarry with Isabella Doria, daughter of Genoese patricians Bernabò Doria and Eleonora Fieschi. Isabella would give birth to five more children: Manfredi, Bonifacio, Teodoro, Violante and Eleonora. 

As of Beatrice’s children, Caterina would marry Guglielmo Enganna, Lord of Barge (“Catherina figlola dy manfredo e de la prima moglie fu sorella dy padre e dy madre dy fede rico e fu moglie duno missere gulielmo ingana capo dy parte gebellina in questy cartiery dil pie monty verso bargie.”, Gioffredo Della Chiesa, Cronaca di Saluzzo, p. 256). Federico’s fate would be more complicated. Like many mothers before and after her, Isabella Doria wished to see her own firstborn, Manfredi, succeeded his father rather than her step-son. The new Marchioness of Saluzzo successfully instigated her husband against his son to the point the Marquis. in a donatio mortis causa dated 1325, disinherited Federico in favour of the second son (Federico would have settled with just his late mother’s belongings), Manfredi (“Et questo faceua a instigatione de la moglie che lo infestaua a cossi fare.” Gioffredo Della Chiesa, Cronaca di Saluzzo, p. 224). Federico’s natural rights were later acknowledged by an arbitral award proclaimed in 1329 by his paternal uncles Giovanni and Giorgio of Saluzzo, and finally, an arbitration verdict dated 1334 and issued by Guglielmo Earl of Biandrate and Aimone of Savoy. As a condition of peace, the future Marquis should have granted his younger brother the castle and villa of Cardè as a fief. Stung by this defeat, Manfredi IV, his wife Isabella and beloved son Manfredi retired to Cortemilla. Federico died in 1336 and was succeeded by his son Tommaso, who would inherit his father’s rights and feud with the two Manfredi's. After being defeated by his half-uncle in 1341 (the older Manfredi, his grandfather, had died the year before), resulting in losing his titles, possessions and freedom, Tommaso would later regain what was of his right and rule as Marquis of Saluzzo.

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