#valois dynasty

[henryfitzempress]

Coronation of Philippe VI, the first of the House of Valois to rule France.

[mary-tudor]

François I received a book in the presence of his mother, Louise de Savoy, and sister, Marguerite d’Angoulême.

Date: 1503.

Source: National Library of France

Description taken from here:*

“Master of Philippe de Gueldre, "Antoine Vérard presents his book to François d'Angouleme, in the presence of Louise de Savoie and Marguerite d'Angoulême, in Octavien de Saint-Gelais, Le Séjour d'honneur, Paris, Antoine Vérart

BnF, Rare Book Reserve, Venom 2239, fol. 1st

In 1506, after his engagement to Claude de France, daughter of Louis XII, François d’Angouleme is summoned to court as heir to the throne. It is no doubt on this occasion that the Parisian bookwire Antoine Vérard is preparing for him a personalized copy of his edition of the Séjour d'Honneur, allegory describing the court of Charles VIII. In the light of dedication, the young prince receives the volume of Vérard's hands, under the gaze of his mother, Louise de Savoie, and a young girl who is undoubtedly his sister, Marguerite.”

*facebook group entitled “enluminures Europe—VIe -XVIe s.”

[joanofnavarre]

[thefreelancehistorywriter]

The Formation of the Valois Burgundian Empire - Charles the Bold

The last in a four part series on the formation of the Valois Burgundian Empire

Portrait of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy by Peter Paul Rubens Charles the Bold, the fourth and last Valois Duke of Burgundy, was born to Isabel of Portugal on November 10, 1433, at Dijon, Burgundy. For political reasons, he was married to Catherine of Valois, daughter of King Charles VII of France. Once widowed, his father arranged a marriage to Isabella of Bourbon, who also died after…

[lightdancer1]

Second of the two books wrapped up today:

The Thirty Years War and the Eighty Years War were matched by both the War of the Three Kingdoms, the Time of Troubles, and ultimately these wars. In the course of the Protestant Reformation the blend of state and church power espoused in two mirrors by the Catholic Church and Catholic communities and by Protestants, especially the Calvinists who fought on the Protestant side in France, ensured a bloody couple of centuries that paved the way for de facto tolerance from exhaustion and the none too subtle horrors of the time beforehand. There were a total of eight major Wars of Religion culminating in the first case with Henry IV and the War of the Three Henries, and then in this book's case extended to the 1620s and the fighting with the Huegenots that would contribute to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

One rather grim irony here is that the book references the ideas of Protestants as traitors fomenting discord as a stereotype and then notes repeatedly that the Protestants did exactly foment discord and ultimately the idea of kidnapping and indoctrinating the King in much the way the Kirk tried to do with Charles II and ultimately failed. It also notes that however strong the French state up to the outbreak of the wars that it was too weak to resist a scattered and deeply divided set of Huegenot movements in the towns, meaning that most of the wars saw a period of sporadic and brutal fighting across the same regions that amplified bloodshed and the tempers of both sides without actually resolving the wars.

Most pointedly this is one of the few authors covering a religious war who grants that religion in fact is the cause of religious wars instead of doing the more fashionable 'sure they said it was and it was a conflict of rival sects who openly boasted that it was a difference of religious opinion but it totally wasn't religion. Source: Dude Trust me Trust me bro it's not that we only believe in ideological motivations when it's communist peasants bro'.

8/10.

[leletha-jann]

Headcanon on absolutely no evidence: Violetta is Tarvek's half-sister on "the wrong side of the blanket".

This doesn't put her in the line of succession for the Lightning Crown, because we know Tarvek traces his line of descent through his mother, who has been otherwise mentioned ONCE, in extra dialogue in the second novel. I strongly suspect she died when Tarvek was very young, having successfully produced a male heir and an elder "spare", and that there was no love lost between her and Wilhelm. Not that I'm pointing fingers for murder here. (points fingers) Is it unlikely that Wilhelm Sturmvoraus went off after she died (or before) and had himself an illegitimate kid elsewhere? Just because he could, or because sometimes biology happens? No, it is not.

Tarvek doesn't officially know this, but then he tries very hard to not officially know this. Not even secretly officially. He doesn't know. He doesn't want to know. He isn't asking and would take steps to make sure no one else asked, either. Nobody is allowed to ask this question. If he knows, other people could know. If other people know, Violetta is in more danger than ever before, because that one Smoke Knight, an ambiguously-defined "cousin", who publicly and definitely doesn't like him, is one thing. A sister is a TARGET.

We know Tarvek has a very short list of people he genuinely cares about and can't handle losing, and we know Violetta is on it. Violetta is not allowed to be in more danger than she already is.

(Violetta does not know this, does not suspect, and would be furious if she found out.)

[francepittoresque]

29 mai 1328 : avènement de la branche de Valois à la couronne de France ➽ http://bit.ly/Avenement-Valois À la fin de l’année 1327, le roi Charles IV, que sa beauté et sa vigueur avait fait surnommer le Bel, comme son père, avait été la proie d’une maladie grave et rendu l’âme le 1er février 1328 dans le château de Vincennes, où il faisait sa résidence, « laissant veuve et enceinte la reine sa femme, plongée dans la désolation »

[latristereina]

Elephant, circa 1576

detail: Francis, Duke of Anjou, Margaret of Valois, Henry II, Duke of Lorraine

Quintain, circa 1576, Henry III in the foreground

Polish Ambassadors, circa 1576

Tournament, circa 1576

Barriers, circa 1576

Journey, circa 1576

Fontainebleau, circa 1580, Henry III and Queen Louise of Lorraine in the foreground

Water Festival at Bayonne, circa 1580-81, depicts festivities at the summit meeting between the French and Spanish courts at Bayonne in 1565

The Valois Tapestries

“The series is composed of eight tapestries, woven with wool, silk, silver and gilt metal-wrapped thread, commissioned around 1575 by Catherine de’ Medici to an unidentified Brussels atelier, based on cartoons by Lucas de Heere from drawings by court painter Antoine Caron.” (x)

The tapestries are in the Uffizi Museum in Florence (x)

[historygoodies]

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Mary Queen of Scots, Stuart Queen

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[owlrageousjones]

Oh that is wonderful.

I was mostly entertaining the thought as an excuse to come up with OCs as well, but I kept wondering what the end result would actually look like and how it'd manifest.

Like would the kids have a merged sort of hair colour, signifying a smooth blend of genetics, or would it be very distinct actual chimerism where you'd get differing DNA profiles depending on which part of the person you sampled?

It's SCIENCE! so you could probably end up with either!

I had a silly thought.

One day in the future, once everything has settled and been dealt with (or as settled and dealt with as it ever could be in Europa), Agatha will likely have children to continue the Heterodyne line.

But in order to ensure a sense of balance and equality between her paramours, she uses SCIENCE! to influence the child's genetics, so that it's a mix of hers, Gil's and Tarvek's, possibly in a distinct form of Chimerism or just some weird mix.

And then my thoughts got derailed on what the 'appropriate' mix of genetics would be - should it be equal? Should Agatha's take precedence and be a full 50% and the remainder split between Tarvek and Gil?

Also did any other Heterodynes ever do weird shit like that to their kids? It doesn't seem like it.

[andiatas]

Royal Reads: Jan-Mar 2024

Note: Some of the following links are affiliate links, which means I earn a commission on every purchase. This does not affect the price you pay.

Kateryn Parr: Henry VIII's Sixth Queen by Laura Adkins (Mar. 15, 2024) // Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History by Tracy Borman (new paperback version published Mar. 7, 2024) // Messalina: The Life and Times of Rome’s Most Scandalous Empress by Honor Cargill-Martin (Mar. 14, 2024)

House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France by Justine Firnhaber-Baker (Mar. 28, 2024) // Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story. by Robert Hardman (Jan. 18, 2024) // Sisters of Richard III: The Plantagenet Daughters of York by Sarah J Hodder (Mar. 15, 2024)

Power and Glory: Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty by Alexander Larman (Mar. 28, 2024) // The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England by Joanne Paul (new paperback version published Jan. 9, 2024)

Young Queens: The Intertwined Lives of Catherine De' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scots by Leah Redmond Chang (new paperback version published Feb. 29, 2024) // Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor by Donald J. Robertson (Mar. 26, 2024) // My Mother and I by Ingrid Seward (Feb. 15, 2024)

Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers: A Personal History by Anne Somerset (Mar. 28, 2024) // Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen. by Nicola Tallis (Feb. 29, 2024) // Edward II: His Sexuality and Relationships by Kathryn Warner (Mar. 15, 2024)

[henryfitzempress]

Edward III, King of England, paying homage to Philippe VI, King of France. 

[mary-tudor]

Louise of Savoy and her court.

[officalroyalsofpierreland]

Leading Ladies of the Valois Dynasty

Inspired by the lovely @funkyllama here's to some of the important ladies of the past, present and future of the Valois Dynasty

Queen Eleanore I of Windensen - Coronation Portrait in 1494 Born Eleanore Marie Anne Violette. Matriarch of the Valois Dynasty and only Queen regnant of what is now Pierreland

Empress Maria-Anna of Pierreland - Wedding Day in 1719 Born Maria-Anna Theresa Carolina Devonshire. First Empress of Pierreland.

Empress Marie-Noelle of Pierreland - Coronation of Henry II in 1898 Born Noelle Claire Raoult. Common Ancestor of modern monarchs of Pierreland and the Ionian Union

Empress Katalina of Pierreland - Anniversary of Emperor David I's Coronation in 20XX Born Katalina Aisha Sepulveda. The first woman of color, Paradisian and Oderian to be Empress. Mother of 6 and Grandmother of 6.

Queen Marie-Christine of the Scots - Anniversary of King Alexander III's Coronation in 20XX Born Marie Christine Isabelle Anne Valois. She is the current Queen of the Scots. Mother of one.

Crown Princess Minerva of Lunaria - A birthday portrait in 20XX Born Minerva Winifred Valois. She is currently the Crown Princess of Lunaria & Duchess of Ancastor, married to Crown Prince Nicholas of Lunaria and is a mother of 4.

Princess Maria Aisha of Pierreland- A future birthday portrait in 20XX Born Maria Aisha Isabella Minerva. Currently in her final years of secondary education. Only biological daughter of Emperor David & Empress Katalina.

[thefreelancehistorywriter]

The Formation of the Valois Burgundian Empire - Philip the Good

Part Three in a four-part series on the formation of the Valois Burgundian Empire - Philip the Good

Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy Philip the Good, third Valois Duke of Burgundy, was born to Margaret of Bavaria on July 31, 1396, at Dijon. He married Michelle de Valois, daughter of King Charles VI of France in 1409. The assassination of his father in 1419 left him devastated but after sufficient mourning, he went to work expanding his territories through purchase and diplomacy, marriages,…

[lightdancer1]

The first of two intertwined books I finished today:

One of two relatively short books I read today, both building on a continuous narrative of French history starting in the immediate aftermath of the end of the Hundred Years War to just before the outbreak of the Wars of Religion. The basic gist of it is that in 295 pages of social history this book argues that France took steps to become a nation-state, even when this was not a direct intent of those who ruled France in this time, and that these steps ultimately contributed to the Wars of Religion and to the backlash against the growth of royal power that it ultimately argues was a key part of said Wars.

This book in turn by comparison to the book on the Capetians notes that the growth of royal power and autocratic power in France was very real, that it was a consistently focused project including the deliberate tailoring of propaganda to the circumstances, and that the ultimate success here both revolutionized France and the French elites.