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| − | '''History:''' Victoria of Lancaster was born in the spring of 1471, the illegitimate offspring of Edward of Westminster - Prince of Wales and one of his mother's | + | '''History:''' Victoria of Lancaster was born in the spring of 1471, the illegitimate offspring of Edward of Westminster - Prince of Wales and one of his mother's ladies-in-waiting. Unfortunately, Edward of Westminster had the dubious distinction of be the only heir apparent to the English throne ever to die in battle. He perished on the 4th of May - 1471 at the Battle of Tewkesbury, a decisive Lancastrian loss to the Yorkist faction during the middle years of the War of the Roses. While her paternal grandmother Margaret of Anjou, Queen Consort of England was imprisoned with her husband Henry VI in the Tower of London, the infant Victoria was given over into the care of the Queen Consort's lady-in-waiting Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk who looked after her until her grandmother was released into the custody of Alice as well. Victoria was raised in comfort in Suffolk until Margaret was ransomed by her cousin King Louis XI of France in 1475. Margaret and Victoria lived in France for the next seven years as a poor relation of the king, until the death of Margaret, at which point Victoria was placed in a convent at Angers, in Pays de la Loire, France. |
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Revision as of 12:10, 5 April 2016
Sobriquet: Baroness of Lancaster and Greater London
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History: Victoria of Lancaster was born in the spring of 1471, the illegitimate offspring of Edward of Westminster - Prince of Wales and one of his mother's ladies-in-waiting. Unfortunately, Edward of Westminster had the dubious distinction of be the only heir apparent to the English throne ever to die in battle. He perished on the 4th of May - 1471 at the Battle of Tewkesbury, a decisive Lancastrian loss to the Yorkist faction during the middle years of the War of the Roses. While her paternal grandmother Margaret of Anjou, Queen Consort of England was imprisoned with her husband Henry VI in the Tower of London, the infant Victoria was given over into the care of the Queen Consort's lady-in-waiting Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk who looked after her until her grandmother was released into the custody of Alice as well. Victoria was raised in comfort in Suffolk until Margaret was ransomed by her cousin King Louis XI of France in 1475. Margaret and Victoria lived in France for the next seven years as a poor relation of the king, until the death of Margaret, at which point Victoria was placed in a convent at Angers, in Pays de la Loire, France.
Victoria would live as a nun for only year during which time she received
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