| Philip III the Bold | |
|---|---|
Coronation of King Philip III
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PHILIP III, FATHER OF PHILIP IV OF FRANCE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Philip_III_of_France
| Isabella of Aragon | |
|---|---|
Isabella
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| Queen consort of France |
ISABELLA OF ARAGON, MOTHER OF
PHILIP IV OF FRANCE
KING PHILIP THE FAIR, FATHER OF ISABELLA OF
FRANCE
| Joan I | |
|---|---|
Drawing of Joan I
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| Queen of Navarre; Countess of Champagne |
JOAN OF NAVARRE, WIFE OF PHILIP IV OF
FRANCE AND MOTHER OF ISABELLA OF
FRANCE, AS OF LOUIS X OF FRANCE, PHILIP
V OF FRANCE AND CHARLES IV OF FRANCE
AND GRANDMOTHER TO EDWARD III OF ENGLAND
[SON OF EDWARD II OF ENGLAND AND ISABELLA OF
FRANCE]
A 15th-century depiction of Isabella
ISABELLA OF FRANCE
HISTORICAL IMAGE
FICTION
ISABELLA OF FRANCE DAUGHTER OF THE FRENCH
KING PHILIP IV, THE FAIR
WIFE OF KING EDWARD II,
MOTHER OF THE LATER KING EDWARD III
SISTER TO THE SUCCEEDING KINGS
LOUIS X OF FRANCE, PHILIP V OF FRANCE, CHARLES
IV OF FRANCE
SHE IS ACCOMPANIED BY HER LADY IN WAITING, JOAN
DE GENEVILLE [DE JOINVILLE, OF FRENCH DESCENT],
WIFE OF ROGER MORTIMER, LATER LOVER OF
QUEEN ISABELLA
IMAGE FICTION, FROM THE FILM
”LES ROIS MUADITS” [THE ACCURSED KINGS]
ISABELLA OF FRANCE, FICTION, FROM
THE FILM ”LES ROIS MAUDITS”
QUEEN ISABELLA OF FRANCE, DAUGHTER TO THE FRENCH KING
PHILIPS IV [LE BEL]
HISTORICAL FICTION
KING EDWARD II
THE ALHAMBRA, THE FAMOUS PALACE OF THE LAST MOORISH
KINGS IN SPAIN AND LAST MOORISH STRONGHOLD
THE MOORISH RULE IN SPAIN
THE ALHAMBRA, THE FAMOUS PALACE OF THE LAST MOORISH
KINGS IN SPAIN AND LAST MOORISH STRONGHOLD
KINGS/QUEENS OF CASTILE
LOOK AT THE IMAGES AND RECOGNIZE SOME ”ARAB FEATURES”
IN THEM, ESPECIALLY QUEEN URRACA OF CASTILE AND
LEON……..
| Ferdinand I | |
|---|---|
Ferdinand (left) and his wife Sancha, from an illumination in a contemporary manuscript.
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| Emperor of all Spain |
| Alfonso VI | |
|---|---|
13th century miniature of Alfonso VI from the Tumbo A codex at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
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| Emperor of All Hispania |
| Urraca | |
|---|---|
13-century miniature of Queen Urraca presiding the Court from Tumbo A codex
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral |
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| Empress of Spain; Queen of León, Castile, and Galicia |
ALFONSO VII, SON OF URACCA, QUEEN OF
CASTILE AND LEON [THE RECKLESS]
| Sancho III | |
|---|---|
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Sancho III of Castile in a miniature of the Compendium of Chronicles of Kings of the National Library of Spain
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| King of Castile and Toledo |
SANCHO III, GRANDSON OF URACCA THE RECKLESS
ALFONSO VIII OF CASTILE, GREATGRANDSON OF URACCA THE\
RECKLESS
| Alfonso VIII | |
|---|---|
|
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| King of Castile and Toledo |
CREME ON THE CAKE!
COLOURED URRACA, QUEEN OF CASTILE AND LEON,
WAS A FAR ANCESTOR OF ISABELLA I OF CASTILE,
REGINA CATOLICA!
| Urraca | |
|---|---|
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13-century miniature of Queen Urraca presiding the Court from Tumbo A codex
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral |
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| Empress of Spain; Queen of León, Castile, and Galicia |
URACCA, QUEEN OF CASTILE AND LEON
| Isabella I | |
|---|---|
Isabella I of Castile, depicted in the painting Virgen de la mosca at The Collegiate church of Santa María la Mayor (Church of Saint Mary the Great)
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| Queen of Castile and León |
ISABELLA I OF CASTILE, DESCENDANT OF URACCA THE RECKLESS
SO:
SOME OF THOSE IMAGES ARE PROOF OF THE PARTLY MOORISH
ORIGINS OF THE SPANISH ROYAL FAMILY
ESPECIALLY THE IMAGE QUEEN URACCA OF CASTILE AND LEON
HAS CLEARLY ARAB FEATURES
AS INTERMARRIAGE BETWEEN MOORISH AND SPANISH
NOBLES, AS ROYAL HOUSES, TOOK PLACE, IT IS
NOT UNLIKELY, THAT ISABELLA OF FRANCE SHOULD
HAVE INHERITED ”ARAB FEATURES;; OF HER MOTHER,
JOAN OF NAVARRE, WHO WAS PARTLY OF SPANISH ORIGIN
ISABELLA OF FRANCE COULD ALSO HAVE INHERITED ”ARAB FEATURES” ALSO
FROM HER FATHER, PHILIP IV, KING OF FRANCE,
SINCE HIS MOTHER WAS A SPANISH INFANTA [PRINCESS],
ISABELLA OF ARAGON
MOORISH RULE IN SPAIN
| Abd al-Rahman I | |
|---|---|
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| 1st Emir of Córdoba |
ABD-AL-RAHMAN I, MEMBER OF THE ROYAL UMMAYAD
CALIPHATE IN DAMASCUS [SYRIA], SURVIVOR OF THE
MASSACRE OF THE DAMASCUS UMMAYAD DYNASTY BY
THE ABBASIDS
FOUNDER AND FIRST RULER [EMIR] OF THE UMAYYAD DYNASTY
IN CORDOBA, AL-ANDALUS [SPAIN]
| Muhammad XII | |
|---|---|
Contemporary portrait of Boabdil the last Muslim ruler of Spain created in the 15th century
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| Sultan of Granada |
MUHAMMAD XII OF GRANADA, LAST MOORISH
RULER IN SPAIN, FROM THE ROYAL HOUSE OF
NASRID
BOOK REVIEW: ISABELLA AND THE STRANGE DEATH OF EDWARD
II/COMMENTS ON SOME HISTORICAL REMARKS OF KATHRYN WARNER
FOLLOWING:
THE HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL SPAIN/AL-ANDALUS
Dear Readers,
A silly remark of author and historian
Kathryn Warner [EdwardthesecondBlogspot]
gives me the opportunity to take
you on a travel to the past, again.
This time to Moorish ruled Spain in the Middle Ages.
Come with me……….
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