The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 3Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... Duke of Cleves . She seems to have excited little curiosity or interest , previous to her arrival in England . The treaty of marriage had begun with her father ; but some difficulties intervening , the negociation was suspended . It was ...
... Duke of Cleves . She seems to have excited little curiosity or interest , previous to her arrival in England . The treaty of marriage had begun with her father ; but some difficulties intervening , the negociation was suspended . It was ...
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... Duke of Lorrain , but she , as well as the Duke , were at that time under age , and the contract had been afterwards annulled by consent of both parties . Henry , however , pleaded the pre - contract as a ground of divorce , and he ...
... Duke of Lorrain , but she , as well as the Duke , were at that time under age , and the contract had been afterwards annulled by consent of both parties . Henry , however , pleaded the pre - contract as a ground of divorce , and he ...
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... Duke of Norfolk . She was thus allied to all the princi- pal nobility of the kingdom , and might , possibly , through her mother , claim a remote descent even from the crown itself . But her father , though employed by the King on ...
... Duke of Norfolk . She was thus allied to all the princi- pal nobility of the kingdom , and might , possibly , through her mother , claim a remote descent even from the crown itself . But her father , though employed by the King on ...
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... Duke of Norfolk , uncle to the new Queen , her father , mother , and brother . The early pregnancy of Anne , while it added to the satisfaction of the King , was considered , by the people , as a strong proof of her for- mer modesty and ...
... Duke of Norfolk , uncle to the new Queen , her father , mother , and brother . The early pregnancy of Anne , while it added to the satisfaction of the King , was considered , by the people , as a strong proof of her for- mer modesty and ...
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... duke , who , being informed of his designs , without appearing sensible of the snare that was laid for him , had always the address to escape it . The superintendant of his house , Pinto Ribiero , in- creased daily the partizans of his ...
... duke , who , being informed of his designs , without appearing sensible of the snare that was laid for him , had always the address to escape it . The superintendant of his house , Pinto Ribiero , in- creased daily the partizans of his ...
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