Day: 6 December 2017

Slender Billy, William II of the Netherlands

December 6, 2017kyra

Willem Frederik George Lodewijk, the future William II of the Netherlands, was born the eldest son of Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau, on 6 December 1792 and would become a popular figure in England during the Regency Era thanks to his purported heroics during the Napoleonic Wars. The Dutch were fellow protestants and allies of… Read more Slender Billy, William II of the Netherlands

Henry VI, Long Reigned and Lost All

December 6, 2017kyra

Queen Catherine of Valois gave birth to the future King Henry VI on 6 December 1421 at Windsor Castle. The queen would have given birth like any other woman of her era, with midwives attending and with her ladies to assist them. Medieval midwives were, in spite of modern calumny about them, very good at… Read more Henry VI, Long Reigned and Lost All