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Catherine of Valois was the youngest daughter of King Charles VI of France and his wife Isabeau of Bavaria. [3] She was born at the Hôtel Saint-Pol (a royal palace in Paris) on 27 October 1401. Early on, there had been a discussion of marrying her to the Prince of Wales , the son of Henry IV of England , but the king died before negotiations ...
Sir Owen Tudor (Welsh: Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur, [a] c. 1400 – 2 February 1461) was a Welsh courtier and the second husband of Queen Catherine of Valois (1401–1437), widow of King Henry V of England. He was the grandfather of Henry VII, founder of the Tudor dynasty.
Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa [1] (/ ˈ k ɪr i t ə ˈ k ɑː n ə w ə /; [2] born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a New Zealand opera singer.She had a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". [3]
Catherine of Valois, Queen of England (1401–1437), married Henry V of England; on his death she took Sir Owen Tudor as her second husband. [ 81 ] Of her remaining sons, the second Dauphin was another Charles (1392–1401), who died at age eight of a "wasting illness".
Joan of Navarre, also known as Joanna (c. 1368 – 10 June 1437) was Duchess of Brittany by marriage to Duke John IV and later Queen of England as the second wife of King Henry IV. Joan was a daughter of Charles II of Navarre and Joan of France. [2] She served as regent of Brittany from 1399 until 1403 during the minority of her eldest son ...
Joplin had recorded all the vocals for all the songs (except "Buried Alive In The Blues") before she died. Her band, the Full Tilt Boogie Band, recorded the music. [2] Her second posthumous album entitled Farewell Song was released in February 1982, about 12 years after her death.
Francis was born 11 years after his parents' wedding. The long delay in producing an heir may have been due to his father's repudiation of his mother in favour of his mistress Diane de Poitiers, [1] but this repudiation was mitigated by Diane's insistence that Henry spend his nights with Catherine. [1]
As Henry lay dying, Queen Catherine limited access to his bedside and denied Diane de Poitiers permission to see him, even though he repeatedly asked for her. Following his death, Catherine sent Diane into exile, where she lived in comfort on her own properties until her death. [23] It was the practice to enclose the heart of the king in an urn.