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Dr De Puebla Provided A Convenient Scapegoat For Catherine At All Times When The Real Culprit, Apart
Dr de Puebla provided a convenient scapegoat for Catherine at all times when the real culprit, apart from Henry VII, was her own father for failing to deliver the dowry. Given Catherine's adoration for Ferdinand [...] blaming Dr de Puebla provided a useful safety valve.
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Among the little crowd that watched her go on board stood Eustace Chapuys, but she did not recognise him; it must have been some years since they had met, and besides he was in disguise; one would be glad to know what disguise. But he saw her, and reported in demure diplomatic style to the Emperor that it had been “a pleasure to see such excellent beauty and heroic bearing. Behind the words, and behind his daily cheering letters to her, behind all his passionate labours in her behalf, there was perhaps more than political feeling. It almost seems as if the Savoyard was the only man who ever felt for Mary a touch of romantic devotion, half for her royalty, half for her womanhood.
Prescott- Spanish Tudor (via lovelyladymarycrawley)
Take this ring, in memory of me. It was a gift from the emperor, who received it from your mother.
Grenadier a fruit doux, from Traite des Arbres Fruitiers, after P. Jean Turpin, 1807-1835, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings
No. 22 Size: 12 ½ x 9 ½ in. (31.75 x 24.13 cm) (plate) Medium: Hand-colored stipple engraving
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/72678/
Queen Nzinga of Ndongo (Angola)
Why she kicks ass:
Nzingha a Mbande (also known as Ana de Sousa Nzingha Mbande) was a 17th century queen (muchino a muhatu) of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms of the Mbundu people in southwestern Africa.
She has been called the “greatest military strategist that ever confronted the armed forces of Portugal.” Her military campaigns kept the Portuguese in Africa at bay for more than four decades.
Her objective was nothing less than the complete and total destruction of the African slave trade.
She sent ambassadors throughout West and Central Africa with the intent of enlisting a huge coalition of African armies to eject the Portuguese.
Queen Nzingha died fighting for her people in 1663 at the ripe old age of eighty-one. Africa has known no greater patriot.
Nzinga left an impression after making a fool of Portuguese Governor, Correa de Souza.
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