Images Dated 9th December 2006

The marriage of Blanche and Fernando, 1269, (15th century)

The marriage of Blanche and Fernando, 1269, (15th century). Blanche, daughter of Louis IX of France, marries Ferdinand de la Cerda, Infante of Castile. After her father's death (1270), Blanche is sent back from Castile to Paris, (below). Illustration from Le livre des faiz monseigneur Saint Louis, in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

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Elizabeth, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia, (1787).Artist: Taylor

Elizabeth, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia, (1787). Portrait of Elizabeth (1596-1662), daughter of James I and sister of Charles I. She married Frederick V, Elector of the Palatinate

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Henry IV, King of France, (1805).Artist: J Chapman

Henry IV, King of France, (1805). Henry (1553-1610) became King of Navarre in 1572 and ascended the French throne in 1594. A Protestant, he fought in the French Wars of Religion, but after becoming king he converted to Catholicism and in 1598 signed the Edict of Nantes, granting religious freedoms to the Protestants and bringing the conflict to an end. He was murdered by a fanatical Catholic in 1610

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