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December 13th, 2011
Charles VI of France
Charles VI (3 December 1368 – 21 October 1422), called the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé) and the Mad (French: le Fol or le Fou), was the King of France from 1380 to 1422, as a member of the House of Valois. His bouts with madness, which seem to have begun in 1392, led to quarrels [...] Read more...December 13th, 2011
Robert III of Scotland
Robert III (c. 1337–April 1406) was King of Scots from 1390 to his death. His given name was John Stewart, and he was known primarily as the Earl of Carrick before ascending the throne at age 53. He was the eldest son of Robert II and Elizabeth Mure and was legitimated with the marriage of [...] Read more...December 13th, 2011
Siege
In 1390 Robert III. ascended the throne, and in that year we find the ambassadors of Charles VI. again witnessing in the Castle the royal seal and signature attached to the treaty for mutual aid and defence against England in all time coming. This brought Henry IV., as we have said, before the Castle in [...] Read more...Regular posts
December 13th, 2011
Yonder prodigy portends either the ruin of a nation or the downfall 8F some great prince;
The aged King Robert III. and his queen, the once beautiful Annabella Drummond, resided in the Castle and in the abbey of Holyrood alternately. We are told that on one occasion, when the Duke of Albany, with several of the courtiers, were conversing one night on the ramparts of the former, a singular light was [...] Read more...December 13th, 2011
James I of Scotland
James I, King of Scots (reign: 1406 – 37), was the son of Robert III and Annabella Drummond. He was probably born in late July 1394 in Dunfermline as youngest of three sons. By the time he was eight years of age both of his elder brothers were dead—Robert had died in infancy, but David [...] Read more...December 13th, 2011
Duke of Albany
Duke of Albany is a peerage title that has occasionally been bestowed on the younger sons in the Scottish, and later the British, royal family, particularly in the Houses of Stuart and Hanover. Read more...December 13th, 2011
Anabella Drummond
Anabella Drummond (c. 1350–1401) was the Queen Consort of Scotland as the wife of Robert III of Scotland. Read more...December 13th, 2011
Earl of Buckingham
The peerage title Earl of Buckingham was created several times in the Peerage of England. Read more...December 13th, 2011
Duke of Lancaster
There were several Dukes of Lancaster in the 14th and early 15th Centuries. Read more...December 13th, 2011
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