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... Johanna was still ruling firmly over his lands . Some curious rumours now began to spread . Johanna's father , Count Baldwin , was said to have returned from the Holy Land after an absence of twenty years . Baldwin had left in 1204 with ...
... Johanna was still ruling firmly over his lands . Some curious rumours now began to spread . Johanna's father , Count Baldwin , was said to have returned from the Holy Land after an absence of twenty years . Baldwin had left in 1204 with ...
Page 103
... Johanna into difficulties . Many of the wealthy burghers and petty country squires saw here a chance to assert their independence . The whole business finally reached the proportions of a coup d'état . The fake Baldwin was escorted in ...
... Johanna into difficulties . Many of the wealthy burghers and petty country squires saw here a chance to assert their independence . The whole business finally reached the proportions of a coup d'état . The fake Baldwin was escorted in ...
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Régine Pernoud. France and Flanders . Johanna started to negotiate for the release of her husband . What made Louis all the more ready to grant this was the knowledge that Johanna wished to have her marriage with Ferdinand annulled in ...
Régine Pernoud. France and Flanders . Johanna started to negotiate for the release of her husband . What made Louis all the more ready to grant this was the knowledge that Johanna wished to have her marriage with Ferdinand annulled in ...
Contents
Prologue | 9 |
BLANCHES HERITAGE | 47 |
THE REALM OF THE FLEURDELIS | 90 |
Copyright | |
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