A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Great Britain |
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Page 96
... Normandy , who , at this very time , were hard pressed by the armies of Ro- bert , king of France , and who found it difficult to defend the settlement , which , with so much advan- tage to themselves and so much glory to their na- tion ...
... Normandy , who , at this very time , were hard pressed by the armies of Ro- bert , king of France , and who found it difficult to defend the settlement , which , with so much advan- tage to themselves and so much glory to their na- tion ...
Page 98
... Normandy , where he had already sent the queen and her two sons , Alfred and Edward , in the year 1013. Richard re- ceived them with a generosity that does honour to hs memory . Swein died about six weeks after ; and Ethelred seized ...
... Normandy , where he had already sent the queen and her two sons , Alfred and Edward , in the year 1013. Richard re- ceived them with a generosity that does honour to hs memory . Swein died about six weeks after ; and Ethelred seized ...
Page 100
... Normandy . Canute , conscious of the dan- gers he had to apprehend from such an enemy , tried to acquire his friendship by paying his addresses to the duke's sister , queen Emma , the widow of Ethel- red , promising that he would leave ...
... Normandy . Canute , conscious of the dan- gers he had to apprehend from such an enemy , tried to acquire his friendship by paying his addresses to the duke's sister , queen Emma , the widow of Ethel- red , promising that he would leave ...
Page 102
... Normandy , Richard II . had stipulated , that his children by Emma should succeed to the throne of England , he thought it dangerous to leave a newly conquered kingdom in the hands of so young a prince as Hardicanute . However , Harold ...
... Normandy , Richard II . had stipulated , that his children by Emma should succeed to the throne of England , he thought it dangerous to leave a newly conquered kingdom in the hands of so young a prince as Hardicanute . However , Harold ...
Page 104
... Hungary . Prince Edward , the youngest son of Ethelred , and Emma , of Normandy , his second wife , were fortunately at court on the death of Hardicanute , and the absence of the other princes 104 [ Period 3 . EDWARD THE CONFESSOR .
... Hungary . Prince Edward , the youngest son of Ethelred , and Emma , of Normandy , his second wife , were fortunately at court on the death of Hardicanute , and the absence of the other princes 104 [ Period 3 . EDWARD THE CONFESSOR .
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