madeleine92posts: About Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales: There also was the king’s eldest son Ar
madeleine92posts:About Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales:There also was the king’s eldest son Arthur, Prince of Wales, about eleven years of age, but taller than his years would warrant, of remarkable beauty and grace and very ready in speaking Latin.Raimondo de’ Raimondi of Soncino, Milanese Ambassador in England, to Ludovico Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, 8th September 1497source: (x)I have learned from reliable person that the King [Henry VII] is determined to have the prince [Arthur] to get to know his wife [carnally] on the day of their wedding and afterwards, keep her away from him for two or three years, because in some ways, he says, the prince is feeble.Gutierre Gomez de Fuensalida, Spanish Ambassador in the Netherlands to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile in the letter from 25th July of 1500source: (x) -- source link
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