minervacasterly:Henry VII and Elizabeth of York were devastated by the news of their son’s dea
minervacasterly:Henry VII and Elizabeth of York were devastated by the news of their son’s death. Two days after Prince Arthur’s death, a messenger arrived from Ludlow. “Henry’s councillors asked his confessor to deliver the news to the king. The humble Franciscan friar knew Henry’s inner life better than most, and where he might find solace. On Tuesday morning the priest appeared at the king’s chamber door, in his Order’s modest habit of undyed wool. He ordered everyone to leave. When they had, he addressed the king in Latin: ‘If we receive good from the hand of God, should we not also tolerate the bad?’It was then that he ‘showed his Grace that his dearest son was departed to God’.” Writes Lisle. When the king and queen were told, they fell into deep despair, especially the king.Elizabeth “did her best to comfort him as they took ‘the painful sorrow together’” writes Licence. And she reminded him that his lady mother had only him “and that by God his Grace had ever preserved him, and brought him where he was. Over that, how God had left him yet a fair prince, two fair princesses” and that they were still young and could have more children.He also comforted her later when she went into her rooms to cry. -- source link
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