ourgraciousqueen:women history meme- mistresses {1/5}alice perrers“Following the queen’s death in 13
ourgraciousqueen:women history meme- mistresses {1/5}alice perrers“Following the queen’s death in 1369, Alice rose to greater prominence, she dominated the court. A devastated Edward leaned heavily on her considerable abilities; his own decline accelerated by his loss.As a result Alice was blamed for the setbacks and financial scandals of the last years of Edward’s reign. She was accused of being scheming and grasping, and making the king’s final years a misery. The monastic chronicler, Walsingham, believed she had bewitched the king in order to secure his affections.” - Sharon Bennett Connolly, Alice Perrers, Mistress of the King -- source link
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