medicisdaughter:HISTORICAL FATHERS—Father’s Day is nearly upon us. So let’s play a
medicisdaughter:HISTORICAL FATHERS—Father’s Day is nearly upon us. So let’s play a game. Name a historical man who excelled as a FATHER.I will start—Henry III of England (1 of 2 kings at the center of my novel “The Sister Queens”), without doubt.History cares much more for the political and military than it does the personal – particularly where Kings are concerned. So history does not remember Henry III of England kindly. Considered naïve and unsuited to leadership at best (and downright simple at worst) he is ranked one of the least among English Kings. There is no denying that Henry was not an able monarch, BUT HE WAS A KIND HUSBAND AND A GOOD FATHER.The historical record is replete with evidence of this. In thirty-six years no hint of scandal ever touched his marriage to Eleanor of Provence. Again and again he exhibited a deep caring for both his wife and their children. Henry became sick with grief nearly to the point of death when his youngest child, Katherine, who was physically handicapped and likely developmentally handicapped as well, died at age three. He continued to worry about his children’s wellbeing even once they reached adulthood, intervening repeatedly in his daughter the Queen of Scotland’s marriage beginning in 1255 when reports reached him that Margaret was being badly treated by her guardians.So I raise a glass to Henry III as Dad!Who’s next?Click here more about THE SISTER QUEENS -- source link
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