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“She did have mixed-race features, and Ramsay was a portraitist ... For example, Queen-consort Philippa of Hainault, who married King Edward III in 1328, was once described as “brown of ...
He married Philippa, daughter of William III, Count of Holland and Hainault, at York Minster on 24th January 1328. They had seven sons and five daughters (three of whom are buried in the Abbey). Their ...
Beyond paying tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh, the moniker also has historical significance as it would honor Philippa of Hainault, the wife of King Edward III and first Black queen of England.
Fourteenth-century English king Edward III’s devoted wife of over 40 years, Philippa of Hainault, and his long-term mistress, Alice Perrers, take center stage in this intriguing yet somewhat dry ...
A small bronze statuette (or weeper) of Joan, a daughter of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, can be seen on the side of her father's tomb in Westminster Abbey. This can be viewed from the south ...