He married Philippa, daughter of William III, Count of Holland and Hainault, at York Minster on 24th January ... The pillow below the king's head is a replacement from 1871 (given by Queen Victoria), ...

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.

Philippa of Hainault (June 24, 1314 – August 15, 1369) was a 14th century Queen of England — the Queen-Consort of Edward III to be exact and is rumored to have African ancestry. She was the ...

An illustration by John Jellicoe of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault arriving in York ... Katherine and her sister Philippa were entrusted to Queen Philippa to raise as courtly ladies of ...

Fourteenth-century English king Edward III’s devoted wife of over 40 years, Philippa of Hainault ... Hollman presents the queen as a steadfast and mostly traditional matriarch, who periodically ...

(Others say the first black Queen may have been Philippa of Hainault, who was consort to Edward III in the 14th century.) A patron of the arts, she is said to have been tutored in music by ...

Such treatment was not a foregone conclusion: For example, Queen-consort Philippa of Hainault, who married King Edward III in 1328, was once described as “brown of skin all over,” but ...

Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, better known as the "Black Prince" because of the colour of his armour, was the eldest son of Edward III and his queen Philippa of Hainault. His small bronze ...

Just as we see in the drama, Queen Victoria DID decide to hold a ball. On 12 May 1842 at Buckingham Palace, over 2,000 people turned up for a great big party at a gathering called the Bal Costumé.

This third volume in Weir’s magisterial history of the queens of Medieval England charts the lives of Marguerite of France (Queen of ... of Edward II); Philippa of Hainault (Queen of Edward ...