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... brother of Jane Seymour , after- wards Duke of Somerset , known as the Protector , ' at the age of 28 , 1507-1552 ( From a painting at Sudeley Castle ) 187. Henry VIII . ( From a painting by Holbein , belonging to the Earl of Warwick ) ...
... brother of Jane Seymour , after- wards Duke of Somerset , known as the Protector , ' at the age of 28 , 1507-1552 ( From a painting at Sudeley Castle ) 187. Henry VIII . ( From a painting by Holbein , belonging to the Earl of Warwick ) ...
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... brother who had failed . He established himself , not in an inland town , but in Holy Island . His life was spent in wandering amongst the men of the valleys opposite , winning them over by his gentleness and his self - denying energy ...
... brother who had failed . He established himself , not in an inland town , but in Holy Island . His life was spent in wandering amongst the men of the valleys opposite , winning them over by his gentleness and his self - denying energy ...
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... , Æthelbald and Æthelberht , ruling only a short time . 4. The Danes in the North . - The task of the third brother , Æthelred , who succeeded in 866 , was harder than. Gold ring of Ethelwulf . A Saxon house . ( Harl . MS . 603.
... , Æthelbald and Æthelberht , ruling only a short time . 4. The Danes in the North . - The task of the third brother , Æthelred , who succeeded in 866 , was harder than. Gold ring of Ethelwulf . A Saxon house . ( Harl . MS . 603.
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... brother . It was not the English custom to give the crown to the child of a king if there was any one of the kingly ... brother's side in the battles of the day , and after he succeeded him he fought nobly as king at the head of his ...
... brother . It was not the English custom to give the crown to the child of a king if there was any one of the kingly ... brother's side in the battles of the day , and after he succeeded him he fought nobly as king at the head of his ...
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... brother - in - law , Ethelred , and after Æthelred's death by his own sister , Æthelred's widow , Æthelflæd , the Lady of the Mercians , one of the few warrior - women of the world . Step by step the brother and sister won their way ...
... brother - in - law , Ethelred , and after Æthelred's death by his own sister , Æthelred's widow , Æthelflæd , the Lady of the Mercians , one of the few warrior - women of the world . Step by step the brother and sister won their way ...
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