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Biography of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco 1843-1914

Before 29th April 1843 [her father] Demetrios Cassavetti and [her mother] Euphrosyne m Cassavetti were married.

On 29th April 1843 Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco was born to Demetrios Cassavetti and Euphrosyne m Cassavetti.

In 1858 [her father] Demetrios Cassavetti died. His daughter Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 14) inherited his fortune allowing her to live an independent life.

In 1860 Dr Zambaco and Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 16) were married.

1866. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (age 32). Study of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 22).

In 1866 Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 22) left her husband in France and returned to London to live with her mother around which time she first met Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (age 32).

1870. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (age 41). Portrait of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 26).

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Around 1870. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (age 36). Study of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 26).

1870. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (age 41). Portrait of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 26).

Around 1870. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (age 36). "Phyllis and Demophoon". Model Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 26). The moment after the embraces the almond tree into which she was said to have transformed after death.

1870. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (age 36). Portrait of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 26).

Around 1870. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (age 36). "Cupid and Psyche". The models Marie Spartali aka Stillman (age 25) and Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 26).

1871. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (age 37). Drawing of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 27).

1874 to 1877. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (age 40). "The Beguiling of Merlin". Model Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 30). In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map]. The painting was commissioned by Frederick Richards Leyland (age 42).

Before 1880 Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 36) studied art at the Slade School of Art under Alphonse Legros and Auguste Rodin.

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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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1882. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (age 48). "The Tree of Forgiveness". Model Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 38).

On 14th July 1914 Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 71) died.