Around 1532 Sofonisba Anguissola was born.
Around 1555 Sofonisba Anguissola [aged 23]. Portrait of Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany [aged 7].
Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany: On 24th January 1547 she was born to Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor and Anne Jagiellon. On 18th December 1565 Francesco I de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany and she were married. She by marriage Grand Duchess Tuscany. She the daughter of Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor and Anne Jagiellon. On 10th April 1578 Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany died.
Around 1556 Sofonisba Anguissola [aged 24]. Self-Portrait.
Around 1560 Sofonisba Anguissola [aged 28]. Self-Portrait.
Around 1563 Sofonisba Anguissola [aged 31]. Portrait of Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain [aged 17].
Around 1573 Sofonisba Anguissola [aged 41]. Portrait of Anna of Austria Queen Consort Spain [aged 23].
Around 1573 Sofonisba Anguissola [aged 41]. Portrait of Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain [aged 45].
Around 1599 Sofonisba Anguissola [aged 67]. Portrait of Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain.
Around 1624 Anthony Van Dyck [aged 24]. Portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola [aged 92] aged ninety-two.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
On 16th November 1625 Sofonisba Anguissola [aged 93] died.