Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-27

  • @daykim71 @KedlestonDerby Thanks for the #FF Sorry for the late reply #
  • 1413 – Henry V becomes King of England. #
  • 1152 – Annulment of the marriage of King Louis VII of France and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine #
  • R.I.P. 1063 – Blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland #
  • R.I.P. 1076 – Robert I 'the Old', Duke of Burgundy #
  • R.I.P. 1306 – Robert II, Duke of Burgundy #
  • @Mori_Irvine with all her wealth and power seems odd to give her the boot, but Henry II isn't complaining… in reply to Mori_Irvine #
  • R.I.P. 1487 – Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint #
  • Saint Nicholas of Flue is not *the* St. Nicholas #
  • Saint Nicholas of Flue is the patron saint of Switzerland #
  • @Mori_Irvine @rexfactorpod revolts and imprisonment happen all the time in marriage… in reply to Mori_Irvine #
  • R.I.P. 1322 – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster; after his capture at the Battle of Boroughbridge he is convicted of treason and beheaded #
  • Catch up on on the Game of Thrones media blitz… http://bit.ly/ezxJP8 #
  • @gotmedieval Awesome, you just saved me $40! in reply to gotmedieval #
  • Happy Birthday 1429 – Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England #
  • R.I.P. 1103 Odo I 'the Red', Duke of Burgundy #
  • R.I.P. 1361 – Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster #
  • R.I.P. 1369 – King Pedro 'the Cruel' of Castile #
  • just finished installing the new high speed, well higher speed, internet modem!! Warp factor 9, engage… #
  • New Game of Thrones trailer 'Power" added… http://bit.ly/ezxJP8 #
  • Happy Birthday 1494 – Georg Agricola, German scientist, "the father of mineralogy" #
  • R.I.P. 1455 – Pope Nicholas V #
  • R.I.P. 1381 – Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint #
  • R.I.P. 1396 – Walter Hilton, English Augustinian mystic #
  • 1306 – Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland #
  • 1199 – Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt during the siege of castle Chalus-Chabrol #
  • R.I.P. 752 – Pope-elect Stephen, Italian priest and elected successor to Pope Zachary #
  • Pope-elect Stephen died of a stroke before being officially ordained #
  • Happy Birthday 1259 – Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor #
  • 1409 – The Council of Pisa opens attempting to end the Western Schism #
  • Happy Birthday 1345 – Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt #
  • Happy Birthday 1347 – Catherine of Siena, Italian saint #
  • 1026 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor #
  • 1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables #
  • R.I.P. 1130 – King Sigurd I 'the Crusader' of Norway #
  • Sigurd I was the first European king to led a crusade in the Holy Lands in 1107 #
  • Sigurd I and his crusaders battled through Spain, Baleares, and the Holy Land not losing a single battle during the 3-yr Norwegian crusade #
  • R.I.P. 1212 – King Sancho I of Portugal #

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