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  1. The #AngloPortugueseAlliance was invoked during World War II, & reiterated in the Bilateral Declaration of 2022, with more celebrations planned in 2023. It is said to be the world's longest-lasting peace treaty - & it got off to a good start when a young woman far from home made a success of her arranged marriage. 🧵 14/14

    #Portugal #peacemaking #legacy #GranddaughtersOfEdwardIII

    #EdwardIII #JohnOfGaunt #PhilippaOfLancaster #14thCentury #medieval #history #histodons #medievodons @medievodons

  2. The name Philippa has been popular in England since the #14thCentury when Philippa of Hainault arrived to marry the young king Edward III. Three of their first four granddaughters were named #Philippa: daughters of Lionel of Antwerp, John of Gaunt, & their sister Isabella of Woodstock. 🧵 2/

    #GivenName #GranddaughtersOfEdwardIII #PhilippaOfHainault #EdwardIII #LionelOfAntwerp #JohnOfGaunt #IsabellaOfWoodstock #medieval #medievodons

    📷 collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O12

  3. I had a wonderful day today at the National Archives in Kew (UK) with medieval manuscript rolls, memoranda, writs, and misc.
    #EdwardIII
    #Bardi
    #Peruzzi
    #histodons
    #medievodons
    #medieval
    ... primary source rapture. No illuminations, but one lovely bit of marginalia
    10/10 would definitely recommend

    TNA catologue E101/127/38