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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

📷 https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O121866/model-for-the-proposed-restoration-model-sir-george-gilbert/

@jewwhohasitall Dominant arm still out of commission and still waiting on my fancy new keyboard, but I can manage a short toot with one-hand hunt-and-peck, because #names are always fun:

Doron /doˈʁon (Hebrew), dəˈɹon (English)/ = #givenName for boys and girls, borrowed into Mishnaic Hebrew from Ancient Greek approx 200-400 CE, meaning "gift" and "handswidth." Also #surname, as matronymic then patronymic. #Name borrowed into English from Hebrew.

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