Royal Tudor Jewels

Jane Seymour by Hans Holbein

The third queen of Henry the eighth, Jane Seymour, is known for her peaceful grace and the birth of the long desired heir, Edward. Little is known about the beloved queen of her other than she was a Maid of honour for her latter, Anne Boleyn. She caught the eye of the king which lead to the removal of Anne. But not long after the birth of her son, Seymour died. The king mourned for three years over her and her family was forever in his good graces. Jane's brother Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron of Sudeley married the last queen of Henry VIII, Catherine Parr and had a child by her, Mary Seymour (who died at two or lived longer but there is no record after 1550.)

But that was just a quick back ground of Jane, but we will not be focusing on her. But we will be studying her jewelery. Now I have no clue if they were personally hers or Royal, but they are seen again in the portrait of Henry's fifth queen, Catherine Howard.

Catherine Howard by Holbein 

   Catherine Howard was the cousin of Anne Boleyn and also was a lady in waiting for Anne of cleves. Now as we can see even though they are a bit lighter that what Jane is wearing, we see the same style necklace.
I can only think of two reasons as to why.

One they are part of the Queen of England's jewels. But why have we only seen them in two of six portraitist? Yes the other queen's might have looked over them but they could have been lost after many years. Two they were given to Catherine by the Seymour's. But then again there is nothing saying that the Seymour's gave gifts to the young queen. The last I can think of, and a simple reason, it could have just been the style. We can say this might be the case. Since Catherine Parr has the same necklace only not having two necklaces but one.

That's my conclusion, how about yours?

Here's an extra image:

necklace replica

Joan, Volume 1-3 by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

'Joan' is a Japanese manga comic that is based on, wouldn't  you know it, Joan of Arc. It was published in 2001 and has a rating of 5 1/2 stars according to Amazon. The author, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, is a manga artist, animation director and character designer. He is best known for Mobile Suit Gundam, Crusher Joe, and Venus Wars. He also went on to create such manga series as Arion, Venus Senki, Namuji, Niji Iro No Trocky, Kurudo No Hoshi, C Koto, Odo No Inu, Jannu and Jesus.

Set during the Hundred Years war between the nation France and England, the story follows a young girl, Emil of Lorraine. She is raised as a boy by the man who helped Joan of Arc and shares the same powers as Joan, but doesn't see saints just of Joan herself (As the story takes place 11 years after she was burned).  Emils sets off to follow in Joan's foot steps and gains the same resolve to lead France under the rule of God. But Emil is opposed by Louis, the 17 year old dauphin. The dauphin, sees his father, King Charles, going soft and wants to seize power of the throne for himself.

The artwork with full-color watercolor panels are just so gorgeous. I have never seen a manga like this one! The characters are wonderfully inked with very realistic shading and tones. The series may be only three books long but with the story line and the art work, the is no doubt in my mind that lovers of Joan of Arc and The Hundred Years War would not appreciate this manga.

New show and new story

This is my very first attempt to do a blog on this level. I'm new to the scene so you must forgive any unknown factors that may come about. I'm just going to do a little something to keep my spirits up.
So about me, let's see...
I'm almost eighteen and in high school, junior.
I was born in the Southern US and now live in the West.
I've been sick for the last month and struggling to not drown in depression.
My likes have to be art and history, the Renaissance and Tudor era, Marie Antoinette, Joan of Arc... I believe those are my top favorite. But I love history all the way around.
I hope to post once a week for good measure.


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