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Title: A mediaeval Princess; being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, duke of Burgundy ( 1401-1436)
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Putnam, Ruth, 1856-1931
Subjects: Jacoba, countess of Hainault and Holland, 1401-1436
Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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racting theCountess to England were soon current inBrabant, in Holland, and in Flanders. Thereis no actual record that the two had everseen each other before Jacquelines arrival inDover. Yet the fact of a previous meetingis quite possible. Humphrey took a part inpublic affairs from the time of his leavingOxford, and went abroad from time to timeon errands of diplomacy, of ceremony, or ofwar. He it was who rode his horse intothe water to greet the Emperor when hevisited England in 1416, and to receive as-surance, before he set foot on English soil,that he cherished no ulterior purpose of im-perial suzerainty over the island. As an extracourtesy Gloucester, too, speeded this partingguest by escorting him as far as Dordrecht.On his own return journey the Duke mayhave paused to pay his respects to the Countof Holland. The latter had recently left Eng-land in some dudgeon, but his quarrel wasnot with the King, and not long afterwardsthe Duke of Bedford was proposed as Jac-quelines husband.
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^ K ^ u . 3 1_ C/3 C g 6> Jacqueline in lEn^lanb 87 When Jacquelines reception at the Eng-lish court was reported abroad, messengerswere speedily despatched from the twoJohns and from Philip of Burgundy to HenryV, demanding the return of the fugitive.The Duke of Burgundy was especially furi-ous at this event, and there were severalreasons for his anger. Humphrey had beena candidate for the hand of Philips sister,Anne of Burgundy, and the suggestion thathe was turning his thoughts to another brideand one whose divorce was simply pending,not decided, was an insult to the Burgun-dian family. Moreover, Philip was fully in-tending to be heir to all his kinsfolk inHolland, in Hainaut, and in Brabant. At thisepoch John of Bavaria was undoubtedly defacto sovereign count in Holland and Zea-land; but it must be remembered that hisstyle was still Ruward in behalf of his niece,and Son of Holland as her heir presump-tive. But he himself had no heir, and in theeyes of his cousin of Burgundy he w

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