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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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220 a riDebia^val iprincess were said to have descended from a noblefamily of Suabia. By the thirteenth cent-ury, however, they were established inZealand and their estates were among themost important on those flat islands whichoffered none of the picturesque sites formediasval castles afforded in German val-leys. Jacqueline possessed a hunting seat inZealand,—Ostende, in the neighbourhood ofGoes. This had been a favourite town ofCount William VI. To him it owed its firstcharter, and his daughter had added to itsmunicipal privileges when she received herfirst homage in 1417. In return, the townhad presented her with a box containing sixhundred gold pieces. As the story goes, when the Countesswas in residence at Ostende shortly afterher abdication, she honoured the citizens ofGoes by her presence at one of the archeryfestivals. More than that, she joined in ashooting match, hit the wooden parrot, wonthe prize amid admiring acclamations of thecrowd, and was made queen of the day ac-
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THE COUNTESS AT AN ARCHERY FESTIVAL. JLhc Silent partner 221 cording to usage. Bilderdijk refers to thistale as a proof of Jacquelines low tastes andunbecoming readiness to mix with vulgarsports^—hardly a fair interpretation of anact which also might be termed complaisantcondescension on the part of a gracious ladywishing to be on friendly terms with herhumble neighbours. In memory of her success, she founded anew archery gild dedicated to St. George,— a strange choice! One might think thatno saint in the calendar could be quite sodistasteful to Jacqueline as the patron ofDuke Humphrey of Gloucester. But possi-bly it was her fathers predilection for St.George that she remembered. It was during the hunting season whenthe Countess and Lord Frank were both intheir Zealand homes that opportunity wasafforded to the former to overcome her en-mity to the Cod noble who had been solong in the field against her, and at lasta valuable service rendered by Lord Frankbridged the chasm between t

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