http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudorsAimoo CityAimooen-USAimoo http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/Henry-VI-Sane-1-1405284.html Forever_Amber 2009-03-10 22:58:55.48 History Mysteries Rolling along in the Royal Whodunnits book (whose title I've blatantly lifted as a description for this board)....It's after Tewkesbury & Henry VI is in the Tower.  Another 1st person tale.  Poor Henry is old, tired, sick of all this internecine nonsense, knows he's done for, & wis http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/Princes-in-the-Tower-Case-Solved-1-1399499.html Forever_Amber 2009-03-07 01:09:58.313 History Mysteries I knew that would bring folk in here in droves ROFLI'm actually reading an new book called Royal Whodunnits & the reason it's not in Book Talk yet is because I haven't finished it & it's solving all the royal mysteries, like the Princes in the Tower, so the real good ones belong right here.& http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/Historical-POV-Eleanor-Isabella-1-1376542.html Forever_Amber 2009-02-21 01:06:03.653 History Mysteries From: Greensleeves  (Original Message)Sent: 11/12/2005 12:36 AMISABELLA OF FRANCEELEANOR OF AQUITAINE *spirited & cultivated Frenchwoman *ditto *faced hardship & adversity in life *ditto *highly sexed but trapped in a frustrating marriage *ditto * http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/Death-in-the-Bower-1-1374455.html Forever_Amber 2009-02-19 21:58:49.92 History Mysteries From: LadyoftheGlade1  (Original Message)Sent: 7/31/2002 10:52 PMHenry II had a mistress he kept at Woodstock in a "secret" bower.  Her name was Rosamond and he was particularly fond of her.  Apparently he was spending quite a bit of his time at Woodstock and his Queen, the ever http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/An-Angevin-Affair-1-1374454.html Forever_Amber 2009-02-19 21:57:37.327 History Mysteries From: LadyoftheGlade1  (Original Message)Sent: 7/31/2002 10:31 PMIN THE BEGINNING.... Several months before Eleanor of Aquitaine met who would become her (2nd) husband, Henry of Anjou (later to become Henry II of England), she knew his father, Geoffrey of Anjou.  It has been sugg http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/Accidental-Death-or-Revenge-1-1374368.html Forever_Amber 2009-02-19 21:00:00.983 History Mysteries From: ForeverAmber  (Original Message)Sent: 10/7/2002 5:11 PMJust before William the Conqueror exploded, he decided that William Rufus, rather than his older brother, Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, should be king of England. In 1088 a group of Normans, including Richard de Clare, http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/A-Crusades-Affair-1-1374363.html Forever_Amber 2009-02-19 20:55:51.497 History Mysteries From: LadyoftheGlade1  (Original Message)Sent: 7/31/2002 10:17 PMEleanor of Aquitaine, that indominable Lady and Queen,  who insisted on accompanying her (1st) husband, Louis VII of France (also known as Louis the Younger) on the second crusade, much to the outrage of Abbot Sugar http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/Harold-Dead-or-Alive-1-1374357.html Forever_Amber 2009-02-19 20:53:18.56 History Mysteries From: Greensleeves  (Original Message)Sent: 10/14/2002 1:43 PMFound an interesting postscript to today's Battle of Hastings:The Vita Haroldi manuscript was kept by the Abbey of Waltham in honour of their royal patron, King Harold, who survived a terrible sickness under their care during th http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/Men-in-Tights-Fact-or-Fiction-1-1374353.html Forever_Amber 2009-02-19 20:50:58.747 History Mysteries From: ForeverAmber  (Original Message)Sent: 10/19/2002 1:59 PMRobin Hood is known by many different names, including Robin Hood, Robin Wood, Robert Earl of Huntington, Roberd Hude, Robert Hood, and other variations. You can easily see how his existence passed down through folk tale has bee http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/Thy-Brother-s-Wife-1-1374349.html Forever_Amber 2009-02-21 00:49:36.043 History Mysteries From: Greensleeves  (Original Message)Sent: 7/31/2002 11:36 PMAt Catherine of Aragon's divorce trial in the legatine court at Blackfriars, there was evidence given regarding the morning after her wedding to Henry VIII's brother, Arthur.  It was stated that upon arising, Arthur called http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/Elizabeth-I-the-Virgin-Queen-1-1374344.html Forever_Amber 2009-03-02 14:28:26.123 History Mysteries From: LadyoftheGlade1  (Original Message)Sent: 6/15/2002 10:15 AMWas she REALLY a virgin all her life?? How well did Robert Dudley really "know" her? What's everyone's opinion here?From: MIlesgreenSent: 6/15/2002 10:56 AMUnfortunately Elizabeth may have felt compelled to remain a http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/Drake-in-Califormia-1579-1-1374337.html Forever_Amber 2009-02-19 20:42:09.78 History Mysteries From: MarkGB5  (Original Message)Sent: 3/31/2005 1:27 PMDoes anyone know about the metal plate discovered on a California beach in 1936 ? It was inscribed with a message and dated 17 June 1579 and is supposedly the plate erected by Francis Drake claiming the land for England. I've always t http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/Plantagenets-Or-Not-1-1374335.html Forever_Amber 2009-02-19 20:41:12.123 History Mysteries From: Greensleeves  (Original Message)Sent: 5/23/2005 8:55 PMIt's long been rumored that Matilda & Stephen were more than just rivals for the throne.   Common knowledge that Matilda's match with Geoffrey of Anjou was less than successful; in fact, she left him several ti http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/The-Original-Wicked-Uncle-1-1374331.html Forever_Amber 2009-02-19 20:39:10.17 History Mysteries From: ForeverAmber  (Original Message)Sent: 6/22/2002 1:52 PMMuch as I heart my Richard III, it has occurred to me that there is ANOTHER Plantagenet uncle who can be equally vilified.  I am referring to John, of course, & the disappearance of Arthur of Brittany after Richard http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/Matilda-Stephen-1-1374328.html Forever_Amber 2009-02-19 20:37:05.107 History Mysteries From: LadyoftheGlade1  (Original Message)Sent: 6/16/2002 3:15 PMAlthough there is little to no hard evidence, many historieans think there may have been a romantic relationship between the Empress Matilda and King Stephen. What is everyone's view on this one?From: ForeverAmberSent: 6/ http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/A-Convenient-Death-Amy-Robsart-1-1374318.html Forever_Amber 2011-06-22 15:01:07.277 History Mysteries From: ForeverAmber  (Original Message)Sent: 7/11/2002 12:47 AMOn  September 8, 1560, a tragic event occurred at Cumnor Place. Amy Robsart, wife of Robert Dudley,  had insisted that her servants attend Abingdon Fair, leaving her alone in the house. Later that day she was foun http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/Puirple-Secrets-1-1374312.html Forever_Amber 2009-02-19 20:29:22.31 History Mysteries From: Greensleeves  (Original Message)Sent: 5/12/2008 5:41 AMI figured the Mysteries board was as good a place as any for this speculation about porphyria running rampant in the royal family  There are actually 8 different manifestations of porphyria (named for a Greek term for " http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/The-Queen-s-Roses-1-1374310.html Forever_Amber 2009-02-19 20:28:22.513 History Mysteries From: Greensleeves  (Original Message)Sent: 9/14/2005 11:05 AMOk this is very intriguing...saw this squib regarding a book written by a retired yeoman guard at the Tower of London called Mysteries of the Tower of London.  A quote from the book goes as follows:Roses are delivered to th http://forum1.aimoo.com/allmytudors/category/Who-Killed-the-Princes-in-the-Tower-1-1374299.html Forever_Amber 2010-06-29 13:44:24.58 History Mysteries From: LadyoftheGlade1  (Original Message)Sent: 6/15/2002 10:01 AMThis is one of the big mysteries of history.The main suspects are:RICHARD IIIHENRY VIITHE DUKE of BUCKINGHAM The above names have alawys been the only real suspects to the murders, however it has recently come to light t