Eleanor Cobham
Eleanor Cobham LG (* around 1400 on Sterborough Castle, Kent , † 7. July 1452 at Beaumaris Castle on Anglesey , Wales ) was the second wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester , the brother of the King Henry V was.
Life
Cobham was initially the lady-in-waiting of Humphrey's first wife, Jakobäa , Duchess of Straubing-Holland. After the marriage between Humphrey and Jacobea was annulled, she married Gloucester in 1428, which gave her the courtesy title of Duchess of Gloucester. When Humphrey, raised to Lord Protector after the death of his brother , tried to take away his bishoprics from his uncle, Cardinal Henry Beaufort , the Cardinal accused Eleanor Cobham of witchcraft .
Beaufort charged Eleanor Cobham on the following counts: Cobham won the Duke over with the help of love potions and caused the miscarriages of Richard Plantagenet's wife , 3rd Duke of York . In addition, she maintained close contact with Margery Jourdemain , who was known as the witch of Eye , and she cursed King Henry V and his son with pictorial charms.
Although Cobham protested that she created the wax figure only for the safe birth of her child, her marriage to Humphrey was annulled. Margery Jourdemain and Cobham's chaplain, who is believed to have participated in the rites, were burned. Because of her high standing, Cobham was sentenced to only three public, barefoot penances to London . She spent the rest of her life first in Chester , then in prison in Peel Castle on the Isle of Man , with Humphrey making sure that her accommodation was as comfortable as possible. In 1449 she was moved from here to Beaumaris Castle in Wales, where she died three years later as an accused of witchcraft .
Literary representation
- In Henry VI. describes William Shakespeare the events surrounding the witch trials.
- In Rebecca Gable's novel The Guardians of the Rose , Eleanor Cobham takes on the role of the antagonist who actually practices witchcraft in the novel.
literature
- Michael D. Miller: Wars of the Roses, An Analysis of the causes of the Wars and the course which they took. So far only published on the Internet, BoD planned.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Note on place and date of death on rootsweb.ancestry.com, viewed June 27, 2010 (English)
- ↑ Michael Miller: Wars of the Roses, An Analysis of the causes of the Wars and the course which they took , excerpt: Chapter 36: The downfall and death of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester , online ( Memento des Originals, June 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. seen on warsoftheroses.co.uk June 27, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cobham, Eleanor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | second wife of the Duke Humphrey of Gloucester |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1400 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sterborough Castle, Kent |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1452 |
| Place of death | Beaumaris Castle, Wales |