
Episode 155: Back to Basics
The History of English Podcast
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
philip was 11 years younger than mary, and according to some scholars, he was in love with a german noblewoman named marguerita van waldek. The english nobles made their concerns clear to mary, but she ignored them and proceeded with the marriage anyway. Von waldeck died the following year at only 21 years of age. And it was suggested that she was poisoned, perhaps to prevent any interference with philip's marriage plans.
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