tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post8771052111877861138..comments2024-03-16T16:12:13.296+00:00Comments on some LANDSCAPES: The lost gardens of Richmond PalacePliniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06529481330530614513noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-85654032298596222582009-05-27T18:40:58.217+01:002009-05-27T18:40:58.217+01:00My earlier comment included a typo. It should, of...My earlier comment included a typo. It should, of course, have read Henry VIII. But Henry VIII and Catherine DID have sons, Henry, born on New Years Day 1511, was created Prince of Wales but died 56 days later. Another son, Henry, Duke of Cornwall, survived only a few hours.snarlersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117760284163716428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-39415862485295279202009-05-24T07:10:46.992+01:002009-05-24T07:10:46.992+01:00Henry VII was never married to Catherine of Aragon...Henry VII was never married to Catherine of Aragon so they certainly never had a son. She was the wife of Henry VIII and they never had a son either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-63762383455092221642008-05-06T10:04:00.000+01:002008-05-06T10:04:00.000+01:00I have always thought of Richmond Palace as a sad ...I have always thought of Richmond Palace as a sad place. Until Henry VII became king, it was called Sheen Palace and was renamed for his earldom of Richmond. Edward III died at Sheen and, according to some sources, he was abandoned by everyone. What a sorry end to such a triumphant reign. And then his grandson, Richard II, so devastated by the death of his beloved wife, Anne of Bohemia, there, ordered the whole palace to be destroyed. Henry VII died there too in the rebuilt palace, but I have little regard for him. However, if the son of Henry VII and Catherine of Aragon had not died at Richmond, we might have been spared the Reformation and the destruction of some many wonderful religious buildings and images. Henry’s daughter, Elizabeth, who was a stellar monarch, died there too. Refusing to lie down, she died on her feet. Now there is only a fragment of a gateway and a few outbuildings left which can be glimpsed to the west of Richmond Green. Like Nonsuch Palace, we have lost a great building with an even more evocative history.snarlersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117760284163716428noreply@blogger.com