tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post965004390637380013..comments2024-03-28T09:51:16.892-04:00Comments on Heroes, Heroines, and History: King John's Lost TreasureDebbie Lynne Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-68981862507496361842017-01-05T11:19:26.211-05:002017-01-05T11:19:26.211-05:00Hi Andrea! Thanks for the good wishes. I, too, lov...Hi Andrea! Thanks for the good wishes. I, too, love the novella collections, so it was a treat to be part of one. Anita Mae Draper is also in the collection and she's giving one away today! Scroll up for the entry form. <br /><br />So glad you could come by. Thanks and have a great day!Susanne Dietzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710634601407161821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-45756800937321761762017-01-05T11:18:17.452-05:002017-01-05T11:18:17.452-05:00Anita, tell Sir Nelson hello!Anita, tell Sir Nelson hello!Susanne Dietzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710634601407161821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-64040451207329135162017-01-05T11:18:02.274-05:002017-01-05T11:18:02.274-05:00Fascinating statistics, English Lady! Not too surp...Fascinating statistics, English Lady! Not too surprising, either, since many of them had so many children, legitimate and illegitimate. Each of them has a story, too! It's been fun.<br /><br />How interesting about John of Gaunt having millions of descendants...I will have to look into that! Thanks!Susanne Dietzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710634601407161821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-47274220992335772392017-01-04T09:17:53.805-05:002017-01-04T09:17:53.805-05:00Don't tell my husband those figures, English L...Don't tell my husband those figures, English Lady. He's already dubbed himself Sir Nelson as a nickname without having credentials or family lore to back it up. LOLAnita Mae Draperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618699900826731377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-63260159442895115352017-01-04T03:53:16.750-05:002017-01-04T03:53:16.750-05:00You don't need to change it on my account, I&#...You don't need to change it on my account, I'm just being pedantic. A lot of sources say signed, and a lot of artistic depictions show it. English Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-70696339987885153852017-01-04T03:50:41.264-05:002017-01-04T03:50:41.264-05:00You know, they say descent from British royalty is...You know, they say descent from British royalty is not actually that uncommon in Britain, America and the former cololnies like Canada and Australia. I once heard the figure that one third of the British population is descended from royalty or nobility. I suspect though that a fair amount are probably descended from illigitmate offspring, of which King John had a fair few. <br /><br />Its also said that there are literally millions (or it might have been tens of millions), of people descended from John of Gaunt, the third son of Edward III. English Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-3090650548799768502017-01-03T20:51:25.541-05:002017-01-03T20:51:25.541-05:00Fascinating bit of history, and you are related! C...Fascinating bit of history, and you are related! Congratulations on "In For A Penney" and the release of American Heiress Brides! I love the Barbour collections.1bgpaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390270298092966251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-14580019280365577722017-01-03T18:41:58.611-05:002017-01-03T18:41:58.611-05:00Isn't that an interesting tidbit, Anita? It wa...Isn't that an interesting tidbit, Anita? It was a shock when I was on ancestry.com messing around one day and saw an ancestor who was noted as a descendant of Charlemagne! The tracing was easy from there. We had no idea. <br /><br />My ancestors in America were farmers, tinsmiths, soldiers...folks working for their daily bread. Who knew somewhere behind them were some European members of royalty?<br /><br />We all come from some fascinating people. I'd love to learn more about all of them, but I don't have the time to spend on genealogy that I'd like right now. You and I share this passion!Susanne Dietzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710634601407161821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-59644967924884551342017-01-03T18:36:46.384-05:002017-01-03T18:36:46.384-05:00Hi Marylin! Thanks for the good wishes. It's a...Hi Marylin! Thanks for the good wishes. It's a fun collection and I'm honored to be part of it! <br /><br />I enjoy genealogy, and it's fascinating to see where our families come from. It's interesting that we always thought my family members were farmers, but in that particular branch, my ancestor came to Virginia before the Revolution and within a few generations the family had lost their money. You just never know!Susanne Dietzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710634601407161821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-18809777856889005472017-01-03T18:33:18.680-05:002017-01-03T18:33:18.680-05:00Thank you for the info! You are right: although li...Thank you for the info! You are right: although literature says John "signed" the Magna Carta, he did so with his seal. I will change it in the post. Very interesting about the others who were involved, too! Thanks!Susanne Dietzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710634601407161821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-20816268669111810442017-01-03T18:32:09.484-05:002017-01-03T18:32:09.484-05:00Thanks, chappydebbie! I'm so glad you could co...Thanks, chappydebbie! I'm so glad you could come by today. Susanne Dietzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710634601407161821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-15528372207376945802017-01-03T18:28:49.621-05:002017-01-03T18:28:49.621-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Susanne Dietzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710634601407161821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-77858115235110682392017-01-03T18:26:05.576-05:002017-01-03T18:26:05.576-05:00What an intriguing idea that the treasure was neve...What an intriguing idea that the treasure was never lost, or recovered and kept secret! It wouldn't surprise me at all. <br /><br />I will have to look for that documentary.<br /><br />I had no idea about the murdered nephew. What a tragedy. I will definitely be looking into this, too. Thank you for sharing the information with me! I'm eager to learn more.Susanne Dietzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710634601407161821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-13797795210835183442017-01-03T17:13:58.552-05:002017-01-03T17:13:58.552-05:00A very interesting post, but as a genealogist, I&#...A very interesting post, but as a genealogist, I'm more fascinated by your being a descendant of King John. Really? I'm utterly tongue-tied. I've discovered my husband's history back to the early 1600s, but yours goes centuries farther to someone whose life played such a historic role in English history. Wow.Anita Mae Draperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618699900826731377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-17455068849004463162017-01-03T07:04:15.864-05:002017-01-03T07:04:15.864-05:00Informative post about King John and his lost trea...Informative post about King John and his lost treasure. Congratulations on your novella, In for a Penny, in The American Heiress Brides Collection. Just having your ancestry traced that far back is interesting. Marilyn R. https://www.blogger.com/profile/05823250623223816968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-58452458925139024202017-01-03T03:37:52.657-05:002017-01-03T03:37:52.657-05:00Just as one Addenum. John did not technically '...Just as one Addenum. John did not technically 'sign' the Magna Carta. Nobody signed anything in those days. He attached his seal to it. The whole process, and some of the people involved are fascinating, including William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, and Stephen Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury who is sometimes also credited with diviiding the Bible into chapters. English Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-38612956278370337052017-01-03T03:34:13.074-05:002017-01-03T03:34:13.074-05:00There was a BBC documentary on the subject a while...There was a BBC documentary on the subject a while back 'the last journey of the Magna Carta King'. I'm inclined to think some of the treasure was found and sold, or melted down. Indeed, some people think it was never lost, but pawned or used to pay off solidiers or some such. <br /><br />One sad aside is that the reign of John, the third Plantagenet King is marred by the disappearance and probable murder of a Nephew, just like that of Richard III. English Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-56200576329976923332017-01-03T00:40:29.873-05:002017-01-03T00:40:29.873-05:00This was very fascinating. Thanks for sharing.This was very fascinating. Thanks for sharing.chappydebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05393540849299888872noreply@blogger.com