. A mediaeval princess : being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, Countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, Duke of Burgundy (1401-1436) . her the love and devotion never be-stowed on his spouse. John and Jacqueline were indeed a singu-larly ill-mated couple. From the whitebread weeks on, there had been rubs be-tween the undisciplined young people, andtheir many quarrels culminated at Easter,1420, in a final rupture of the alliance whichhad been welded with a disregard of ob-stacles and a persistency worthy of a mo
. A mediaeval princess : being a true record of the changing fortunes which brought divers titles to Jacqueline, Countess of Holland, together with an account of her conflict with Philip, Duke of Burgundy (1401-1436) . her the love and devotion never be-stowed on his spouse. John and Jacqueline were indeed a singu-larly ill-mated couple. From the whitebread weeks on, there had been rubs be-tween the undisciplined young people, andtheir many quarrels culminated at Easter,1420, in a final rupture of the alliance whichhad been welded with a disregard of ob-stacles and a persistency worthy of a morebrilliant outcome. In the court circles Ev-erhard and Laurette Tserclaes adopted an im-pertinent tone towards Jacqueline and wereimitated by Johns other sycophants, whosaw that he did not resent disrespect dis-played towards his wife. One little insultwas heaped upon another. Finally, as aresult of the instigation of Tserclaes, Johnordered that the whole ducal householdshould be remodelled. All Jacquelines ladiesand attendants, Hollanders who had beenwith her from girlhood, were dismissed,and in their stead were appointed Brabantladies who cared nothing for her and weredevoted to the opposing court party. And. JACQUELINE DE BAVIERE, 29TH SOVEREIGN OF HOLLAND, ZEALAND, ANDFRIESLAND, COUNTESS AND LADY, TOO, OF HAINAUT. XVI century print and title. 2)onic6tic (Sluarrel6 63 among them was Laurette Tserclaes. Dyn-ter^ tells how Jacqueline was at Vilvoordewhen this decision was made. Thither rodethe Duke and his company. Jacquelineshousehold were assembled at his order; theordinance and a list of the new appointmentswere read aloud and then Monseigneur theduke mounted and rode off to Fuhr withoutanother word, and without either greetingor taking leave of his wife. According to the Brabantsche Yeesten, justat that time Duke John was very restless, pre-ferring, perhaps, to be anywhere rather thanin the company of his injured wife. Some-times he hunted in the forest of Soignies,occasi
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