. Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America [electronic resource] : containing, besides what have been described by preceding authors, many new and rare species, collected during twelve years travels and residence in that country. Botany. 11 I I 1 11 ' 1. m }..â â ifr- \ m MATILDA OF SCOTLAND, QUEEN OF HENRY I. CHAPTER I. Ancestry of MatildaâDirect descent from AlfredâMargaret Atheling her motherâMarricn liie king of ScotlandâMatilda's birthâHer gotlfiithcrâ EducationâFirst suitorâHer father invades EnglandâHis deathâHer mother'
. Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America [electronic resource] : containing, besides what have been described by preceding authors, many new and rare species, collected during twelve years travels and residence in that country. Botany. 11 I I 1 11 ' 1. m }..â â ifr- \ m MATILDA OF SCOTLAND, QUEEN OF HENRY I. CHAPTER I. Ancestry of MatildaâDirect descent from AlfredâMargaret Atheling her motherâMarricn liie king of ScotlandâMatilda's birthâHer gotlfiithcrâ EducationâFirst suitorâHer father invades EnglandâHis deathâHer mother's griefâPious deathâRevolution in ScotlandâEdgar Atheling carries the royal family to EnglandâPrincesses Matilda and MaryâPlaced in Eonisey abbeyâTheir aunt, abbess ChristinaâMatilda's brother EdgarâRestored to the throne of ScotlandâThe Atheling a crusaderâMatilda at Wilton-abbeyâ , Her literary educationâAttachment between Matilda and Henry Bcauclercâ Her other suitorsâEarly life of HenryâEducation at CambridgeâSurname- Literary work by himâLegacy at the Conqueror's deathâPoverty of Henryâ Affronted by Matilda's suitor, earl WarrenâCourtship of MatildaâHarsli rule of lady ChristinaâHenry seizes the English throneâAsks Matilda's handâOpposition of her auntâCouncil of the ehm-châMatilda's evidenceâ Her scruplesâImportuned by Anglo-SaxonsâConsentsâAddress to her l)y AnselmâConsent of the peopleâHer mamage and coronationâSaxon laws restored. When we consider the perils to which the representatives of our ancient hne of sovereigns, Edgar Athehng and his sisters, were exposed during the usurpation of Harold and the Noiinaii reigns of terror, it almost appears as if an overruhng Providence liad guarded these descendants of the great Alfred, for the purpose of continuing the hneage of that patriot king on tlie throne of these realms, through the marriage of Henry I. with the daughter of Margaret Atheling, Matilda of Scotland. This princess
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