. 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) . Grimeston/ addsto this story of Jacquelines sacrifice in be-half of her husband, the dark suggestionthat, after his imprisonment, Borselen was abroken man as a result of an enervatingdrink given him at Philips command toensure a failure of heirs. But these extratouches only appear in narratives that havehad time to gather moss through the rollingyears, before they were written d
. 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) . Grimeston/ addsto this story of Jacquelines sacrifice in be-half of her husband, the dark suggestionthat, after his imprisonment, Borselen was abroken man as a result of an enervatingdrink given him at Philips command toensure a failure of heirs. But these extratouches only appear in narratives that havehad time to gather moss through the rollingyears, before they were written down. Later investigators into the actual facts ofthe case scoff at the idea of love passagesbetween Jacqueline and Lord Frank, bothno longer in their first youth. They clothethe bare skeleton of well attested data witha different substance of conclusions, andtheir treatment of the story must now beconsidered. During those years between 1428 and1433, Philip of Burgundy had every reasonto be pleased with life. His desires werebearing fruit. In 1421, the inpecunious anddebt-burdened John III, Count of Namur,had sold his countship to Philip for a round 1 A Generall Historie of the Netherlands, p. 54, London, PORTRAIT OF JACQUELINE. 1431 C?).Copy of original by Jan van Eyck. In the Royal Gallery, Copenhagen. ZTbe Sileut partner 231 cash sumofonehundred and thirty-two thou-sand gold crowns, with the proviso that thesale should not be concluded until his March i, 1429, John III died. Therewere no direct heirs to dispute his rightof disposing of his petty sovereignty, andPhilip of Burgundy was acknowledged hissuccessor without serious opposition. Inthe following year (August 4, 1430) a stilllarger and richer plum fell into Philipshands on the death of the Duke of Bra-bant, exhausted like his late brother Johnat an early age from excesses and dissi-pations. Here the succession was disputed. TheDowager Countess of Holland, Jacquelinesmother, was one degree nearer the late
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