#robert ii

Royal Birthdays for today, March 2nd:

Isabella of France, Queen of Navarre, 1241

Robert II, King of Scots, 1316

Margaret of Mosbach, Countess Palatine, 1432

Henriette Maria of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Princess of Württemberg, 1702

Maria Clotilde of Savoy, Princess Napoleon, 1843

Takako Shimazu, Japanese Royal, 1939

On another occasion, Robert’s generosity destroyed a lance [lancea] provided by the queen. At the royal residence at Poissy, he eyed a lance “which had been very well decorated with silver by his haughty wife.” He sought out a poor man and sent him in search of an appropriate iron tool; when the man returned, Robert closed the door, pried the silver off the lance and gave it to him, warning him to avoid Constance as he left. In the third story, Robert entered church for compline and saw a Lotharingian clerk, whom he had befriended and placed in his household, stealing a candelabrum from the altar. Asked about the loss later, the king said he knew nothing about it. When the news reached Constance, she was enraged, threatening to use torture to find “that which had been stolen from this just and holy man’s treasury.” Hearing her threat, Robert gave the thief additional goods so he would lack nothing on the road, and warned him to flee quickly. Only when Robert felt that the clerk was safely on his way did he reveal that the thief had left with the can delabrum: “God has made it a gift to one of His poor.” Helgaud shaped these stories to praise the king’s great generosity, but at the cost of increasing Constance’s reputation for avarice; yet as she was the proper custodian of the royal treasures, it is easy to understand her frustration when Robert deliberately undercut her handling of a duty associated with her office as queen.

As a guardian of royal treasure, Constance could claim a share in the distribution of royal patronage and largesse, and a famous trial reveals that she responded harshly to betrayal by one from whom she expected loyalty in return for her generosity. This well-known case involved heresy charges against members of the clergy, including the queen’s former confessor, Stephen. After the duke of Normandy had told the king of the heretics, Robert and Constance met with a number of bishops and clerks to try the accused in a council at Orléans in 1022. The court found those charged to be guilty; those who did not recant were stripped of clerical status and condemned to be burned. As the convicted left the church, Constance “struck out the eye of Stephen...with the staff that she carried.” Her violent act may seem shocking, but she frequently vented her frustration if someone subverted her efforts to promote the monarchy’s prestige. She certainly did not welcome the taint of heresy now associated with the royal household, for which she was responsible. And just as certainly, Constance won a formidable reputation through such acts. It is noteworthy that out of the court at Orléans that included the king, bishops, clergy, and at least one layman, it was Constance whom Robert told to stand outside the church doors to prevent the common people from killing the convicted priests inside the church. Was her reputation already such that Robert felt that she, though a woman, could best serve in this capacity?"

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Green Arrow (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Oliver Queen & Shado, Shado & Robert Queen II, Oliver Queen & Robert Queen II Characters: Oliver Queen, Shado, Robert Queen II Additional Tags: Arrowfam Week 2021, Reunions, if my timeline is messed up no it isn't :), Oliver's Queen usual brand of self deprecation, Shado and Ollie have a complex relationship that is defined by more than their kid, and you WILL respect it or die by my sword, that's what makes their friendship to tragic, it's the complexities and the nuance Series: Part 9 of We're a family. We're a forest. We're a quiver., Part 6 of Arrowfam Week 2021 Summary:

“He Learned to Walk While I Was Away” - Cat’s In the Cradle, Harry Chapin

Dumbarton Castle on Dumbarton Rock where Robert Stewart and King David took refuge in 1333. South of the centre of Dumbarton rises the 240ft high twin peaked volcanic plug of Dumbarton Rock, with the River Clyde on one side and the River Leven on two more. The castle is in the care of Historic Scotland.