What religion was queen philippa of hainault?

Question

i want information of queen philippa of hainault

about her daily duties

enterteiment and religion

does somebody know a web page with that information

Answer 1

Philippa of Hainault (c. 1314 – August 15, 1369) was the Queen consort of Edward III of England. Before King Henry VIII created his own Church of England as a new protestant nation in 1534, England was always apart of the Roman Catholic faith. France was also a Roman Catholic fanatic nation, so Philippa who is French, was a Catholic.

Philippa was born in Valenciennes (then in Flanders, now France) and was the daughter of William I, Count of Hainaut and Jeanne of Valois, the granddaughter of Philip III of France.

Philippa spent her early years at the cultured Hainault court. She seems to have had well developed literary tastes and perhaps a real interest in learning. For New Year 1333 she gave Edward a ewer enamelled with figures from epic and romance poetry.

She married Edward at York Minster, on 24 January 1328, eleven months after his accession to the English throne and, unlike many of her predecessors, she did not alienate the English people by retaining her foreign retinue upon her marriage or bringing large numbers of foreigners to the English court.

Philippa accompanied Edward on his expeditions to the Kingdom of Scotland (1333) and Flanders (1338-40), where she won acclaim for her gentleness and compassion. She is also remembered by history as the tender-hearted woman, who interceded with her husband and persuaded him to spare the lives of the Burghers of Calais (1346) whom he had planned to execute as an example to the townspeople. She acted as a regent on several occasions when he was on the continent.

Philippa had grown portly in her later years, and this added to the view most of her English subjects had of her; as a friendly, homely, motherly woman whom the nation greatly loved. Philippa outlived 9 of her 14 children; two of whom were lost during the Black Death outbreak (1348).

On 15 August 1369 Philippa died of an illness akin to dropsy in Windsor Castle, and was buried at Westminster Abbey. By all accounts, her 40 year marriage to Edward had been happy, despite his taking a mistress, Alice Perrers, during the latter part of it.

Answer 2

These links should help you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_of...

http://onedroprule.org/about1568.html

http://home.gwu.edu/~jhsy/chaucer-ppp-ph...

http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/gen/edw3chrt....

http://www.history.ac.uk/richardII/phili...

I was surprised to find that she had 14 children...best of luck to you!

Answer 3

You now have the web page.  given the era, she would have to have been Catholic.  It was either that, or Jewish or Muslim in that time, and all the kings/queens of Europe were Catholic.