Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 24th December 1837 Empress Elisabeth of Austria was born.
1855 . Anton Einsle (age 53). Portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (age 17).
1855. Amanda Bergstedt (age 13). Portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (age 17).
1860. Franz Schrotzberg (age 48). Portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (age 22).
Around 1865. Franz Xaver Winterhalter (age 59). Portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (age 27).
Adeline Horsey Recollections. The beautiful and unfortunate Empress Elizabeth of Austria (age 39) rented Cottesbroke from my cousins the Langhams, and her exploits in the hunting-field are well known. Bay Middleton was always staying at Cottesbroke, and used generally to give the Empress a "lead".
The Empress found Sunday rather a dull day at Cottesbroke, so she had jumps made all round the park, and at 6 o'clock every Sunday morning she and Bay Middleton used to ride together, and taking the jumps became her unvarying Sunday amusement.
Her biographers have not flattered her when they describe her as being singularly handsome, for she was indeed a queenly figure, and I think her only personal defects were her hands and feet, which were large and ungainly. It is said that when Elizabeth first met the Empress Eugenie (age 50) she was very jealous of her tiny extremities, for Eugenie's hands and feet were exceptionally small.
On 10th September 1898 Empress Elisabeth of Austria (age 60) was assassinated being fatally stabbed in the heart by an Italian anarchist named Luigi Lucheni.