Can anyone please tell me if England actually had a black Queen,..i read it when i was in oxford but need info

Answer 1

The question is ...why is she not popular in the UK

Answer 2

Yep we did

Queen Philippa: England's First Black Queen

England's First Black Queen, Mother of the Black Prince

Philippa was the daughter of William of Hainault, a lord in part of what is now Belgium. When she was nine the King of England, Edward II, decided that he would marry his son, the future Edward III, to her, and sent one of his bishops, a Bishop Stapeldon, to look at her. He described her thus:

"The lady whom we saw has not uncomely hair, betwixt blue-black and brown. Her head is cleaned shaped; her forehead high and broad, and standing somewhat forward. Her face narrows between the eyes, and the lower part of her face is still more narrow and slender than the forehead. Her eyes are blackish brown and deep. Her nose is fairly smooth and even, save that is somewhat broad at the tip and flattened, yet it is no snub nose. Her nostrils are also broad, her mouth fairly wide. Her lips somewhat full and especially the lower lip…all her limbs are well set and unmaimed, and nought is amiss so far as a man may see. Moreover, she is brown of skin all over, and much like her father, and in all things she is pleasant enough, as it seems to us."

Four years later, Prince Edward went to visit his bride-to-be and her family, and fell in love with her. She was betrothed to him and, in 1327, when she was only 14, she arrived in England. The next year, when she was 15, they married and were crowned King and Queen, in 1330, when she was heavily pregnant with her first child and only 17.

This first child was called Edward, like his father, but is better known as the Black Prince. Many say that he was called this because of the colour of his armour, but there are records that show that he was called 'black' when he was very small. The French called him 'Le Noir'.

Philippa was a remarkable woman. She was very wise and was known and loved by the English for her kindliness and restraint. She would travel with her husband on his campaigns and take her children as well. When the King was abroad she ruled in his absence. Queen's College in Oxford University was founded under her direction by her chaplain, Robert de Eglesfield in 1341 when she was 28. She brought many artists and scholars from Hainault who contributed to English culture.

When she died, Edward never really recovered, and she was much mourned by him and the country. King Edward had a beautiful sculpture made for her tomb which you can see today at Westminster Abbey.


well excuse meee spindocc

Answer 3

Brown skinned people were known from Roman times. Historians beleive that true black sub saharan negro's were first seen in Europe when brought there from trade between Portugal and the Arabs, as slaves. Clerics were consulted and the Pope said it was biblically correct to keep these people as slaves, and promptly confiscated the first four for his own uses. Their skin color created a sensation wherever they were exhibited. (Yes they were taken on a tour of Europe) You decide black or brown ?

Answer 4

England has never had a black queen because the monarchy is hereditary not elected and it runs through families and the Royal Family is Native European. Native Europeans are white.

Also stop this shite about being educated because if you were intelligent enough to have gone to Oxford there is no way you would be "reading" beleiving such complete and utter shite.

Answer 5

Yes, Queen Phillipa.
Were you taught at Oxford to use lower case and weird punctuation halfway through your sentence?

Answer 6

That was actually a nickname given to Elizabeth the first by king Phillipe of spain when Drake beat the armada in 1588

Answer 7

You're talking about Queen Phillipa. Up to you to decide if what you find in the following site can be verified somewhere else:

http://www.fyicomminc.com/gaianews/speech38.htm

Edit: The site will show you what Fen_wolf2003 cut and paste (without attribution)...heheh

Answer 8

Yup. She was Queen Philippa, daughter of William of Hainault, crowned in 1330.

Answer 9

WHAT!!!! i know that hey never used to have baths but i don't think they ever got that dirty.... for you couldn't mean like colour black for at one point not so long ago black people had to fight for the right to sit on a bus so i some how find it very hard to think they would have to have gone through all that trouble if at one point in time the ruled over the country do you????

Answer 10

Rubbish

Answer 11

Well actually she was described as 'comely brown', and while she was the mother of the 'black prince', she wasn't an African! Whether or not someone was 'black' was viewed a bit differently then! Check this link for more info:

http://www.fyicomminc.com/gaianews/speech38.htm

I hope that settles it.