Visit the site of one of the least known Royal Palaces in England - "Hamstead Marshall's - The Palace of The Winter Queen".
Hidden away on a private estate very near the town of Newbury, England is the site of this abandoned mansion ruins and secret place, that very few people know of its existence. The story starts with the first mention in the Doomsday Book in 1086 and includes US Forces (1st Parachute Infantry Regiment) on D-Day in World War 2, 1944
The main character of the story is Elizabeth Stuart - Queen of Bohemia, (daughter of British King James I ) who was also known as "The Winter Queen",
Although sounding like a character from "Game of Thrones" she was a very real member of the British Royal Family and a very significant historical figure.
In 1605 aged 9 she was an unwitting member of The Gunpowder Plot by Catholic Conspirators (including Guy Fawkes) to blow up the British Parliament, kill her Protestant father King James I and install her as a Catholic 'puppet Queen'. In her late teens she married into European Protestant royalty. Marrying Frederick V - Elector of The Palatinate, and becoming Queen of Bohemia.
But after just one Winter on the throne she was forced into exile from Bohemia by war. Elizabeth was widowed young, and because of that, unable to legally remarry, it is alleged she then had a 25 year long secret relationship with English Nobleman William Craven -1st Earl Craven
So besotted was William Craven with Elizabeth Stuart, that on her return to England from exile in 1660; as a result of the 'Restoration of the British Monarchy'; Craven had top London architect and Dutch courtier Balthazar
Gerbier construct her a Royal Palace and Grounds fit for a Queen at Hamstead Marshall, a Parish near Newbury, Berkshire, England.
The history of the Palace is filled with tragedy and disaster; which included the Queen's death in 1662 .
But the palace was built in full by 1694, and its ruins can be found today near Newbury if you know where to look.....
Chapters:
00:30 Intro
02:44 Chapter 1 - History of Hamstead Marshall
06:14 Chapter 2 - William Craven & Princess Elizabeth Stuart
10:58 Chapter 3 - The Hamstead Marshall Palace
15:01 Chapter 4 - The Palace Today Tour
25:55 Chapter 5 - Epilogue 1714 - 2010
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17 фев 2023
