Thank you Allan. Your videos are always so interesting and beautiful to watch. Your love of the subjects shows!

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Thanks very much, glad you're enjoying my channel!

What a beautiful piece of work. The sapphire is particularly gorgeous. Such incredible skill. No wonder she treasured it. And to have the intact case after around 550 years is amazing to me. Thank you for this video.

Beautifully told piece of history. What a lovely coronet!!! Thanks for another marvellous video that I know I'll watch over and over again!

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you for this. I was wondering if I had seen the crown of Princess Blanche in this exhibition so I am glad to have my mind set at rest. I had remembered the crown as being something out of a manuscript. Just so beautiful.

Each video on this channel is a delightful surprise - never failing to engage and enthral.

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Thanks very much, glad you're enjoying my videos!

Stunning coronet. Interesting history. The woman’s head wear was quite something.

How wonderful, Allan. Thank you so much for the great history lesson.

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you appreciated it!

To me this is my favourite and most beautiful object to ever exist. When you think of a medieval crown you picture something like this, even though how small it is.

@allanbarton

4 ай бұрын

It is absolutely exquisite, isn't it!

Yet another beautiful story. So interesting, thank you, again.

What a gorgeous coronet!

Magnificent crown indeed❤

Ohhhhh it is gorgeous! what a lucky survival!!

My favorite, from the Middle Ages, is the Crown of Princess Blanche (circa 1370). It's got diamonds, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, pearls and enamel set in gold. I first saw it about twenty years ago. It's very unique and feminine and I absolutely adore it.

Wow!! A coronet fit for a Princess!! 👑💞❤

It is just stunning…..So sad it isn’t still being worn on special occasions.

Oh this coronet is truly lovely Allan. And the case has survived as well! Truly amazing. Such a lovely, fascinating story. Margaret of York was quite a woman. Excellent video as always. Many thanks and really looking forward to more in 2024!

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Welcome back after your break. I look forward to seeing more of your fascinating videos such as this one.

WOW beautiful. Allan thank you so much for all your hard work and detail on what you are showing us. I'm so happy I came across your channel and a subscriber over a year ago sadly at the passing of the Queen or maybe Prince Philip. I know when you posted the video on the Royal Vault in St. George you said it was something you put out quickly. Have you ever thought about going back and re-doing it adding your amazing detail on all of those there? Food for thought.

Oh. This was wonderful. Happy New Year to you Dr. And thank you for such quality content! ❤❤❤

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Happy new year! Thanks for your ongoing support 😊

Got my copy of the magazine in the mail today. Opening the mailbox and seeing something from the Royal Post always makes me smile (I’m in the US, so it’s a treat).

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Hope you are enjoying it!

@marqbarq5977

5 ай бұрын

@@allanbarton Thank you for the work you do.

Thank you so much for another fascinating video, beautifully presented as always. That coronet is mouth-wateringly gorgeous, miraculous that it has survived intact. Here's to another year of the wonderful Antiquary!

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, glad you liked this!

I just found your channel. I love English history. My bachelors degree was in English history. I also just viewed your video of the crown of Blanche. What beautiful crowns in both videos. 😊

Thank you alan for this exquisite “Eye Candy’ it is just delightful to behold. no wnder margaret treasured it. i, too love spakly shiny thigs, especially pearls. and it was very approriate that she offered it to honor the image of the Blessedd Mother. She was rewarded, i am sure by Our Lady’s protecion in her life and also of the preservation of her gift to Honor the Queen of Heaven. . i also want to thank you for your special Chrismas gift to your viewers of the you tube ‘short” of an exquisite collection of medieval sculpture and stained glass images of the Madonna and Child, accompainied by the melody of ‘Lo! How a Rose ere Bloometh…” On Christmas Eve, I gazed and listened as it looped oveer and over and over. , savoring every detail and every musical note. 🌹✝️

I'm always awed to see an incredible object like this survive intact from the 15th Century. It's a work of art -- I could stand and admire the intricacies for a *long* time. (And the shininess -- I'm all in for a shiny object! 🤩) What a treat that the leather box survives as well.

Margaret's step-grandson, Philip the Handsome... would he be the one who married Juana "la Loca" of Castile a little later in his life, and whose corpse Juana took everywhere with her after his early death?

Absolutely beautiful - my favourite too!!

Happy New Year, Allan! I have to say you've set the bar fairly high with this wonderful video about the Coronet, Margaret of York, and accompanying history. Your knowledge and enthusiasm keep me coming back and wanting more and more. Thank you!

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!

An you got to see it in person. What a special memory!

Thank you for bringing history to life. I would never have thought these more obscure historical figures could be so interesting.

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

A very interesting piece of history, I'm looking forward to your eventual coverage of the coronet of Princess Blanche.

I first read this as the coronation of Sargent York

Beautifully done … such treasures !

Fabulous. Thank you. ❤❤❤

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Like you I first saw this masterpiece at the "Gothic" exhibition at the V&A. I was overwhelmed by its beauty and have remained in love with its splendour ever since. Allan, thank you, as ever, for your work here.

I wonder if there are other coronets of other nobles within the pieces worn by Our Lady in Aachen. It would be lovely to think that others survive. Thank you for this video. Most enjoyable.

Thanks!

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much.

Thank you for another stunning video Dr Allan. I just love the way the name 'Plantagenet' rolls off the tongue. Always makes my ears perk up.

I’m surprised at the amount of spinels used in royal jewels; the amount of trade going on with the East (as far as Sri Lanka, Burma, and Tajikistan, today) was quite high, given their profusion. I wonder how many of those come from European locales that have long been exhausted, or if any origin analysis has been conducted on these stones? Great videos.

Lovely. Just wonderful.

So interesting! Thank you!

Yes we need to see more of the ancient pass everybody googles and looks up and gets what they want to see them to see they need to bring out more of what they got everything everybody thinks it’s lost, but it’s not people will pay museums to see it bring out more of the ancient archives please please😊😊😊😊😊😊

My Grandmother was raised in a convent and had a statue of the Infant of Prague with a different cloak for the different Catholic Holidays throughout the year.

I love the whimsy of this piece! Every time I see it, it makes me smile!

Wow; another magnificent piece

Outstanding video!! I'm instantly hooked!!!

Another fabulous video. What a lovely coronet. The workmanship is just wonderful. Such a great twist of fate that it survived.

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you appreciated this!

I love your jewellery videos lol

Thanks very much Allan, very interesting as usual.

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

This is so beautiful

I enjoyed this episode so much, I subscribed. I look forward to learning more. Thank you.

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you liked this, I hope you enjoy some of my other videos!

Had never heard of this storied and priceless artifact, but of course this is why I subscribe to this channel :)

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you liked this!

Lovely program Dr Barton, Margaret of York is easily my favorite of her family, I sometimes wonder if her niece, Elizabeth (Edward’s daughter) had had just a smidgen of her aunt’s spirit, steely spine and resolute determination to support her House (she remained faithful to all her siblings, including Richard III) of ‘history’ would have had a very different trajectory in England. Btw, Charles the Bold, Margaret’s husband, also had a very strong claim to the English throne, one unimpeded by issues of illegitimacy, through his mother, Isabella. She would be a worthy program all on her own too, and it was Charles’ mother, who was keen on this marriage with Margaret of York, linking her claim to the English throne to that of Margaret’s House.

@mariagordanier3404

5 ай бұрын

It sure was an interesting time, all these people were suh characters, and the head-wraps of both seses were rather odd. I suspect they were competing with the church, head-gear wise.

Fabulous!

Wonderful thank so much.

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.

Beautiful objects

❤❤ truly a young ladies idea of a princess 👸 or Queens coronet thank you for your wonderful upliad Allan in awe as always sir!!

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Gorgeous.

Wonderful. However, it is difficult to hear of the Duchy of Burgundy without being reminded of Passport to Pimlico.

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Ha, ha yes - such a fantastic film.

Given the apparent size of Margaret's head in the painting shown, it's hardly surprising the crown wouldn't encircle her cranium! On a serious note, many thanks once again for another fascinating account.

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks, Allan!

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

My pleasure, thanks for watching!

Fascinating story!

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

These videos are very well made and informative, thank you Allan! Happy new year

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Thanks very much and a happy new year to you too!

Your videos are always a delight, Allan. Thank you for sharing!

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you're enjoying my channel 😊

Hi Allan, I was going to query your statement that Margaret was descended from John of Gaunt and then I realised that Margaret’s mother, Cecily Neville, was the daughter of Joan Beaufort! Those wretched Beauforts who should never have been given legitimacy much less have been able to inherit. All this is compounded by the fact that Henry IV himself was a usurper. My favourite period in history is mediaeval history and I always loved ladies fashion of this era. Margaret was a heroine to me due to her loyalty to her brothers and the “princes”. It is the most fascinating period because so much happened in her short lifetime.

danke, bedankt, merci, obrigado... thankyou for the video happy new year 2024... magaret of york , was important medieval woman, no less than her mother in law & distant cousin duchess consort of burgundy* isabella of portugal... and their shared ancestors,... Prince John of Gaunt* ghent...duke of lancaster & Edward III.... queen phillipa of hainault, was also a distant cousin, to duke charles the bold* the husband to duchess magaret of york.....

Excellent. Thank you.

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Most enjoyable!

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Very interesting piece. Pearls and stones were scarce in Europe, wondering where those came from. In its time it would’ve been a very significant jewel.

I just got my magazine today!

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

Beautiful!

Very gorgeous work of art.

Hi Allan! I am glad you're back. I agree with your opinion of the coronet. I particularly like the white rose peddles. I am looking forward to the new material you've got lined up for us.

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this!

How fascinating, thank you so much !

I love the sketch of Margaret at 2:54 - can you let us know any information about it? I've never seen it and would love to learn.

So lovely thank you💜 I’m intrigued as to why the males were wearing a necklace with a hanging gold sheep in the middle!

@evanmorris1178

2 ай бұрын

They were all members of the knightly Order of the Golden Fleece. Proud of it too.

I believe Margaret of York is also related to the Earl of Lemongrab. The distinctive proportions of the balloon like head are unmistakable.

Amazing video, Allan

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Thanks very much!

Thank you for this explanation about this crown. By the way the images of the Virgin Mary with Child. Martha

@marthavanbeek-putters

5 ай бұрын

Those images are so beautifu

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Wonderful. Your videos are truly superb. It appears that there are English goldsmith's marks on the front of the crown. Do you know who the goldsmiths were. Thanks agiain.

You can’t miss the Yorkist symbols on this coronet. I didn’t know about the coronet rules for the aristocracy and the royal family.

Wonderful as ever! Thank you Allan. Something you said in the video from a contemporary quote struck a note with me. It has to do with the wedding garb of Margaret of York. She is quoted as having worn a gown of white cloth of gold "as is proper for a bride." I know Queen Victoria is credited with popularizing the wearing of white for a bride, and I have always thought that attribution suspect. But it seems to be universally accepted. However, in the quote we see that a gown of "white cloth of gold" is considered "proper" for a bride. It seems to me that cloth of gold is something that is always properly worn by a royal, so I was wondering if the quote was referring specifically to the color white? We know that dazzlingly white linen was a sign of wealth of the upper classes because of the difficulty and expense of keeping it clean. So I submit that a bride would be most sumptuously attired in white - whether cloth of gold or not - as both a sign of wealth and of purity, and long before the Victorians. IMHO, Victoria was merely following an ancient custom, not innovating a new idea. But I'm open to dissent.

@a24-45

5 ай бұрын

good point, I agree that white fabric was always a sign of wealth, and I have read that white was already common for well-off brides by the end of the C18th, but also that cloth of gold or silver remained the norm for royal brides across Europe and the UK prior to Queen Victoria's reign; for example, Princess Charlotte's 1816 wedding dress (see online). I suspect white gowns and cloth of gold gowns must have existed on a continuum; with more wealth making a higher gold/silver content affordable. Interestingly, Marie-Louise, Empress of France, was wed in 1810 in a gown with its white silk very visible through dainty silver net tulle with pearl/lame embroidery This design has a lighter-looking, less "heavy" feel, than that of more dense and more expensive cloth of gold/silver (which she could undoubtedly have afforded.) I also read that Queen Victoria's gown initially got attention not because it was white, but because she said No to embroidered bling and gold or silver overlays. Her gown was indeed traditional in being of white silk, but she used lace, not metallic overlays, to give textural effect. No wonder the dress was seen at the time as ''simple" (i.e. not luxurious enough) and not particularly royal; and the "natural" look of its teeming faux-flower trimmings were certainly a departure from the expected ornamentation of gold, silver and gemstone embroidery. As an aside, Victoria's wedding aesthetic seems to me to owe more to the floaty costume of 1830's ballerina Marie Taglione dancing Les Sylphides, than to anything else.

Very beautiful coronet!

I thought you were Dr. Mark Felton for a second lol. I had to do a doubletake.

@allanbarton

21 сағат бұрын

That is a very flattering comment, thank you - his work is very good.

@Littleofthisandthatt

21 сағат бұрын

@@allanbarton Yours is as well!!

Lovely coronet. Why strawberry leaves?

@sedekiman824

5 ай бұрын

I think they were used as the leaf, of three parts, represented the Holy Trinity-Father, Son,and Holy Ghost.

@pixbychris3182

5 ай бұрын

@@sedekiman824 ah thank you

@388Caroline

5 ай бұрын

@@sedekiman824thank you 🙏

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It is sad that old kings or queens bodies can’t be found.

proof of the length of the royal tradition of silly hats! I rather wonder if Richard of York would have become king. Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou did have a son, Edward, who was killed at Tewkesbury. if the Wars of the Roses (essentially initiated by Richard of York) had not taken place, said Edward would have, if he survived, succeeded his father, paradoxically, as Edward IV. (would the mental fragility that Henry inherited from his mother, have been passed on to Edward?)

Love your work & subscribed! Are you related to Paul Barton of Thailand?

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Thank you. I don’t think we are related, I had to look him up!! We Bartons are a rare breed.

@cindyluwho602003

5 ай бұрын

@@allanbarton Thanks for your reply! I find your patterns of speech so similar, I thought you must be brothers.... not to mention your shared love of art! You Bartons must be a brainy bunch! Continued success!

Is that possibly a silver smith's mark over the white petals with pearl over the 4 crosses within white petals near the end of your video? Would it be possible to trace the mark? Another fascinating video.

You say that we cannot tell if the coronet was made in England or in the Low Countries. But surely on silver work of this period there would be hallrmarks ? Indeed, your (excellent) video answers this very question, as we can quite easily see three such marks. Has no one deciphered these marks ?

@allanbarton

5 ай бұрын

Sadly the marks are on two parts of the coronet restored in the 19th century. There are no other marks.

@red.aries1444

5 ай бұрын

@@allanbarton Today a German youtuber released a video about more parts of the treasury of Aachen cathedral. He talks about the coronet too. He has taken a picture from the inside of the coronet, where you can see how the jewels are attached. You might be interested: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mY1lqpKzh8WcmLA.htmlsi=DpNlGySWeaFe1jy-&t=1221

I wish you could show how large it would appear on a woman’s head. I’m not clear as to its relative size!

How does a tomb of a noblewoman disappear?

What is the cross type with the 4 sides and double rounds shapes at each end?

My foster grandmother was Margaret of Normandy, and his father was called Dominick. This story has nothing to do with mine. Richard, in my life, was an enemy.

Is this coronet located in the same cathedral as Charlemagne is thought to be buried?

I'm afraid I didn't recognise the name of Aachen at all, as pronounced. (Arcon??). Aix-la-Chapelle...

Shame her grave has been lost to history

Thanks!