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Alice Perrers is the main character in Vanora Bennett 's 2010 novel The People's Queen. She is a character in Jean Plaidy 's Vow on the Heron. She is portrayed in Rebecca Gablé 's Das Lächeln der Fortuna, a historical novel in the German language about the time-period.
Alice Perrers was the mistress of King Edward III of England. She exercised great influence at the aging monarch’s court from about 1369 until 1376. She belonged probably to the Hertfordshire family of Perrers, although it is also stated that she was of more humble birth.
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Alice Perrers was a powerful and controversial figure in the late medieval English court. She was the mistress of King Edward III for over a decade, patronized Geoffrey Chaucer, and faced legal battles after his death.
Aug 18, 2021 · Alice Perrers was the lover and patron of King Edward III of England, who made her one of the richest women in the country. She married a knight in Ireland, was accused of corruption, and died in exile.
Jan 14, 2019 · For centuries Alice Perrers has been portrayed as an ugly but intelligent woman, who seduced a King, took him for all she could get, and then disappeared in to a quiet retirement. But recent work by historians, particularly around documents held at the National Archives, have managed to draw out a more rounded picture.
Alice Perrers. (c. 1330—1400) royal mistress. Quick Reference. Notorious as the mistress of the ageing Edward III, at whose court she exerted great influence and patronage; she fled abroad following Edward's death, and her property was confiscated. It ... From: Perrers, Alice in The Oxford Companion to Chaucer »
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Alice Perrers, who was the mistress of the English king Edward III, probably belonged to the Hertfordshire family of Perrerses, though there was some talk that she was of more humble origins, possibly the daughter of a tiler from Essex.
