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Extraordinary History Of Jacqueline, Countess Of Hainault.
nage ^ and affecting a lively sense of the injury done to his relation tne Luke of Brabant , joined his troops to those of Brabant , advanced into Hainault at the he , td of a formidable army , and defeated , with great slaughter , the English forces at the battle of Bray . Humphry ' confounded by that defeat , concluded a suspension of arms ; returned ' to England that he might collect a fresh supply ; and Jacqueline threw herself into Mons , invited by the citizens , who solemnly promised to defend their ramparts to the last extremity .
receiving no succours from the Duke of Gloucester , to whom Jacqueline conveyed her griefs in a letter from . ' her false and traitorous city of Mons , ' she was compelled by the perfidy of the inhabitants to . surrender herself to the Duke of Burgundy , and was by him imprisoned in the city of Ghent . After * a confinement of three months she contrived to escape from prison : disguising herself in man ' s apparel , she passed through the streets of Ghent at midni
ght , and escaping into Holland , was gladly received b y that party which remained faithful to their soverei gn . : Notwithstanding the desperate efforts of herself and partisans , she was unable to resist the powerful armies of the Dukes of Burgundy and Brabant . Phili p besieged and took all the principal towns of Holland the death of John of
; Bavaria intervening , the Duke of Brabant was acknowledged Count of Hainault ' and ' Holland ; and Philip was declared presumptive heir of those countries . Her marriage with the Duke , of Gloucester was annulled by Martin the fifth , that with the Duke of Brabant was confirmed , and the princess wasrestrained from marrying tiie Duke of Gloucester , even if she should become-a widow by the death of the Duke of Brabant ; an event which ' soon after took place .
-rJ 3 ut the . blow which imprinted the deepest wound on the mind of Jacqueline , was the inconstancy of the Duke of Gloucester ; that prince , from ; a compliance , as he pretended , with the advice of his brother the Duke of Bedford , regent of England , but more induced by 'Im passion for Eleanor , daughter of Lord . Cobham , whom he afterward married , declared his final resolution of separating himself from the Princess
of Hainault , and of yielding entire obedience to the mandate of the Pope . Deserted by her subjects , forsaken by the Duke of Gloucester , overpowered by her enemies , the unfortunate Jacqueline , after many exertions of an undaunted spirit , was compelled to accept the cruel terms prescribed by her implacable enemy . She ceded to the Duke of Burgundthe government of all her dominions
y , with the title of her lieutenant , retaining only the appellation of sovereign , and consented never to marry without his consent and the approbation of the states . Jacqueline was only in the twenty-ei ghth year of her age when she made this forced abdication ; she passed her retirement principally in the islands of Zealandformed in the mouth of the Scheld at the
, , or Hague in the province of Holland . There she passed two years , her beauty as yet little impaired by time or by the calamities of ¦ her life , when love again surprized her in her retirement , and prepared for her new misfortunes , The Slender pension which she re-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Extraordinary History Of Jacqueline, Countess Of Hainault.
nage ^ and affecting a lively sense of the injury done to his relation tne Luke of Brabant , joined his troops to those of Brabant , advanced into Hainault at the he , td of a formidable army , and defeated , with great slaughter , the English forces at the battle of Bray . Humphry ' confounded by that defeat , concluded a suspension of arms ; returned ' to England that he might collect a fresh supply ; and Jacqueline threw herself into Mons , invited by the citizens , who solemnly promised to defend their ramparts to the last extremity .
receiving no succours from the Duke of Gloucester , to whom Jacqueline conveyed her griefs in a letter from . ' her false and traitorous city of Mons , ' she was compelled by the perfidy of the inhabitants to . surrender herself to the Duke of Burgundy , and was by him imprisoned in the city of Ghent . After * a confinement of three months she contrived to escape from prison : disguising herself in man ' s apparel , she passed through the streets of Ghent at midni
ght , and escaping into Holland , was gladly received b y that party which remained faithful to their soverei gn . : Notwithstanding the desperate efforts of herself and partisans , she was unable to resist the powerful armies of the Dukes of Burgundy and Brabant . Phili p besieged and took all the principal towns of Holland the death of John of
; Bavaria intervening , the Duke of Brabant was acknowledged Count of Hainault ' and ' Holland ; and Philip was declared presumptive heir of those countries . Her marriage with the Duke , of Gloucester was annulled by Martin the fifth , that with the Duke of Brabant was confirmed , and the princess wasrestrained from marrying tiie Duke of Gloucester , even if she should become-a widow by the death of the Duke of Brabant ; an event which ' soon after took place .
-rJ 3 ut the . blow which imprinted the deepest wound on the mind of Jacqueline , was the inconstancy of the Duke of Gloucester ; that prince , from ; a compliance , as he pretended , with the advice of his brother the Duke of Bedford , regent of England , but more induced by 'Im passion for Eleanor , daughter of Lord . Cobham , whom he afterward married , declared his final resolution of separating himself from the Princess
of Hainault , and of yielding entire obedience to the mandate of the Pope . Deserted by her subjects , forsaken by the Duke of Gloucester , overpowered by her enemies , the unfortunate Jacqueline , after many exertions of an undaunted spirit , was compelled to accept the cruel terms prescribed by her implacable enemy . She ceded to the Duke of Burgundthe government of all her dominions
y , with the title of her lieutenant , retaining only the appellation of sovereign , and consented never to marry without his consent and the approbation of the states . Jacqueline was only in the twenty-ei ghth year of her age when she made this forced abdication ; she passed her retirement principally in the islands of Zealandformed in the mouth of the Scheld at the
, , or Hague in the province of Holland . There she passed two years , her beauty as yet little impaired by time or by the calamities of ¦ her life , when love again surprized her in her retirement , and prepared for her new misfortunes , The Slender pension which she re-