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About Gertrude d'Orleans, "The Holy" Bastard
Gertrude:
"Alas, ... “That drop of blood that's calm proclaims me bastard”; “I a noble father lost” ... me with love in honourable fashion”; “with almost all the holy vows of heaven!”
From Hamlet Act 4, Scene 6 Laertes says: "That drop of blood that’s calm proclaims me bastard, Cries “Cuckold!” to my father, brands the “harlot” Even here between the chaste unsmirchèd brow Of my true mother." (Gertrude)
So why is Gertrude called the "Holy Bastard"? Besides, she was Danish, not Belgian.
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Gertrude d'Orleans, "The Holy" Bastard's Timeline
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Heristal, Liege, Belgium
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1935 |
April 20, 1935
Age 1255
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1937 |
April 8, 1937
Age 1257
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1938 |
November 19, 1938
Age 1258
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