Show J Ji i Queens o of England hf A Sketch of th the Life of Anne Anile ol or DoIr Bo no- Ir r J hernia Anne of or Bohemia queen consort o of ofa a Richard II of or England Eng was born in ht I I 1367 at Prague In Bohemia She wa was in Jn her thirteenth year far when the thc lIsh ambassador allor Sir Simon Imon Burley Journeyed Jour jour- r to Prague ue to negotiate for or he her t 1 hand In marriage with the tho King o of 1 En England who was then in his mint min min- 4 t t t Something occurred then which seems rather rathel extraordinary to us o otho of r. r tho twentieth century The Imp erial I i CO t t at nt Prague had vague pleas Ideas about abou tho location and Importance of or England Engl England Eng Eng- l land and the empress the the thc Duke Dule of or of Saxony to ascertain r rr t the geographical position of England i ntH and what and what so sort t. t of a n country countr It ml might ht be r 7 before sho she would consent to bestow t r her daughter nug on Richard In marriage the dukes duke's discoveries v Whatever t f t. t I 1 1 1 tl y 0 0 r M M 11 l J t t Q r i 1 Anne of Bohemia if 3 I W t vl were were ro It Jt Is evident that his reports of oC d' d i England gland and Richard Pilchard were welO most satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- of Bohemia for forthe forthe factory to tho the queen j the following letter from her to England's England's Eng Eng- Ja lands land's ds am ambassador ador reads I r. r Elizabeth Roman Empress al always al- al ways nays Augusta likewise Queen of or Bohem Bohemia Bo Bo- w hem hernia hemia la empower tho the duke duko of ot PrIm Primi- 1 a sinus to treat with Richard king of or England land concerning the wedlock of ot that flint most frost excellent virgin the damsel Anne born of us and In our name to and If iC own order and dispose as our it soul were pledged to swear to the ful- ful 1 of ot eVery evelY engagement i IT T Anne was In her year ear when t sho became the wife of ot Richard and queen of England She came to him not only but cost him the pretty sum of marks marl s which vero paid to her herr brother according to tho the marriage contract Besides this t sum England had to defray the expenses ox ex 1 of the princess princess' Journey from 1 Prague to England England no no small man amount seeing that she traveled mr In-mr In most st regal style accompanied by the nuke ouke and duchess of or on Saxony and a goodly number number num num- ber bel of knights and damsels Chroniclers of those times assert that Richard loved his own Queen Anne even to madness and when sho she died suddenly in 1 1094 94 his grief was wild mild and They hey were wele a most happily united pair and anel Anne 1 the good and virtuous had held the t theart 1 heart ot or her royal spouse secure She was very well beloved b by her subjects subjects sub sub- very ery precious to the nation cor continually doing good to the tho people and acting in many Instances as as mediator mediator mediator medi medi- ator between her king and their subjects sub sub- sects Sho was surnamed The Good |