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Philippa of Hainaut intercedes for burghers of Calais
19th-century illustration, "Queen Philippa Interceding for the Burghers," drawn by A. de Neuville. After the siege of Calais in 1346, Queen Philippa, wife of Edward III, pleaded with the king not to kill six burghers of Calais in retribution.
Image ID: 000219
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Image size: 9.5 Mpixels (27.2 MB uncompressed) - 2560x3708 pixels (8.5x12.4 in / 21.7x31.4 cm at 300 ppi)
Image keywords: 1300s, 14th-century, Calais, Edward III, England, Eon581, EonBudget, Europe, France, Hundred Years War, Illustrations, Medieval, Middle Ages, People, Philippa of Hainaut, War-Conflict, burghers, siege of Calais, sieges, women