The King’s Sister

‘… He (John Holland) was struck down passionately, so that day and night he sought her (Elizabeth) out.’

—Ranulph Higden, The Universal Chronicle of Ranulph Higden

‘When (Elizabeth) took a tearful leave of her husband[…]Holland reproached her bitterly for having, despite his own gloom, rejoiced and made merry when Henry had arrested Richard and himself[…]’

—R A Griffiths, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

‘For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord and continual strife? Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss, And is a pattern of celestial peace.’

—William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I