Note 20 — I DESCENT AND PARENTAGE; CHILDHOOD AND GIRLHOOD (LEYDEN, THE HAGUE, AND RHEENEN, 1630-1650)
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The origin of the application of this title seems unknown. It had been formerly connected in a peculiar fashion with Elizabeth’s august godmother. (See the weird story in H. Clifford’s Life of Jane Dormer, how not long before Queen Elizabeth’s death a playing-card, the Queen of Hearts, with an iron nail knocked through the head, was found at the bottom of her chair. Soon afterwards all hopes of her recovery were abandoned.)