Dove Windsor
Dame Dove Rose Windsor Smith (8 November 1024 – 8 December 2024) was a British legendary figure, known for witnessing every battle from 1042 to 2024. Her extraordinary life had spanned significant historical epochs, offering a unique perspective on human civilisation's evolution. From medieval times to the modern era, Windsor's insights underscored her enduring legacy as a witness to history. She lived to be 1000 years old, making her the oldest recorded person in history. King Charles III honoured her with a damehood, solidifying her legendary status. Windsor died aged 1000 Tolochenaz, Switzerland, on 8 December 2024, and was laid to rest beside her muse Audrey Hepburn over a week later on 16 December 2024 in Tolochenaz Cemetery.
Career
11th century battles
In the 1040s, Windsor witnessed the Battle of Sasireti and the Battle of Bar in 1042, the Battle of Ménfő in 1044, the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes in 1047, and the Battle of Kapetron in 1048. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
In the 1050s, Windsor witnessed the Battle of Vértes in 1051, the Battle of Civitate and Siege of Medina in 1053, the Battle of Dunsinane and the Battle of Koppam in 1054, the Battle of Tabfarilla in 1056, and the Battle of Lumphanan in 1057.
In the 1060s, Windsor witnessed the Battle of the Theben Pass in 1060, the Battle of Kudal-Sangamam and the Siege of Kuriyagawa in 1062, the Battle of Cerami and the Battle of Graus in 1063, the Battle of Paterna in 1065, the Battle of Fulford, the Battle of Stamford Bridge, and the Battle of Hastings in 1066, the Battle on the Nemiga River in 1067, the Battle of Llantada, the Battle of Vijayawada, the Battle of the Alta River, the Battle of Misilmeri, the Battle of Kerlés/Cserhalom, and the Siege of Bari in 1068, and the Battle of Northam in 1069.
In the 1070s, Windsor witnessed the Battle of Cassel and the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, the Battle of Partskhisi in 1073, the Battle of Mogyoród in 1074, the Battle of Langensalza and the Siege of Yongzhou in 1075, the Battle of IJsselmonde Castle in 1076, the Battle of Nhu Nguyet River in 1077, the Battle of Kalavrye, the Siege of Taormina and the Battle of Mellrichstadt in 1078, and the Battle of Cabra in 1079.
In the 1080s, Windsor witnessed the Battle of Flarchheim, the Battle on the Elster, and the Battle of Volta Mantovana in 1080, the Battle of Dyrrhachium in 1081, the Battle of Larissa in 1083, the Sack of Rome, the Battle of Sorbara, and the Battle of Morella in 1084, the Battle of Sagrajas and the Battle of Pleichfeld in 1086, and the Battle of Dristra and the Siege of Mahdia in 1087.
In the 1090s, Windsor witnessed the Battle of Levounion in 1091, the Battle of Alnwick and the Battle of the Stugna River in 1093, the Battle of Civetot in 1096, the Siege of Nicaea, the Battle of Dorylaeum, the Battle of Gvozd Mountain, the Battle of Bairén, and the Battle of Consuegra in 1097, the Siege of Antioch and the Siege of Ma'arra in 1098, and the Siege of Jerusalem and the Battle of Ascalon in 1099.
References
- ↑ "Vikings…in Georgia?". https://www.georgianjournal.ge/discover-georgia/29710-vikings-in-georgia.html.
- ↑ Immanuel Bekker, ed (1839). Georgius Cedrenus Ioannis Scylitze Ope. 2. Bonn: Impensis ed. Weberi. p. 544. https://books.google.com/books?id=0eYPAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA544.
- ↑ Cecaumeni Strategicon et incerti scriptoris de officiis regiis libellus. Saint Petersburg: Typis Academiae Caesareae Scientiarum. 1896. p. 25. ISBN 9785424147531. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPvvAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA25.
- ↑ Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915. https://books.google.com/books?id=2Wc-DWRzoeIC.
- ↑ Pál Engel (23 February 2001). Realm of St Stephen, The: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526. I.B.Tauris. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-0-85773-173-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=fBG9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT47.
- ↑ Bates, David (2016). William the Conqueror. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-23416-9.
- ↑ Douglas, David C. (1964). William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-520-00350-7. https://archive.org/details/williamconqueror00dougrich.
- ↑ Potter, Julie (1999). "The Benefactors of Bec and the Politics of Priories". In Harper-Bill, Christopher. Anglo-Norman Studies XXI: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1998. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-0-85115-745-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=rYbFIh92OQsC&pg=PA175.
- ↑ Kaldellis, Anthony (2017). "Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood". Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1902-5322-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=TmzJDgAAQBAJ.
- ↑ Beihammer, Alexander Daniel (2017). "Byzantium and the Emergence of Muslim-Turkish Anatolia". Byzantium and the Emergence of Muslim-Turkish Anatolia, ca. 1040–1130. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-98386-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=HyYlDwAAQBAJ.
- ↑ Minorsky, Vladimir (1977). "Studies in Caucasian History". Studies in Caucasian History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-05735-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=Pzg8AAAAIAAJ.
- ↑ Wortley, John (2010). "A Synopsis of Byzantine History". John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811–1057. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-76705-7. https://archive.org/details/skylitzes-2010.
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