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#REDIRECT [[List of Blackadder characters#Gertrude of Flanders]] |
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{{Notability|fiction|date=August 2008}} |
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{{Infobox character |
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|image = [[Image:Blackadder queen gertrude of flanders.jpg|250px]] |
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|name = Gertrude "The Witch Queen" of Flanders |
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| series = [[Blackadder]] |
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|nationality = Flemish |
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|occupation = Queen of Flanders, Queen Consort of England, Duchess of Flanders |
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|first = ''[[The Foretelling]]'' |
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|last = ''[[The Black Seal]]'' |
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|portrayer = [[Elspet Gray]] |
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'''Gertrude of Flanders''' was a [[fictional character]] in the popular [[BBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Blackadder]]'' ([[The Black Adder|series 1]]). She was played by [[Elspet Gray]]. |
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In the series, she is the Queen of [[Flanders]] in her own right and the wife of [[Richard IV of England (Blackadder)|King Richard IV of England]] and mother of Princes [[Harry, Prince of Wales (Blackadder)|Harry]] and [[Prince Edmund (Blackadder)|Edmund]]. |
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In attitude, Gertrude mainly seems to be rather distant and absent-minded. She once had an affair with a Scottish [[laird]], which may have resulted in Edmund's birth. Even Gertrude doesn't seem entirely sure who his father was. |
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She appears mainly to give Edmund advice and embarrass him. In the episode "Witchsmeller Pursuivant", it is revealed that she is in fact a kind-hearted witch and uses her secret powers of [[witchcraft]] to save Edmund from being burned at the stake. When Edmund pleaded with her to use whatever power she had to save him, she claimed that she had not had any power for years but her magic is resurfaced in order to save Edmund. When her 11-year-old daughter-in-law Leia is about to tell the King that Edmund is going to die, Gertrude silences her and assures her husband that she has "sorted it all out". She then breaks the fourth wall by winking at the audience and a sparkle of stars fly from her eyes. |
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She dies in the final episode, along with the rest of the royal family, by accidentally drinking poisoned wine. |
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==Titles and honours== |
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*Lady Gertrude Plantagenet (?–1485) |
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*Duchess of Flanders (?–1485) |
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*Queen of Flanders (?–1499) |
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*Queen Consort of England (1485–14 |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0051568/ The Queen] at the [[Internet Movie Database]] |
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{{Blackadder characters}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gertrude Of Flanders}} |
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[[Category:Blackadder characters]] |
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[[Category:Fictional queens]] |
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[[Category:Fictional witches]] |
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