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Blackadder Hall has been the official residence of the fictional Blackadder family since before 1648. It has been the home of Lord Edmund Blackadder and Sir Edmund Blackadder. A dwelling is a structure in which humans or other animals live. ... The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... This article lists the characters (and the actors who played them) in the four series and three special episodes of the British sitcom Blackadder. ... // Events January 17 - Englands Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Address, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War. ... Edmund, Lord Blackadder Edmund, Lord Blackadder was the main character in the second series of the popular BBC sit-com Blackadder, entitled Blackadder II. He was played by Rowan Atkinson. ... Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder the Third. ...


During the Elizabethan period, Queen Elizabeth I held her court at Blackadder Hall and encountered the present day Lord Blackadder. She asked him for a present and he gave her some polo mints. She rewarded him with her crown. The Elizabethan Era is the period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) and is often considered to be a golden age in English history. ... Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland Queen of France, nominal title Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533–March 24, 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death. ... Crown names several entities associated with monarchy: A crown (headgear), the headgear worn by a monarch, other high dignitaries, divinities etcetera. ...


In 1648 when Charles I was in flight from Oliver Cromwell and the Roundheads, Sir Edmund Blackadder allowed him to stay in a blackcurrant bush at Blackadder Hall. However, Oliver Cromwell arrived and captured the King. Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. ... Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper, 1657. ... The Roundheads was the nickname given to supporters of the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War. ... Binomial name Ribes nigrum L. The blackcurrant is a temperate shrub which produces small edible berries with a high natural vitamin C content, which are very dark purple/blue in colour—almost black—hence the name. ...


On New Year's Eve 1999, Lord Edmund Blackadder entertained guests at Blackadder Hall. He told them he had built a time machine and he would go back in time and collect any historical items they wanted. The time machine actually led to a trap door to the basement where he had a collection of items. But to his surprise the time machine actually worked. New Years Eve is a celebration held the day before New Years Day, on December 31, the final day of the Gregorian year. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...


Other Blackadder family residences include Castle Blackadder and a house in Drury Lane. Drury Lane is a street in the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn. ...


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Blackadder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (6298 words)
Blackadder is the generic name that encompasses four series of an acclaimed BBC historical sitcom, along with several one-off instalments.
Blackadder II is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603).
Blackadder The Third is set in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a period known as the Regency.
Captain Blackadder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (652 words)
Naturally, Blackadder spends most of his time trying to get out of the trenches before the insane General Melchett gives him the order to 'climb out of the trenches and walk very slowly towards the enemy' which means certain death.
Blackadder's attempts to escape are usually opposed by General Melchett, who does not seem to realise the futility of sending men to their certain deaths, and Captain Darling, who does.
Captain Blackadder claims to have joined the army in 1888, joining the 19th/45th East African Rifles, when Britain was still fighting colonial wars during the Scramble for Africa, and when 'the prerequisite for any battle was that the enemies should under no circumstances carry guns'.
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