Alice Perrers novel "The King's Concubine" by Anne O'Brien. Alice is also featured in some of Candice Robb's books, in a series known as Medieval Mysteries and also in "The Traitor's Noose", the fourth novel in the "Lions and Lilies" series by Catherine A Wilson and Catherine T Wilson. Alice Perrers Alice Perrers (1348–1400) was a fourteenth-century English royal mistress whose lover and patron was King Edward III of England. She met him originally in her capacity as a lady-in-waiting to Edward's consort, Philippa of Hainault. She went on to become the wealthiest woman in the land. However, she was despised by
Cecilia (royal mistress) as »domina Cecilia regina» ('Lady Queen Cecilia'). King Eric died in 1459, and Cecilia reportedly outlived him, though this is the last year in which she is mentioned. Cecilia (royal mistress) Cecilia (died after 1459) was a Danish lady-in-waiting at the court of Philippa of England, Queen Consort of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and later the mistress and morganatic wife of Philippa’s widower King Eric. The parenthood of Cecilia is not mentioned. Little is known of her personally. She is noted to have been the maid-of-honor to queen Philippa. Such position would mean that she was likely a member of