Gertrude of Flanders (Elspet Gray) is the wife of King Richard of England, Scotland and Ireland and mother of Princes Harry and Edmund. In attitude, Gertrude is mostly distant and absent-minded. She had an affair with a Scottish laird, which may have resulted in Edmund's birth. She often gives Edmund unwanted advice and embarrasses him. Her character's name is never spoken in dialogue in Blackadder, but appears in the credits. She is also a skilled practitioner of witchcraft, which she uses to help Edmund escape execution.Witchsmeller Pursuivant. Blackadder Series 1 Episode 5. 1983. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 19 Sept. 2019. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0526543/ But she, along with her royal family, is killed in the series' finale, after drinking wine poisoned by Lord Percy.
