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2 days ago · Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow till her death (1189–1204).
- William X, Duke of Aquitaine
William was the son of William IX by his second wife...
- Duchess of Aquitaine
Henry IV of England (1399–1400), seized the throne of...
- Duchy of Aquitaine
The Duchy of Aquitaine (Occitan: Ducat d'Aquitània, IPA:...
- Alix, Countess of Blois
Alice of France (French: Alix; July/August 1150 – 1197/1198)...
- Joan
Joan of England (October 1165 – 4 September 1199) was a...
- Eleanor, Queen of Castile
Eleanor of England (Spanish: Leonor; c. 1161 – 31 October...
- Ramnulfids
The Ramnulfids, or the House of Poitiers, were a French...
- Marie, Countess of Champagne
Marie of France (1145 – 11 March 1198) was a Capetian...
- William X, Duke of Aquitaine
3 days ago · She later married Thomas of Lancaster, John of Gaunt's grandson by King Henry IV. A third sister, Eleanor Holland, was mother-in-law to Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury—John's grandson by his daughter Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland.
5 days ago · Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (German: Friedrich I; Italian: Federico I ), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death 35 years later in 1190. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March 1152. He was crowned King of Italy on 24 April ...
May 10, 2024 · An English chronicle of the Reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI written before the year 1471 by John Silvester Davies. Call Number: DA20 .R91 1st ser., v.64. with an appendix, containing the 18th and 19th years of Richard II and the Parliament at Bury St. Edmund's, 25th Henry VI and supplementary additions from the Cotton. ms ...
May 10, 2024 · Edward (born 1002/05, Islip, Eng.—died Jan. 5, 1066, London; canonized 1161; feast day originally January 5, now October 13) was the king of England from 1042 to 1066.
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May 18, 2024 · Born on August 9, 1386, in Monmouth, Wales, Henry was the son of Henry Bolingbroke, later King Henry IV, and Mary de Bohun. His upbringing amidst the tumultuous political landscape of medieval England shaped his character and ambitions, ultimately leading him to become one of England's most celebrated monarchs.
May 2, 2024 · Thomas Cromwell enjoyed a meteoric rise from the son of a Putney blacksmith to the chief minister of Henry VIII. A man of exceptional ability and with an enormous capacity for hard work, he dominated England’s political and religious life for a decade. He ruthlessly dispatched those who stood against him and his royal master, notably his ...
