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Berengaria of Navarre (Basque: Berengela, Spanish: Berenguela, French: Bérengère; c. 1165–1170 – 23 December 1230) was the Queen of England as the wife of Richard I, King of England. She was the eldest daughter of Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha of Castile. As is the case with many of the medieval English queens, little is known of her life. Traditionally known as "the only English queen ...
Dec 15, 2020 · by Ray Setterfield. May 12, 1191 — Spanish Princess Berengaria married a king on this day – and is believed to have been the only queen in history never to have set foot in her realm. Her husband was Richard the Lionheart – King Richard I of England – and they were married in Cyprus. Though King Richard would spend less than six months ...
Berengaria of Navarre was queen of England (1191–99) and lord of Le Mans (1204–30), but has received little attention in terms of a fully encompassing biography from Navarrese, Anglophone, and French perspectives. This book explores her political career whilst utilising the surviving documentation to demonstrate her personal and familial ...
An unlikely place perhaps for an English king to get married, nevertheless Berengaria was crowned Queen of England and Cyprus. Richard continued with the Crusade, landing and taking the city of Acre on 8 June 1191.
Jan 1, 1986 · Berengaria: Enigmatic Queen of England. Hardcover – Import, January 1, 1986. " HB Fine Very good, with slight rubbing at the top and tail edges. A interesting biography of the very little-know queen of King Richard Lionheart. 22cm X 15.5 cm 350 grams 0-9511815-05". Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more.
- Mairin Mitchell
Berengaria was crowned queen of England the same day as her marriage. She continued her travels on crusade with Richard and her sister-in-law, Joanna of Sicily, with whom she returned to the Angevin heartlands in 1193. The main documentary evidence that survives for Berengaria’s tenure is her witness of a loan in Rome in 1193.
