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  1. 6 days ago · Matilda of England Duchess of Saxony 1156–1189: Henry III & XII The Lion 1129–1195 Duke of Saxony & Duke of Bavaria: Geoffrey II 1158–1186 Duke of Brittany: Constance 1161–1201 Duchess of Brittany: Eleanor of England 1162–1214 Queen of Castile: Alfonso VIII 1155–1214 King of Castile: William II 1155–1189 King of Sicily: Joan of ...

  2. 6 days ago · Nowadays, we would expect Matilda to have been proclaimed ‘Queen of England’ as Elizabeth II was when she acceded to the throne. In the 12th century, however, a queen was the wife of a king. It had never been used as the title of a female ruler in England. In Poland, in the fourteenth century when a woman, Jadwiga, came to the throne, she ...

  3. 3 days ago · Formation of the English kingdom in the 10th century. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015, ISBN: 9780198717911; 320pp.; Price: £65.00. In The Formation of the English Kingdom in the Tenth Century, George Molyneaux investigates how territories under the dominion of the Cerdicing kings of Wessex developed into a clearly defined and conquerable ...

  4. 4 days ago · May 26, 2024. Towering 240 meters above the Elbe River, the Konigstein Fortress has guarded the strategic trade routes through Saxony for over 800 years. This awe-inspiring bastion sprawls across a 9.5-hectare plateau, making it one of the largest hilltop fortifications in Europe. With its 42-meter tall sandstone walls, 152-meter deep well, and ...

  5. 4 days ago · History of England. Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th centuries from soon after the end of Roman Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066, consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom of England by King Æthelstan (r. 927–939).

  6. 3 days ago · Matilda, Duchess of Saxony; Richard I, King of England; Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany; Eleanor, Queen of Castile; Joan, Queen of Sicily; John, King of England; Illegitimate : Geoffrey, Archbishop of York; William, Earl of Salisbury

  7. 4 days ago · Queen Matilda of England: 1141-1148: Queen Petronilla of Aragon: 1137-1164: Queen Melisende of Jerusalem: 1131-1153: Queen Urraca of Leon and Castile: 1109-1126

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