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2 days ago · In the light of all this scholarly activity, Margaret Howell’s thought-provoking study of King Henry III’s queen, Eleanor of Provence: Queenship in Thirteenth-Century England, has come as a welcome, timely and much-needed addition.
May 25, 2024 · Arguably the most famous queen in all of medieval European history, Eleanor of Aquitaine was a woman of extraordinary ability, ambition, and longevity. Inheriting the vast Duchy of Aquitaine in her own right at age 15, she would eventually become queen of both France and England, as well as the mother of three kings.
May 21, 2024 · Her childhood was spent in the centre of the Spanish reconquest and was dominated by her military hero of a father (St Ferdinand) and her prodigiously clever brother (King Alfonso X the Learned).
May 31, 2024 · In Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Princesses of King Edward Longshanks, historian Kelcey Wilson-Lee tells the stories of the five daughters of Edward I of England and his first wife, Eleanor of Castile, who survived into adulthood: Eleanora, Joanna, Margaret, Mary, and Elizabeth.
May 11, 2024 · Alison Weir's ground-breaking history of the queens of medieval England now moves into a period of even higher drama, from 1154 to 1291- years of chivalry, dynastic ambition, conflict with the church, baronial wars, and the all-pervading bonds of feudalism.
3 days ago · Eleanor of England 1162–1214 Queen of Castile: Alfonso VIII 1155–1214 King of Castile: William II 1155–1189 King of Sicily: Joan of England 1165–1199 Queen of Sicily: Raymond VI 1156–1222 Count of Toulouse: House of Welf: Berengaria of Navarre c. 1165 –1230 Queen of England: King Richard I King of England 1157–1199 r. 1189–1199 ...
6 days ago · Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the most powerful women in Europe during the 12th Century. Queen to two powerful kings, she wielded power in her own right and had more than one son who became a famous king of England. Eleanor was born in 1122. Her father was William, 10th Duke of Aquitaine.
