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2 days ago · The claimants to the dukedom of Britanny were the late duke's half-brother John I Count of Montfort and his niece Joan Countess of Penthiévre, wife of Charles of Blois. Edward III made an alliance with the Count of Montfort, and Philip of France, who supported Joan, thereupon seized the county of Montfort.
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 20, 2024 · Letters and Papers: Books of the Court of Augmentations. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 14 Part 1, January-July 1539. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1894. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
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1 day ago · The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
1 day ago · Blanche was born in 1326 to Blanche d'Avaugour and Ari Boulogne, a descendant of the powerful Boulogne family. Through her marriage to Robert VI, Count of Auvergne, she became the Countess of Auvergne. However, her destiny would lead her to an even more prominent role. Queen of France. In 1234, the death of Louis VIII left France without a ...
1 day ago · Eleanor of Aquitaine ( French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; [a] c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, [4] and Queen...
1 day ago · Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II.
