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The Lion in Winter is a 1968 historical drama centred on Henry II of England and his attempt to establish a line of succession during a family gathering at Christmas 1183. His efforts unleash both political and personal turmoil among his estranged wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their three surviving sons, the French king, and the king's half-sister Alais, who is Henry's mistress.
Anjou-Sicily. Father. King Charles II of Naples. Mother. Mary of Hungary. Eleanor of Anjou (August 1289 – 9 August 1341) was Queen of Sicily as the wife of King Frederick II of Sicily. She was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou by birth. She was the third daughter of King Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary. [1]
Count Anjou, Brittany, Poitou, Anjou and Normandy, Maine, Gascony and Aquitaine. Sentence you death, done this Christmas day in Chinon in God's year, 1183. [Henry raises the sword above and unflinching Richard. He brings it down, flat side strikes Richard's shoulder, leaving him unharmed. Drops the sword]
The Lion in Winter was first a 1966 play written by James Goldman. The play debuted on Broadway to generally negative reviews. Nevertheless, Goldman adapted the play for the big screen. Starring Peter O’Toole as Henry and Katherine Hepburn as Eleanor, the 1968 film was a surprise smash hit. Goldman won the Academy Award for Best Adapted ...
The White Princess. The Spanish Princess. The Real White Queen and Her Rivals. The White Queen is a British historical drama television drama serial based on Philippa Gregory 's historical novel series The Cousins' War. [4] The first episode premiered on BBC One on 16 June 2013 in the UK. [5] The drama is set against the backdrop of the Wars of ...
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She-Wolves: England's Early Queens: With Helen Castor. Historian of the medieval period, Helen Castor, presents an in depth and insightful series covering England's early Queens, from the High Middle Ages with Eleanor and get daughter-in-law Eleanor of Aquitane, through the Late Middle Ages with Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou and finishing with Lady Jane Grey, Mary I and Elizabeth I.
