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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; c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and Queen of England ...
2 days ago · Monkish jealousy must have been still more moved, when the next English Queen, Margaret of France, made the Greyfriars Church of London her special charge. But of the work of Margaret, and her successor, Isabel, there will be more to be said in a later place.
1 day ago · From the Liturgical Year, “ In the footsteps of Margaret of Scotland and of Clotilde of France, a third Queen conies to shed her brightness on the sacred Cycle. Born at the southern extremity of Christendom, where it borders on Mussulman lands, she was destined by the Holy Ghost to seal with peace the victories of Christ, and prepare the way for fresh conquests.
4 days ago · One of the most beloved of exiled royalty comes from a thousand years ago, in the life of St. Margaret of Scotland who lived and died far from her home. The “Pearl of Scotland” was not Scottish...
4 days ago · In 1300, after Edmund died, Edward I took the castle; he subsequently granted it to his second queen, Margaret of France. In 1309, Edward I's and Margaret's son, Edward II, granted Berkhamsted to his favourite, Piers Gaveston. In 1317, the castle was given to Edward II's queen, Isabella of France.
3 days ago · queen margaret to henry viii. The King, her son, is in good health. The Lords have sent the bearer, Marchmont herald, to the court of France, for what causes she knows not.