Too often when we think about the history of a country we think only of kings, lords, castles, and b
Also known as Isabelle or Isabella of Valois. The youngest queen on our list, Isabelle became queen
Married for her connections to the Holy Roman Empire, Anne of Bohemia was bought for a high price an
After the death of Philippa of Hainault, Edward III began to rely on a new woman. But not a queen,
Coming off the heels of England's most controversial queen, Philippa of Hainault had a lot to do to
Isabella was now holding the hot potato that was the reigns of power, but England was to find out th
After Edward's victory in the Despenser War, he was at the high point of his entire reign. Everythin
Isabella of France was the highest-born queen that England had ever had, but her King was hardly the
Stories of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table have proliferated for centuries, and so to
A remarkable woman of Medieval Englandwho was in order a princess, an empress, a countess, a king, a
Marrying a man 40 years your senior is not often a portent of domestic harmony, but somehow it seem
After returning from crusade and being crowned queen, Eleanor of Castile rejected the usual life of
Another queen from Southern Europe, Eleanor of Castile's had quite a time before she became queen, i
Eleanor of Provence was yet another foreign queen parachuted into England at a very young age, but s
Isabelle was yet another French queen to marry an Angevin, and John wasn't about to treat his wife a
The wife of Richard the Lionheart, Berengaria is barely known today, and barely noticed while she wa
After years in captivity where her husband and sons warred for control of the kingdom, Eleanor of Aq
After getting her annulment from Louis, Eleanor waited about two seconds before becoming Henry II's
When her father died, Eleanor of Aquitaine became the richest heiress in Europe, and was quickly mar
Henry I was dead and anarchy ensues when Stephen of Blois and the Empress Matilda fight for the thro
After the White Ship sank taking the cream of England's nobility with it, Henry needed to find a new
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