Adeliza of Louvain was born in around 1103, as the eldest child of Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Count of Brussels and Louvain and...

Edith of Scotland was born in 1080, as the eldest daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland and Margaret of Wessex. Her godparents included...

Following last weeks post on William the Conqueror, this one is on the life of his wife and Queen Consort, Matilda of Flanders. Like many...

Berenguela of Castile was born in about 1180, and was the eldest child of Eleanor of England and Alfonso VIII of Castile. She was a...

One of the nine or ten children of William, Duke of Normandy and Matilda of Flanders, Adela was initially believed to have been born in...

On 12th September 1368 Blanche of Lancaster dies, aged just 23, but would be remembered for centuries after as the mother of the great...

Eleanor of Brittany was the daughter of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Duke of Brittany and Constance of Brittany. She was the eldest of Geoffrey...

Now, before anyone gets confused with which Joan of England I am talking about, it's all of them... Although many of them were called...

Now, you may have worked this out by now, but many of my posts start with the discovery or rediscovery of a book... Today is no...

Many people have heard of Eleanor of Castile, Edward I's famous Spanish bride, a great-great-granddaughter of Alienor of Aquitaine, but...

Here are some exceptional and special books about individuals that inspired me