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...

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...

01 Marriage to the Dauphin Louis Alienor was the richest heiress in Europe at the time of her father's death in 1137, bringing the vast...

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...

This was an area that I only properly became aware about a few years ago, but has fascinated me ever since...This is part one of a ...

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

Joan, Lady of Wales is my ultimate favourite person in medieval history, and has captivated me since I first read Here Be Dragons by...

A quick note to begin with: In this post and subsequent ones, I will refer to Eleanor of Aquitaine as Alienor as that was her name at the...