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Hace 4 días · In the early 12th century, Geoffrey of Anjou married Empress Matilda, King Henry I's only surviving legitimate child and heir to the English throne from the House of Normandy. As a result of this marriage, Geoffrey's son Henry II inherited the English throne as well as Norman and Angevin titles, thus marking the beginning of the Angevin and ...
Hace 3 días · Empress Matilda Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle , [2] was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189.
Hace 5 días · Henry married Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1152, acquiring the Duchy of Aquitaine, and inherited his mother Empress Matilda 's claim to the English throne, succeeding his rival Stephen in 1154.
Hace 3 días · In times of civil war or disturbance the castle, normally in the sheriff's charge, was entrusted to special keepers. Thus Brian FitzCount fortfied it for the Empress Matilda in 1138; in 1140 King Stephen's constable, Robert d'Oilly, declared for the empress, who was besieged in and escaped from the castle in 1142.
Hace 3 días · Rituals and Rhetoric includes papers on Plantagenet women and Mary Queen of Scots while Queens and Power encompasses work on the Empress Matilda and Stuart queens. The first section of Rituals and Rhetoric is titled ‘Rituals’ and begins with a contribution from one of the editors, Louise J. Wilkinson, on the marriage of Henry III ...
Hace 2 días · Judith Green examines four duchesses of Normandy from the tenth to the 12th centuries: Gunnor, Matilda of Flanders, Empress Matilda and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Green explores the genealogies and personal qualities of these four women through three important and interrelated themes: gender, female agency and representation of the women ...
Hace 5 días · Matilda married a French nobleman and was, before that, married to Henry V, the future Holy Roman Emperor. Matilda is often referred to as Empress Matilda or Queen Maud. Her son was the Henry that became King Henry II and married Eleanor of Aquitaine.
