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Hace 2 días · Empress Matilda (c. 7 February 1102 – 10 September 1167), also known as Empress Maud, was one of the claimants to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. The daughter and heir of Henry I, king of England and ruler of Normandy , she went to Germany as a child when she was married to the future Holy Roman ...
Hace 5 días · Discover the fascinating history of Empress Matilda, also known as the Queen Matilda, who was the first female ruler of England. Learn about her struggles, triumphs, and impact on medieval...
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Hace 4 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 2 días · Focusing on two 12th-century works of Latin verse written during the reign of Geoffrey of Anjou and his wife, the Empress Matilda, the short poem Rothoma nobilis (named here after its opening line) and Stephen of Rouen’s Draco Normannicus, van Houts is able to demonstrate that these Anglo-Norman poets compared, and sometimes even ...
Hace 4 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 1 día · List of female monarchs. Top left: Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning female monarch, ruling as Queen of the United Kingdom for from 1952 to 2022, 70 years. Top right: Queen Victoria ruled the United Kingdom for 63 years, from 1837 to 1901; the longest at the time. Bottom left: Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands for 58 years from 1890 to ...
Hace 5 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 ...
