This article was written by Carol. Philippa was born around 1073 to William IV, Count of Toulouse and Emma of Mortrain. Her mother was from the House of Normandy and a niece of William the Conqueror. As her father had no sons, Philippa was his heir, but there was no tradition in Toulouse for female [read more]
A regent is “a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated.” Mary of Guelders was born around 1434 as the daughter of Arnold, Duke of Guelders, and Catherine of Cleves. Mary grew up at the court of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy and his third wife [read more]
Written by Taylor. Read part one here. Read part two here. Eleanor first met Henry in Paris while she was still Queen of France. According to contemporary sources, there was an instant attraction between the two. Henry’s father, Geoffrey of Anjou, warned him not to fall under Eleanor’s spell, but Henry didn’t listen. From the [read more]
The Stifskirche or the Collegiate Church of St. Mary in Cleves is the place of burial for three royal women. There has been a church at this site since 1170, but the current church is a reconstruction from the 1950s as it was completely destroyed by allied bombs in the Second World War. The first [read more]
The family home and final resting place of Diana, Princess of Wales at Althorp will host an exhibition and a gala fundraiser to mark the 20th anniversary of her death. Althorp House has been the home of the Spencer family for the last 500 years, and Diana, Princess of Wales, is buried there on an [read more]
The future Queen Eleanor of Navarre was born in Olite as the third child of King John II of Aragon and Queen Blanche I of Navarre on 2 February 1426. Both her elder brother Charles and her elder sister Blanche preceded her as monarch of Navarre. Eleanor married Gaston IV, Count of Foix in 1441 [read more]
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