Gertrude of Saxony – Twice a Countess
Gertrude of Saxony was born circa 1030 as the daughter of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony and Eilika of Schweinfurt. Gertrude married Floris I, Count of […]
Flanders
The Sister Countesses: Joan and Margaret of Flanders – Part I: Joan and the False Baldwin
Joan of Flanders was born around 1200 to Baldwin IX of Flanders and Hainault and his wife Marie of Champagne. In 1202 Baldwin went on […]
Judith of Francia – Queen and Countess
Judith was the daughter of Charles the Bald, King of the Franks. Charles was a grandson of Charlemagne. She was twice Queen of Wessex and […]
The murder of Philippa of Flanders
Philippa of Flanders (or Philippa of Dampierre) was born around 1287 as the daughter of Guy, Count of Flanders and Isabella of Luxembourg. Philippa’s father […]
Sibylla of Anjou – A life devoted to the Holy Land
Sibylla of Anjou was born circa 1112 to Fulk V of Anjou and Ermengarde of Maine. Not much is known of her early years, but […]
