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Berengaria of Navarre – The only English Queen never to set foot on English soil

Monday, 27 July 2015, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Berengaria of Navarre was born between 1165 and 1170 as the eldest daughter of Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha of Castile. She was probably named after her maternal grandmother Berengaria of Barcelona. Berengaria suffers the same fate as many medieval women; we simply have little information about her. Eleanor of Aquitaine wished for the [read more]

Queens Regnant – Blanche II of Navarre

Tuesday, 7 April 2015, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Blanche was born on 9 June 1424 as the daughter of Blanche I of Navarre and John II of Aragon. She had an elder brother, Charles, so she was not initially expected to succeed. She also had an elder sister, Joan, who died at the age of just two. After Blanche came younger sister Eleanor. Blanche [read more]