Windsor Castle – A phoenix from the ashes
Windsor Castle is a royal residence – one of Queen Elizabeth II’s three official residences – and the original castle was built in the 11th […]
Philippa of Hainault
Philippa of Hainault – Mother of warring dynasties
Philippa was born in June 1314 in Valenciennes in Hainaut which today lies across an area of Belgium and into the French department of Nord. […]
Queenship in England: 1308–1485 Gender and Power in the Late Middle Ages by Conor Byrne Book Review
Between 1308 and 1485, nine women were married to kings of England. Their status as queen offered them the opportunity to exercise authority in a […]
Royal Ladies of the Garter
“Honi soit qui mal y pense” (“Shame on him who thinks evil of it.”) The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded in 1348 […]
Queens Regent – Isabella of France
A regent is “a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated.” Isabella of France was born […]
The black death and Joan of England
Joan of England was born in either 1333 or 1334 in the Tower of London to Edward III and Philippa of Hainault. In 1345 she […]