The Black Death peaked in Europe between the years 1347 and 1353. It was the most fatal pandemic in human history, killing millions. Not even royals were safe from this. During these years, a handful of royals died from the bubonic plague. Here are some royal women who died during these years. For some of [read more]
The Kingdom of Sicily began its life in 1130 when it was created by Count Roger II of Sicily with the agreement of Pope Innocent II. Roger was married three times. His first wife was Elvira of Castile who was thus the first Queen of Sicily. They went on to have six children together, and [read more]
Princess Joanna of England was born around October 1165 in the Chateau d’Angers in Anjou (in what is now France). She was the youngest daughter and seventh child of King Henry II of England and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine. Many historians refer to Princess Joanna either as Joanna Plantagenet or simply Joan of England. [read more]
This article was written by Marie. Joan is the bride whose mother took off with the groom. In this case, the frisky mother was Isabelle of Angoulême: a widowed queen on the look-out for a new husband. But as Joan was only ten at the time, it can’t have been too much of a snub. She probably wasn’t that close [read more]
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 was betrothed to Peter of Castile, and in the summer of 1348, Joan departed England with a heavily armed retinue. The fleet consisted of four English ships which departed from [read more]
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]
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