Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, was a ruler, military strategist, and skilled diplomat of the
late ninth and early tenth centuries.
Aethelflaed's father, Alfred the Great, would become the first to style himself King of the Anglo-Saxons, a precursor to the
title of King of England. . .
Matilda of Boulogne, queen consort of England's King Stephen, was born circa 1105. She was the only daughter of Eustace III,
Count of Boulogne, and his wife, Mary of Scotland. . .
Berengaria of Navarre, traditionally described as "the only English queen never to set foot in England," was the wife of Richard
I the Lionheart . . .
Isabella, Countess of Angouleme, was the second wife and queen-consort of John "Lackland," King of England.
Born in or about the year 1188 . . .
The massacre at Clifford's Tower, in York, England, took place over two days, 16-17 March 1190. It was part of a series of
riots during the reign of King Richard I, and is one the darkest hours of mediaeval Jewish history.
Eleanor of Provence, queen consort of England's King Henry III and mother of King Edward I, was born in Aix-en-Provence in
or before 1223 . . .
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