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4 giorni fa · There is something far more sophisticated about Howell’s politically-active Eleanor of Provence, securing for her Savoyard kinfolk advantageous English marriages, than the sometimes meddlesome mother-in-law portrayed in Parsons’ Eleanor of Castile.
2 giorni fa · Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and ...
2 giorni fa · In 1236 he finally married Eleanor of Provence, the daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence, and Beatrice of Savoy. Eleanor was well-mannered, cultured and articulate, but the primary reason for the marriage was political, as Henry stood to create a valuable set of alliances with the rulers of the south and south-east of ...
1 giorno fa · In January 1236, King Henry married Eleanor of Provence. Henry’s marriage brought an influx of new men to the English court; namely, the Savoyards. Boniface, Peter and William of Savoy were Eleanor’s uncles.
2 giorni fa · There had been no real involvement in politics from a queen’s family since Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III (1216–1272), so three English women in succession on the throne – the first native born queens for four centuries – raised particular challenges.
3 giorni fa · Eleanor of Brittany c. 1184 –1241 Fair Maid of Brittany: Matilda of Brittany 1185– before 1189: Arthur I 4th Earl of Richmond 1187–1203 Duke of Brittany: House of Burgundy: Bohemond Duke of Apulia: Counts of Rouergue: Eleanor of Provence c. 1223 –1291 Queen of England: King Henry III 1207–1272 r. 1216–1272 King of England: Isabel ...
16 giu 2024 · Queen Eleanor of Provence, the widow of Henry III., founded a house of Dominican friars at Guildford, on the east bank of the river, a little to the north of the High Street, on the site where the militia barracks formerly stood, at the end of Friary Street, opposite to the royal park across the river; but the exact date of the ...
