Queens of the conquest / Alison Weir.

By: Weir, Alison, 1951- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Weir, Alison, England's medieval queens ; bk. 1.Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: xxxiv, 556 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781101966662Subject(s): Matilda, Queen, consort of William I, King of England, -1083 | Matilda, Queen, consort of Henry I, King of England, 1080-1118 | Adeliza, of Louvain, Queen, consort of Henry I, King of England, 1103?-1151 | Matilda, of Boulogne, Queen, consort of Stephen, King of England, approximately 1103-1152 | Matilda, Empress, consort of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1102-1167 | Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography | Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500 | Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154Genre/Form: Biographies. DDC classification: 942.020922
Contents:
Matilda of Flanders -- Matilda of Scotland -- Adeliza of Louvain -- Matilda of Boulogne and the Empress Maud -- The Empress Maud.
Summary: Spanning the years from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the dawn of a new era in 1154, when Henry II succeeded to the throne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the first Plantagenet queen, was crowned, this book brings to life five women, including Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king; Matilda of Scotland, revered as the common mother of all England; and Empress Maud, England's first female ruler, whose son King Henry II would go on to found the Plantagenet dynasty.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Matilda of Flanders -- Matilda of Scotland -- Adeliza of Louvain -- Matilda of Boulogne and the Empress Maud -- The Empress Maud.

Spanning the years from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the dawn of a new era in 1154, when Henry II succeeded to the throne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the first Plantagenet queen, was crowned, this book brings to life five women, including Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king; Matilda of Scotland, revered as the common mother of all England; and Empress Maud, England's first female ruler, whose son King Henry II would go on to found the Plantagenet dynasty.

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