Queens of the conquest : England's medieval queens, Book one

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Label

Queens of the conquest : England's medieval queens, Book one

Title remainder

England's medieval queens

Title number

Book one

Statement of responsibility

Alison Weir

Title variation

England's medieval queens

Creator

• Weir, Alison, 1951-

Author

• Weir, Alison, 1951-

Subject

• Matilda, Empress, consort of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1102-1167
• Matilda, Queen, consort of Henry I, King of England, 1080-1118
• Matilda, Queen, consort of William I, King of England, -1083
• Matilda, of Boulogne, Queen, consort of Stephen, King of England, approximately 1103-1152
• Adeliza, of Louvain, Queen, consort of Henry I, King of England, approximately 1109-1151
• Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500
• Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography
• Memorial (Oshkosh) - Kaprelian, Pat
• Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

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"--Amazon.com

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

942.020922

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• genealogical tables

Index

index present

LC call number

DA198.9

LC item number

.W447 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography