Queens of the conquest : England's medieval queens. Book one / Alison Weir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weir, Alison, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Matilda, Queen, consort of William I, King of England, -1083.

Matilda.

Matilda, Queen, consort of Henry I, King of England, 1080-1118.

Adeliza, of Louvain, Queen, consort of Henry I, King of England, approximately 1109-1151.

Adeliza.

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.

Queens.

Monarchy.

History.

Great Britain.

Monarchy--Great Britain--History--To 1500.

Great Britain--History--Norman period, 1066-1154.

Monarchy--Great Britain--History.

Local Subjects:

Monarchy--Great Britain--History.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 556 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm

Edition:

First U.S. Edition.

Other Title:

England's medieval queens

Place of Publication:

New York : Ballentine Books, 2017.

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.

Contents:

Matilda of Flanders

Matilda of Scotland

Adeliza of Louvain

Matilda of Boulogne and the Empress Maud

The Empress Maud.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-532) and index.

ISBN:

9781101966662

1101966661

OCLC:

967767486