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Queens of England / Norah Lofts.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lofts, Norah, 1904-1983, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Queens--Great Britain--Biography.
- Queens.
- Princesses--Great Britain--Biography.
- Princesses.
- Great Britain--Kings and rulers.
- Great Britain.
- Queens--Great Britain.
- Kings and rulers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Wakeman, Rollin (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition in the United States of America.
- Place of Publication:
- Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1977]
- Summary:
- Discusses the personal and public lives of women who have been English queens, from Boadicea in the first century to the present Queen Elizabeth II.
- Contents:
- Boadicea
- Queens of myth and legend
- Matilda : queen to William the Conqueror
- Matilda of Scotland : first queen to Henry I
- Adelicia : second queen to Henry I
- The Empress Matilda : lady of the English
- Matilda of Boulogne : queen to Stephen
- Eleanor of Aquitaine : queen to Henry II
- Berengaria of Navarre : queen to Richard I
- Isabella of Angoulême : queen to John
- Eleanor of Provence : queen to Henry III
- Eleanora of Castile : first queen to Edward I
- Marguerite of France : second queen to Edward I
- Isabella of France : queen to Edward II
- Philippa of Hainault : queen to Edward III
- Anne of Bohemia : first queen to Richard of Bordeaux, Richard II
- Isabella of Valois : second queen to Richard II known as the Little Queen
- Joanna of Navarre : queen to Henry IV
- Catherine of Valois : queen to Henry V
- Margaret of Anjou : queen to Henry VI
- Elizabeth Woodville : queen to Edward IV
- Anne of Warwick : queen to Richard III
- Elizabeth of York : queen to Henry VII
- Katharine of Aragon : first queen to Henry VIII
- Anne Boleyn : second queen to Henry VIII
- Jane Seymour : third queen to Henry VIII
- Anne of Cleves : fourth queen to Henry VIII
- Catherine Howard : fifth queen to Henry VIII
- Katharine Parr : sixth queen to Henry VIII
- Mary Tudor : Queen in her own right
- Elizabeth Tudor : Queen in her own right
- Anne of Denmark : queen to James I
- Henrietta Maria : queen to Charles I
- Catherine of Braganza : queen to Charles II
- Mary of Modena : queen to James II
- Mary II : Queen in her own right and queen to William III
- Anne : Queen in her own right
- Caroline of Ansbach : queen to George II
- Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz : queen to George III
- Caroline of Brunswick : queen to George IV
- Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen : queen to William IV
- Victoria : Queen in her own right
- Alexandra of Denmark : queen to Edward VII
- Mary : queen to George V
- Elizabeth : queen to George VI
- Elizabeth II : Queen in her own right.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Lofts, Norah, 1904-1983. Queens of England.
- ISBN:
- 0385127804
- 9780385127806
- OCLC:
- 3205794
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