Queens Consort (83 page)

Geddington,
311

Genoa,
120

Geoffrey, son of Geoffrey of Anjou and Empress Matilda,
87
,
109

Geoffrey, son of Henry II and Eleanor,
111
,
115
,
117
,
119

Geoffrey of Anjou,
28
,
36
,
65
,
70—1
,
73
,
76
,
86
,
87
,
90
,
108
,
109

Gerberoy castle,
38

Gerbod,
19

Gertrude, Countess of Frisia,
36

Gervase, son of Stephen and Matilda,
76

Gervase of Canterbury,
104
,
115—16
,
127
; clerk to,
86

Gesta Stephani
,
69
,
71
,
81
,
83
,
88
,
91
,
92

Ghent,
260

Ghostly Grace
,
390

Giffard, William,
49

gifts, New Year,
174

Gillingham,
311

Gillingham, Professor,
388

Gisors,
127
,
133

Glamorgan,
226

Glanville, Ranulf,
118

Glastonbury,
198

Gloucester,
42
,
81
,
83
,
151
,
166
,
167
,
181
,
237
,
238
; St Peter’s,
58
; tomb of Edward II,
242

Gloucester, Earl of,
183
,
184
,
216
,
226
,
293
,
295—6
,
297

Gloucester, Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of,
294
,
295
,
318—19

Gloucester, Gilbert de Clare, Earl of,
195
,
209
,
210

Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of,
318
,
319
,
327
,
332
,
341
,
342
,
372

Gloucester, Isabella of,
143
,
145
,
149—50

Gloucester, Joan, Countess of (daughter of Edward I and Eleanor),
191
,
193
,
194—5
,
208

Gloucester, Mabel, Countess of,
79
,
84
,
85

Gloucester, Miles of,
80

Gloucester, Robert of (Henry I’s illegitimate son),
65
,
70
,
78
,
79
,
80
,
81
,
84
,
85
,
86
; son William,
85

Gloucester, Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of,
284
,
286
,
289

Glyndwr, Owen,
331

Godelan (minstrel),
260

Godfrey (Eleanor of Castile’s artist),
197—8

Godfrey of Reims,
75

Godfrey ‘The Great’,
60—1

Godgifu, Countess of the Vexin,
30
,
34

Godwin, Earl of Wessex,
24
,
30

Gould, William,
371

Gourney, Thomas,
241

Gower,
226

Gower, John,
276

Grace, illegitimate daughter of Edward IV,
409

Grafton, Northamptonshire,
356

Granville, Bartholomew,
27

Gras, Richard le,
166

Gravelines,
274

Great Missal of Westminster,
280

Greek fire,
129

Greenfield, William,
213

Greenwich,
346—7
,
417

Gregory X, Pope,
194

Grenville, Joan de,
225

Grestain,
38
,
39

Grey, John,
353
,
357

Grey, Lady Elizabeth,
see
Woodville, Elizabeth

Grey, Lord,
348

Grey, Sir Edward,
357
,
386
,
387
,
388
,
390

Grey of Ruthin, Joan Lady,
361

Grimsby,
205

Grosseteste, Robert de,
172

Gruel, Guillaume,
315

Gruuthuyse, Lord,
371
,
377
,
415

Guelders, Mary of,
366

Guildford,
145
,
172
,
187
,
195
,
254
,
262
; Dominican priory,
187

Guillaume Gruel,
315

Guines,
350

Guisborough Chronicle, The
,
193

Gundrada, daughter of Matilda of Flanders,
19

Gundulph of Rochester,
55

Gunnhildr, daughter of King Harold,
42
,
43

Gurdon, Adam,
183

Gyrth, Earl,
33

Gytha, mother of Harold,
34

Haakon, grandson of Earl Godwin,
30

Hackebom, Mechtild,
390

Haguet, Jean d’,
375

Hainault,
36
,
235
,
236
,
252
,
258
260
,
266

Hainault, Albert of,
266
270

Hainault, Isabelle of,
251
,
266

Hainault, Jacqueline of,
318

Hainault, Jeanne, Countess of,
251—2
,
253
,
256
,
266

Hainault, Margaret of,
266

Hainault, Maud of,
268
,
270

Hainault, Philippa of,
241

Hainault, Sybella of,
252

Hainault, William, Count of,
235
,
236
,
251
,
252
,
257
,
266

Hainault Chronicle, The
,
262

Halidon, Hill, battle of (1333),
257

Hall’s Chronicle
,
357
,
374
,
380

Hanseatic Bay fleet,
349

Harald Hardrada, King of Norway,
31
,
32

Harby, Nottinghamshire,
201

Hardyng, John,
254
,
340

Hardyng Chronicle, The
,
301

Harfleur,
314
,
370
; siege of (1415),
322

Harlech Castle,
350
,
362
,
368

Harold I ‘Harefoot’, King,
24
,
25

Harold II, King,
30—1
,
32
,
33
,
44
,
370

‘harrying of the north’ campaign,
35
,
155

Harthacnut,
24
,
25

Haryngton, Lady Katherine,
254

Hastings, battle of (1066),
29
,
32—3
,
46
,
75

Hastings, William, Lord,
378
,
384
,
385
,
386—7
,
388—9
,
390

Hatfield,
257
; Hatfield House,
332

Hattin, battle of (1187),
120

Hauteville, Constance of,
122

Havering,
273
,
284
,
311
,
316
,
320
; Manor,
320

Hawise, Countess of Aumale,
145

Hawise, Countess of Lincoln,
82

Haxey, Thomas,
296

Heddon,
205

Hedingham Castle,
90
,
199

Hegham, Richard,
258

Helen, Empress,
37

Helmid the nun,
74

Henry, bishop of Winchester,
81
,
84
,
89
,
90

Henry, son of Edward I and Eleanor,
191
,
194
,
195

Henry, son of Henry II and Eleanor,
111
,
113
,
114
,
115
,
116—17
,
119

Henry, son of Henry III and Eleanor,
186—7

Henry I, King of England (son of William I and Matilda): early life,
35
,
37
; and brother William Rufus,
43—4
; coronation,
44
; proposes to Matilda of Scotland,
44—5
; marriage to Matilda,
46
; investiture conventions,
49
,
50
; and Anglo-Norman Church,
49—50
; excommunication threatened,
50
; nicknames,
52
,
54
; court,
52
,
62
,
70
,
79
; reputation for learning,
54
; illegitimate children,
57
; charter for Westminster,
57
; and death of Matilda,
58
; and Normandy
60
; marriage to Adeliza of Louvain,
60
,
61
; charters signed,
61—2
; travels in England,
62
; travelling agents,
62—3
; generosity towards Adeliza,
64
; in Normandy,
65
; relationship with Adeliza,
65—6
; and Stephen of Mortain’s marriage to Matilda of Boulogne,
68—9
,
70
; Christmas court at Windsor,
70
; and Empress Matilda’s marriage to Geoffrey of Anjou,
70—1
; claims to his throne,
71—2
; unfaithfulness,
76
; death,
65—6
,
71
; burial,
66
; memorial mass,
79

Henry I, King of France,
18
,
28

Henry II, King (formerly Henry Plantagenet; son of Geoffrey of Anjou and Empress Matilda),
20
; pursuit of succession,
87
,
88
,
89
; truce with France,
90
; meets King Stephen and designated heir,
90—1
; accompanied to Paris by father Geoffrey,
108
,
109
; marries Eleanor of Aquitaine,
109
; coronation,
108
,
110
; falls in love with Rosamund de Clifford,
111
; and son Henry,
111
; separation from Eleanor,
112
; territories,
112
; rebellion by son Henry,
114
,
115
,
116—17
; Eleanor conspires against,
114—16
; makes Princess Alys his mistress,
119
; meets kings of Navarre, Aragon and Castile,
121
; makes John Count of Mortain,
143
; death,
119

Henry III, King (son of King John and Isabella),
150
,
152
,
155
,
156
,
327
; debt to Berengaria settled,
139
; and Courtenay family,
146—47
; proclaimed king,
156
; meeting with Alexander, King of Scots,
158
; campaign against Louis in Gascony,
159
; desire to marry Eleanor of Provence,
165
; marries Eleanor,
166
; improved accommodation for Eleanor,
167
,
192
; intimacy with Eleanor,
167—8
,
171
,
173
; and delivery of castles in event of his death,
168
,
191
; on campaign in Poitou,
169
; and the Savoyards,
170
; dispute with Eleanor,
171—2
,
173
; and Simon de Montfort,
173
; and Alfonso X,
175
; and son Edward’s marriage,
176
; travelling in France,
176
; and treaty of Paris,
176
,
177
; finances,
178
,
179
; excommunication threatened,
181
; and rebellion,
181—2
,
184
; and death of daughter Katherine,
185
; restored after battle of Evesham,
191
; death,
187
,
193
,
200

Henry III, Emperor of Germany,
19

Henry IV, King (formerly Duke of Hereford, Duke of Lancaster; son of John of Gaunt and Blanche): as Duke of Hereford,
286
,
296
,
297—8
,
299
; arrests the king,
300—1
; coronation,
301
; search for a queen,
307
; marries Joanna of Navarre,
308
,
309
,
311
; Joanna’s dower,
311
,
312
313
; relationship with Joanna,
313
; and the Welsh,
331
; death and burial,
313—14

Henry V, King (son of King Henry TV and Mary): titles,
313
; claim on French crown,
314
,
316
; at Agincourt,
314
,
315
; shortage of money,
316
,
318
; argument over tennis balls with Dauphin,
321—2
; marriage to Catherine de Valois,
322
,
324
; treaty of Troyes,
323
,
324
; at war in France,
323
,
326
; in Pans,
324—5
; appearance,
325
; returns to England,
325
; love of music,
326
; relationship with wife Catherine,
326
; death,
3
19—20
,
326—7
; burial,
327

Henry V of Germany,
57
,
65

Henry VI, King of England and France (son of Henry V and Catherine),
278
; and Joanna of Navarre,
320
; birth,
326
; becomes King of England and France,
327
; family tree produced,
328
; coronation,
328
,
329
; proclaimed in Paris,
328
; and Catherine’s marriage to Owen Tudor,
331
; takes interest in Tudor half-brothers,
333
; as King of England and France,
335
; and betrothal to Marguerite of Anjou,
336—7
; marriage to Marguerite,
337
,
338—339
,
342—3
; meets Marguerite,
337—8
; apathy,
340—1
; lack of interest in sex,
340—1
,
345
; financial problems,
342
; and Jack Cade’s Rebellion,
342
; improvements to properties,
343
; and war in France,
344—5
; and dukes of York and Somerset,
345
,
346
,
347
; ‘madness’,
345—6
; and Yorkist rebellion,
347
; ‘Loveday’ reconciliation ceremony,
348
; imprisoned,
350
,
365
,
367
,
372
; and disinheritance of son Edward,
351
; and Wars of the Roses,
352
,
353
; Marguerite blamed for his shortcomings,
354
; escape and recapture,
367
; returned to throne (the Readeption),
370—1
; and birth of Edward,
371
; claims to crown,
379
; death,
374
,
393