Authors: Lisa Hilton
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
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
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
Gregory X, Pope,
194
Grenville, Joan de,
225
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
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, Jacqueline of,
318
Hainault, Jeanne, Countess of,
251—2
,
253
,
256
,
266
Hainault, Margaret of,
266
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
Hanseatic Bay fleet,
349
Harald Hardrada, King of Norway,
31
,
32
Harby, Nottinghamshire,
201
Hardyng Chronicle, The
,
301
Harfleur,
314
,
370
; siege of (1415),
322
Harold I ‘Harefoot’, King,
24
,
25
Harold II, King,
30—1
,
32
,
33
,
44
,
370
‘harrying of the north’ campaign,
35
,
155
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
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 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 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