Authors: Lisa Hilton
Queens Consort (86 page)
Ludwig of Bavaria,
279
Luke (Berengaria’s servant),
138
Lundy island,
238
Lusignan,
159
Lusignan, Aymer de,
170
,
172
,
174
Lusignan, Geoffrey de,
116—7
,
170
,
174
Lusignan, Hugh de,
143
,
144—5
,
146
,
147
,
152
,
157
,
158
,
169
,
170
Lusignan, Hugh X de,
152
,
156
,
157—8
,
159—0
Lusignan, Matilda of,
157
Lusignans,
143
,
144
,
146
,
147
,
152
,
170—1
,
172
,
177
,
178
,
180
Luttrell, Henry,
311
Lyre abbey,
29
Mabille (wet nurse),
206
Madeleine, Princess of France,
339
Madox collection,
257—8
Magdeburg,
281
Magna Carta (1215),
154—5
,
156
,
157
,
299
Maiden Bradley,
168
Maidstone,
172
Mailing nuns,
57
Maingot, William de,
116
Mainz,
129
Majine, Tiphaine la,
336
Malcolm, King of Scotland,
40—1
,
42—3
Malmesbury,
148
Malmesbury, William of,
21
,
34
,
41
,
45
,
46
,
52
,
54
,
55—6
,
57
,
71
,
72
,
78
,
84
Malory, Thomas,
418
,
422
,
423
,
424
,
425
Maltravers, Sir John,
233
,
241
,
244
Maltravers, Lord and Lady,
360
Man, Isle of,
319
Mandeville, Geoffrey de, Earl,
83
,
85
Manfred, son of Emperor Frederick,
177
Manny, Sir Walter,
258
Manuel Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium,
102
Mapleton, John,
311
March, Edmund Mortimer, Earl of,
269
,
284
March, Roger of,
284
Marche, Comte de la,
248
Marche, Olivier de la,
415
Marche, Richard du,
198
Mare, Peter de la,
272
Margaret, daughter of Edward Atheling,
34
Margaret, daughter of Edward I and Eleanor,
194—5
Margaret, daughter of Edward III and Philippa,
254
,
261
,
264
,
268
Margaret, daughter of Henry III and Eleanor,
169
,
173
,
185
,
186
Margaret, daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth,
411
,
413
Margaret, Empress,
259
Margaret, Queen of Scotland,
40—1
,
42
,
43
,
52
,
413
Margareta, Queen of Hungary,
274
Margarita of Sicily,
121
Margat,
125
Marguerite of Anjou (later Queen of England),
325
,
424
,
425
; court,
329
; ancestry,
335
; birth,
335
; home life,
336
possible suitors,
336
betrothal to Henry VI,
336
journey to England,
337
,
343
; marriage to Henry,
333
,
337
,
338
,
339
,
342—3
; meets Henry,
337—8
; coronation,
338—9
,
340
,
376
; and Maine,
339—40
; intimacy with Henry,
340—1
; and Earl of Suffolk,
341
; and Jack Cade’s rebellion,
342
; finances,
342—4
; wedding gift,
344
; and dukes of York and Somerset,
345
,
346
,
347
; pregnancy, first,
345—6
; and ‘Loveday’ reconciliation ceremony,
348
; plays increasing role in government,
348
; and Earl of Warwick,
348—9
,
359
; and Wars of the Roses,
350
,
351—2
,
353
,
354
; defends son Edward’s rights,
351
; blamed for husband’s shortcomings,
354
; and Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford,
357
; and Elizabeth Woodville,
358
,
368
; in Scotland,
366
; journeys to France,
366
,
367
; returns to protection of her family,
367
; and marriage of son to Anne Neville,
368
; in Paris,
370
; delays return to England,
370
,
371
; returns to England,
373
; imprisoned,
374—5
; ransomed and returns to France,
375
; living in penury,
375—6
; death,
376
Marguerite of France (King Louis’s daughter),
111
,
117
,
119
Marguerite of France (later Queen of England): family,
204
; marriage to Edward I,
204
,
205—6
; qualities,
204—5
; dower lands,
205
; children,
206
,
207
; and Franciscans,
207
; leisure pursuits,
207
; extravagance,
207
,
218
; relationship with Edward,
207—8
; ‘peace-weaver’ role,
208—9
,
213
,
218—19
; relationship with stepson Edward,
208—1
o; and stepson Edward’s relationship with Gaveston,
209
,
210
,
211—12
,
214
; and Edward II’s wedding,
211—12
; death,
218
Marguerite of Provence,
165
,
176
,
182
Marie, Countess (daughter of Louis VII and Eleanor),
99
,
107
,
110
,
111
,
129
,
134
,
135
Marie of Bavaria,
292
Marie of France,
211
Mark, Philip,
156
Marlborough,
150
,
151
,
152
,
187
,
218
,
248
; Castle,
213
,
227
,
268
Marlowe, Christopher,
241
marriages, dynastic,
21—2
Marshal, John the,
238
Marshal, William, Earl of Pembroke,
150
,
156
Martel, Geoffrey, Count of,
36
Martine (Berengaria’s servant),
138
,
140
Martinet (minstrel),
207
Mary, daughter of Edward I and Eleanor,
188
,
194—5
,
207
Mary, daughter of Edward III and Philippa,
254
,
261
,
264
,
268
,
308
Mary, daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth,
360
Mary, daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth,
413
Mary, daughter of Stephen and Matilda,
72
,
76
,
90
Mary, heiress to Duke of Burgundy,
378—9
Matha, Foulques de,
116
Matilda, daughter of Geoffrey of Anjou’s sister Sibyl,
142
Matilda, daughter of Henry II and Eleanor, 11l
Matilda, daughter of Stephen and Matilda,
72
,
73—4
Matilda, daughter of William and Matilda,
37
Matilda, daughter of Wulgrim,
152
Matilda, Empress, Countess of Anjou (daughter of Henry and Matilda),
46
,
57
,
58
,
60
,
65
,
68
,
69
; claim as father’s direct heir,
69—70
; marriage to Geoffey of Anjou,
70—1
; consolidates power,
73
; sends envoys to pro-Angevins,
76
; claim to throne,
78—9
,
80
,
83—4
,
88
; Foliot’s praise for,
80—1
; qualities,
81
; and Stephen as prisoner,
83
; gains support of barons,
83
,
87—8
; in London,
83—4
; reaches agreement with Matilda of Boulogne,
84—5
; loses support of barons,
85
; and siege of Oxford,
85—6
; returns to Normandy,
86
; religious seclusion,
86
,
87
; relationship with husband Geoffrey,
87
; escape from Oxford,
91
; masculinity of,
91—2
Matilda of Boulogne (later Queen of England),
47
,
424
; ancestry,
68
,
69
; marries Stephen of Mortain,
69—70
; children,
72
,
73
; coronation,
73
; death of children Matilda and Baldwin,
73—4
; and hermits,
74
; and monastic expansion,
74
; support for religious movements,
75
,
87
; education,
76
; charters attested,
76
,
86
; intimacy with husband Stephen,
76
; and unrest in Kent,
76—7
; and peace with Scots,
77
; as
Matilda of Boulogne—
contd
military leader,
77
,
83
,
85
; illegitimacy claim,
80
; and marriage of son Eustace to Constance,
8
1
and Henry of Scotland,
82
; and Empress Matilda’s claim to throne,
83
; London declares loyalty to,
84
; reaches agreement with Matilda,
84—5
; based in London,
86
; religious seclusion,
86—7
; and succession of Eustace,
89
; diplomatic mission to Flanders,
90
; as a model consort,
91
,
92
; political influence,
95
; death,
90
,
91
; burial,
87
,
90
Matilda of Flanders (later Duchess of Normandy and Queen of England): ancestry,
17
,
18—19
; and marriage to William of Normandy,
17
,
18
,
19
,
20
,
21
,
28
,
39
; appearance, 21; first son Robert born,
21
; childhood,
25
,
27
; daily life,
27—8
; and William’s expedition to England,
31
,
32
; and William’s coronation,
33
; crowned Queen of England,
33—4
; and ‘harrying of the north’ campaign,
35
; as regent of Normandy,
35
,
36
; and English estates,
35—6
; and lord Brictric,
35—6
; strength of character,
36
; children,
21
,
37
,
75
; peripatetic life,
37
; defies husband in support of son Robert,
38
; godparent to Edith of Scotland,
40
; political influence,
95
; death,
39
Matilda of Scotland (later Henry I’s queen),
27
,
35
,
281
; as Edith of Scotland,
40
,
41
,
42
,
43
,
45
,
53
; changes name from Edith,
43
,
46
; Henry I proposes to,
44—5
; appearance,
45
,
52
,
53
; marries Henry,
46
; land ownership,
46—7
; and Waltham Abbey,
47
; and leprosy,
47—8
; and development of Anglo-Norman Church,
48
,
49
,
50
; letters,
49
; as regent during Henry’s absence,
50
,
57—8
,
63
; status evidenced by charters witnessed,
50—1
,
57
; cultural patronage and interests,
51—2
,
54
,
55—6
,
63
; nickname,
52
; court,
52
,
79
; architecture, interest in,
53—4
; reprimanded by Anselm,
56
role as intercessor,
56
Whitsun court,
57
; and Henry’s unfaithfulness,
57
,
64
; as a nun,
80
; political influence,
95
; death and burial,
58—9
Matthias (Eleanor of Provence’s steward),
180
Maubergeonne Tower,
113
Mauger, archbishop of Rouen,
28
Maulay, Peter de,
156
Maule, Elena de,
258—9