Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 11864 |
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Page xvi
... of his tomb - Of Matilda's tomb - Her sapphire ring - Their bodies re - interred - Matilda's tomb restored - Final destruction at French Revolution . PAGE 53 MATILDA OF SCOTLAND , QUEEN OF HENRY I. CHAPTER I. - Ancestry of Matilda ...
... of his tomb - Of Matilda's tomb - Her sapphire ring - Their bodies re - interred - Matilda's tomb restored - Final destruction at French Revolution . PAGE 53 MATILDA OF SCOTLAND , QUEEN OF HENRY I. CHAPTER I. - Ancestry of Matilda ...
Page xvii
... OF HENRY 1 . Adelicia's beauty - Imperial descent from Charlemagne - Standard embroidered by Adelicia - Preserved at Liege - Adelicia sought in marriage by Henry I - Richly dowered - Embarks for England with Henry - King and queen ...
... OF HENRY 1 . Adelicia's beauty - Imperial descent from Charlemagne - Standard embroidered by Adelicia - Preserved at Liege - Adelicia sought in marriage by Henry I - Richly dowered - Embarks for England with Henry - King and queen ...
Page xviii
... Henry -Queen presents her infants to the Barons - Death of her eldest son - Her court- Tragedy played before her ... king - Temporary reconciliation of king and queen -Prince Richard's wrongs - Princess Alice - Reports of divorce ...
... Henry -Queen presents her infants to the Barons - Death of her eldest son - Her court- Tragedy played before her ... king - Temporary reconciliation of king and queen -Prince Richard's wrongs - Princess Alice - Reports of divorce ...
Page xix
... of St. Louis - Humiliation of Isabella - Hated by the Poictevins - Called Jezebel - Retires to Fontevraud - Takes the veil - Dies - Tomb - Effigy - Children of second marriage ELEANOR OF PROVENCE , SURNAMED LA BELLE ; QUEEN OF HENRY III ...
... of St. Louis - Humiliation of Isabella - Hated by the Poictevins - Called Jezebel - Retires to Fontevraud - Takes the veil - Dies - Tomb - Effigy - Children of second marriage ELEANOR OF PROVENCE , SURNAMED LA BELLE ; QUEEN OF HENRY III ...
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... King's return - His poetical address to the queen - Richard in the Tower - Dejection - Deposed - Queen joins the revolt against Henry IV . - Richard's murder - Widowhood of Isabella - She refuses the prince of Wales - Returns to Tender ...
... King's return - His poetical address to the queen - Richard in the Tower - Dejection - Deposed - Queen joins the revolt against Henry IV . - Richard's murder - Widowhood of Isabella - She refuses the prince of Wales - Returns to Tender ...
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