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Edward V, King (son of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville),
371
,
389
,
402
; desire to see crowned,
384
; proclaimed King,
384
; arrives in London,
387
,
388
; created Prince of Wales,
392
; death of,
392—3
,
394
,
396—7
,
406—7

Edward the Confessor, King,
19
,
25
,
29—30
,
31
,
45
,
197
,
278

Edward ‘The Exile’,
30
,
40

Egremont Castle,
272

Eleanor, daughter of Duke Richard II of Normandy,
19

Eleanor, daughter of Edward I and Eleanor,
191
,
194—5

Eleanor, daughter of Edward II and Isabella,
224
,
238
,
256

Eleanor, daughter of Henry III and Eleanor,
186
,
187

Eleanor, daughter of John and Isabelle,
150
,
156

Eleanor, Henry III’s sister,
172

‘Eleanor crosses’,
190
,
20l
,
202
,
237
,
238

Eleanor of Aquitaine (later Queen of France of England),
47
,
53
,
55
,
64
,
90
,
400
; historical perception of,
95
; inheritance,
95
,
96
; betrothed to Louis VII of France,
96
,
97
; coronation,
97
; marriage to Louis,
97
,
100
; unsuitability as queen raised,
99
,
100
; and birth of Marie,
99—100
; extravagance,
100
; romantic nonsense regarding,
100—1
; on Second Crusade,
101—2
,
103
,
104
,
105
,
106
,
293
; adultery with Prince Raymond,
104—5
; as symbol of seductress displacing nations,
105
; divorce from Louis,
106
,
107
,
108
,
109
,
246
; comes to understanding with Henry II regarding Geoffrey of Anjou,
108
; kidnap attempts,
109
; marries Henry II,
107
,
109
,
175
; actions following marriage to Henry,
109—10
; crowned Queen of England,
110
; role as queen,
110—11
; children,
111
; and Henry’s affair with Rosamund,
111
; separation from Henry and return to Aquitaine,
112
; at Fontevrault abbey,
113
,
136
147—8
; and Richard’s investiture as Duke of Aquitaine,
113—14
; conspires against Henry,
114—16
; imprisoned,
116
,
117
,
118
,
317
; released from imprisonment,
119
; as Richard’s regent in England,
120
; and Berengaria of Navarre,
120—1
; journey with Berengaria,
121—2
,
123
,
124
; and son Richard’s imprisonment,
126—7
,
128—9
,
130—1
; and son John’s attempt to usurp Richard,
127
,
128
; correspondence with Pope Celestine III,
128
; reunited with son Richard,
129
; presides over reconciliation between sons,
131
; and death of Richard,
133
; and daughter Marie’s wedding,
134
; goes to war,
136
; inaugurates communes or corporations,
137
; pays homage to Philip Augustus,
137
; travels in France,
137
; and son John,
142—3
; at court of Castile,
143
; at Mirebeau,
143—4
,
147
; death,
147
,
148
; charters,
150

Eleanor of Brittany,
152
,
187
,
188

Eleanor of Castile (later Queen of England),
47
,
166
,
175
,
176
,
187
,
188
,
189
; parents,
190
; and imprisoned husband,
190—1
; children,
191
,
192
,
194—5
,
202
; promotes royal affinity,
192
; on crusade with Edward,
193
; desire for comfort,
195—6
; common interests with Edward,
196
; love of food,
196
; love of gardens,
196
; and books,
196—7
; as religious patron,
198—9
; character,
199
; pursuit of wealth,
199—201
,
205
; habit of bathing regularly,
217—18
; death,
201—2
; celebrated for her death,
190
,
201—2
,
219
,
237
,
238

Eleanor of Provence (later Queen of England),
47
,
200
,
424
,
425
; family,
165
; dower arrangements,
166
; marries Henry III,
166
; adjusts to marriage and queenship,
166
,
167
; love of gardens,
167
; intimacy with Henry,
167—8
,
171
,
173
; relationship with Savoyards,
168—9
,
170—1
; on campaign in Poitou,
169
; children,
171
,
184—5
; fund raising,
171
; and De Toesny lands,
171—2
; dispute with Henry,
171—2
,
173
; New Year gifts exchanged,
174
,
183
; as regent in Henry’s absence,
174—5
,
327
; and son Edward’s marriage,
176
; travelling in France,
176
; obliged to borrow for Edmund,
178
; finances,
178
,
179
,
180
,
184
; extravagance,
179
; indifference to lesser subjects,
179—80
; swears oath of allegiance,
180
; and rebellion,
l81—4
,
188
; and Simon de Montfort,
183
; supports Henry in reassertion of royal authority,
183
; accounts,
184—5
; jewel-giving ritual,
185
; and death of daughter Katherine,
185—6
; grandchildren,
186—7
; and death of husband Henry,
187
; enters convent,
187—8
; and literature,
197—8
; death,
188—9

Elias, Norbert,
421—2

Elizabeth, daughter of Edward I and Eleanor,
194—5
,
208

Elizabeth, Empress of Bohemia,
289

Elizabeth I, Queen,
417
,
425

Elizabeth of York (later Queen of England; daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth),
360
,
365
,
375
,
387
,
393
,
396
; Richard III’s interest in,
398—9
,
400
; Henry Tudor swears to marry,
395
; betrothal to Henry Tudor,
399
,
404
; and mother-in-law Margaret Beaufort,
401
,
411
; sent away from court,
401
; after Bosworth,
404
; marries Henry Tudor,
404—5
; coronation,
405—6
,
408
; interest in books,
412—13
; children,
413
,
417
; linguistic skills,
414
; economies,
416
; and Westminster tournament,
416
; quiet life,
417
; death,
417

Eltham,
256
,
262
,
269
,
278
,
287
,
294
,
299
,
308
,
343
,
415

Ely,
24

Emma, Queen of England,
22
,
23—5

Emma of Anjou,
117

Encomium Emmae Reginae
,
24—5

Eneydos
,
412

Epau, Nôtre Dame de la Pieté-Dieu,
140

Ephesus,
102

Erdburg,
126

Essex, Earl of,
84

Estella, Navarre, Santa Clara convent,
309

Estoire des Engleis
,
63

Eton college,
377

Eu,
19

Eu, Ralph of,
147

Eu, Robert of,
28

Eugenius III, Pope,
89
,
101
,
106—7

Eustace, son of Stephen and Matilda,
72
,
73
,
81

Eveline, Lady,
206

Everswell garden,
111
,
112

Evesham, battle of (1265),
183
,
191

Evreux,
307

Evreux, Comte d’,
216
,
217

Ewelm, Oxfordshire,
375

Excalibur,
123

Exeter,
148
,
156
,
309
,
373
,
395
; Castle,
156
; St Peter,
62

Exeter, Duchess of,
297

Exeter, Thomas, Duke of,
329

Eynsham, Adam of,
133

Ezzi, Bernard,
264

Falaise,
148
,
149

Falaise, John de,
218

Falcon
,
395

Falkirk, battle of (1298),
205

Falmouth,
309

Farnham, Nicholas,
167

Faversham Abbey,
74
,
75
,
87
,
90
,
91

Faye, Raoul de,
113
,
116

Fécamp,
33

Felsted, Essex,
35

Ferdinand III of Castile,
175—6

Ferdinand of Spain,
392

Fieschi, Beatrice di,
177

Fieschi, Ottobuono di,
183
,
191

Fiennes, Isabella de,
182

Fifteen Oes, The
,
412—13

fine, ‘La Pleasuance’,
299

Fishmongers, Guild of,
217

FitzCount, Brian,
78
,
80

FitzGilbert, Constance,
63

Fitzhugh, Lord,
369

Fitzjohn, Lady,
77

FitzNigel, Richard,
115

FitzPhilip, John,
166

FitzStephen, Ralph,
118

Fitzstephen, Thomas,
60

Fitz-Waryne, Mabel,
258—259

Flambard, Ralph, bishop of Durham,
63—64

Flanders,
19
,
22
,
30
,
36
,
182
,
259
,
263
; dynastic connection with England,
23
; title of,
70

Flanders, Countess of,
101

Flanders, counts of,
17
,
122
,
274

Flanders, Ferand of,
153

Flanders, Robert, Count of,
36

Flanders, Thierry of,
77
,
103

Flanders, William Clito, Count of,
70
,
71
,
72
,
77

Flemish mercenaries,
77

Fleury, Hugh de,
75

Flint Castle,
300

Flintshire,
327

Foliot, Gilbert,
78
,
80—1

Fontevrault,
61
,
109
,
122
,
133
,
134
,
135
,
136
137
,
140
,
160
,
187
,
188
; abbey,
96
,
113
,
134
,
142
,
147
,
148
,
176

Forme of Cury, The
,
278

Formigny, battle of (1450),
341

Forz, Aveline de,
184
,
186

Fotheringhay Castle,
362

Foulquois, Guy,
183

Franciscans,
207
,
218
,
249

François l, King,
323

François II of Brittany,
393

François of Luxembourg,
409

Frangipane, James,
196

Franklin (kettle-drummer),
224

Frederick, Emperor of Hapsburg,
336

Frederick II, Emperor,
177

Frederick of Austria,
259—60

Freising, Otto of,
106

Froissart, Jean,
211
,
232
,
244
251
,
261
,
262
,
264—5
,
268
,
270
,
273
,
283
,
292
,
294
,
295—6

Frowick, Thomas de,
206

Fulbert ‘the chamberlain’,
20

Furness, Lancashire,
75

Gaimar,
63

Gambon, Joan,
256

Garter, order of the,
261
,
262
,
263
,
297—8

Gascony,
96
,
169
,
175
,
176
,
204
,
231
,
259
,
344
,
345

Gatesden, John of,
166
,
167

Gaveston, Amiciua de,
258—9

Gaveston, Sir Piers,
209
,
210
,
211
,
212—14
,
215
,
216
,
224
,
230
,
246
,
283
,
301

Gay, Gerard de,
260

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