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Ludgershall,
187
,
311

Ludlow,
349
,
350
,
417
; Castle,
77

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, Guy de,
116—7
,
170

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

Lyons-la-Fôret,
65
,
71

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

Maine,
28
,
336
,
339
,
341

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

Mancini, Dominic,
378
,
384—5

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

Marcher lords,
226—7
,
228

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

Marguerite of Savoy,
170
,
187

Marianism,
55
,
281

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 the,
119
,
151

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

Mary of Scotland,
41
,
75—6

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 Anjou,
60
,
61
,
142

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

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