She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth (66 page)

Badlesmere, Bartholomew,
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Badlesmere, Margaret de Clare, Lady,
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Baldwin de Revières,
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Balliol, John,
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Bannockburn, battle of (1314),
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Barnet: encampment (1461),
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battle (1471),
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Beaufort family,
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see also
Margaret, Somerset 

Beaumont, John, viscount,
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Beaumont family,
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Bec, abbey of,
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Becket, Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury: appointment as archbishop,
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dispute with Henry II,
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exile,
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murder,
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shrine,
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Becon, Thomas,
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Bedford, dowager duchess of,
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Berengaria of Navarre, wife of Richard I,
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Berkeley, Lord,
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Berkeley, Thomas,
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Berkeley Castle,
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Berkhamsted Castle,
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Bernard of Clairvaux,
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Berold, Rouen butcher,
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Bertran de Born,
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Berwick,
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Berwick Castle,
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Bettini, Sforza de’,
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Blanca of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France,
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Blanche of Artois,
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Blanche of Burgundy,
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Blore Heath, battle of (1459),
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Bocking, John,
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Boleyn, Anne,
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Booth, Laurence,
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Booth, William, archbishop of York,
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Bordeaux,
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Boroughbridge, battle (1322),
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Bosworth Field, battle of (1485),
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Bothwell, James Hepburn, earl of,
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Bourdin, Maurice, archbishop of Braga,
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Brandon, Charles,
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Brandon, Eleanor,
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Brandon, Frances, wife of Henry Grey of Suffolk,
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Brémule, battle of (1119),
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Bridport,
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Brien Fitzcount,
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Bristol Castle,
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Brittany,
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Bruce, Robert: claim to Scottish throne,
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Edward I’s campaign against,
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established as king of Scots,
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raids,
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Edward II’s campaign against,
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strategy against English,
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Bannockburn victory,
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wife’s release,
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pursuit of English forces,
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Harclay’s negotiations,
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son’s marriage,
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Bruno, archbishop of Trier,
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Buckingham, Humphrey Stafford, duke of,
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Burgundy,
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Bury, Richard,
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Cabot, Sebastian,
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Cade, Jack,
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Cadmus, mount,
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Caen,
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Calais: English possession,
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captaincy of,
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garrison,
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Somerset’s assault on,
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security for French loan,
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loss of,
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Camulio, Prospero di,
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Canossa,
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Castile,
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Castillon, battle of (1453),
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Castle Rising,
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Castrocaro, court,
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Catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V,
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Celestine III, pope,
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Châlus–Chabrol, siege,
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Chancellor, Richard,
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Charles, count of Flanders,
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Charles, duke of Burgundy,
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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor: empire,
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sack of Rome,
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reports from England,
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support for cousin Mary,
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French conflict,
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advice to Mary,
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question of Mary’s marriage,
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son Philip’s marriage,
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Charles IV, king of France: knighted,
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accession and coronation,
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sister Isabella’s embassy,
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support for Isabella,
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coronation of wife,
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expulsion of Isabella,
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death,
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Charles VI, king of France,
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Charles VII, king of France,
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Charles of Valois,
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Château Gaillard,
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Châteauroux, truce (1187),
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Chaucer, Alice,
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Chaucer, Geoffrey,
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Cheke, John,
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Chester Castle,
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Chinon,
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Clarence, George, duke of,
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Clarence, Lionel, duke of,
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Clémence of Hungary, wife of Louis X of France,
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Clement VII, pope,
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Clifford, Margaret,
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Clifford, Rosamund,
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Cnut, king,
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Compostela,
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Conan IV, duke of Brittany,
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Conrad III, king of Germany,
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Constance of Brittany,
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Constance of Sicily,
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Constantinople,
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Constanza of Castile,
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Corfe Castle,
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Cornwall, duchy of,
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Courtenay, Edward,
see
Devon

Coventry,
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Cranmer, Thomas,
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Cromwell, Lord,
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crusades: first (1096),
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second (1147),
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third (1187),
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eighth (1270),
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crusaders’ pledges (1313),
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Cyprus,
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