Profiles Index

Berengaria of Navarre
A biography of Queen Berengaria, wife of Richard I of England. She has the distinction of being the only Queen of England never to set foot on England's soil.

Margaret of Anjou
A profile of Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England who took an active part in her husband's administration and led the Lancastrians in the early years of the Wars of the Roses.

Aethelflaed
Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, won battles with the Danes and even invaded Wales.

Cecily Neville
Cecily Neville, whose husband unsuccessfully claimed the crown of England, was herself the mother of two kings of England.

Aelfthryth
Information on Aelfthryth - queen - married to King Edgar the Peaceable and mother of Edward the Martyr and King Aethelred (Ethelred) II the Unready. A biography and carefully selected Net links for more information.

Anne Neville
Anne Neville, daughter of the Duke of Warwick who was a key figure in the Wars of the Roses, first married the heir of the Lancaster branch of the Plantagenets, then married the brother of Yorkist king who himself became king Richard III. Her life was not quite what Shakespeare made it out to be.

Elizabeth Woodville
A profile of Elizabeth Woodville, including basic facts about her life and continued with a longer biography of Elizabeth Woodville.

Elizabeth of York
A profile of Elizabeth of York, Queen of England, whose marriage to Henry VII signaled the end of the Wars of the Roses and the beginning of the Tudor dynasty.

Catherine of Valois
A biographical profile of Catherine of Valois, a daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother of kings.

Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of France and England through her two marriages and ruler of her own territories by right of birth, was one of the most powerful women of the world in the twelfth century. This profile highlights her key contributions.

Margaret of Scotland
A biographical profile of Margaret of Scotland, Saint Margaret, patroness of Scotland.