Daily Medieval

It was expected that kings and other nobles would try to gain alliances (and therefore security) by marrying their sons and daughters to imp...

Richard's tomb at Fontevraud Abbey Richard the Lionheart (1157 - 1199) died from complications after being hit by a crossbow shot b...

The vineyards of Cognac Today is the 823rd wedding anniversary of King Richard I of England, called Lionheart, and Berengaria of Navarr...

Let us look at a classic "political marriage." Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Henry II of England and  mother of Richard calle...