Daily Medieval

Eleanor of Castile, as Queen of England, wanted advantageous marriages for her children. She and Edward I had 16 or more, but although many ...

As Edward I's queen, Eleanor of Castile had a large effect on the country, and not just because of all the property she owned. Her pat...

Queen Eleanor of England died in 1290. She had probably been ill for awhile. After her last child was born in 1284 (who became King Edward ...

Eleanor of Castile (1241 - 1290) was not always well-liked by the English. Although she was performing the expected duty of providing childr...

Ferdinand III of Castile and his queen, Joan the Countess of Ponthieu, had two children together. One, a son named Ferdinand, went on to bec...

North of the Pyrenees in what we now think of as southwestern France is an area the Romans called Aquitania from the Latin aqua , "wate...

Page from the Alphonso Psalter (BL 24686) depicting King David playing his harp; at the bottom are David (left)  preparing to sling a sto...