Queens Consort (84 page)

Henry VI, Emperor of Germany,
126

Henry VII, King (formerly Henry Tudor; son of Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort),
364
; birth of,
334
; and Henry VI,
340
; ancestry,
393
; marriage proposal for,
393
; abortive return to England,
395
; supporters,
395
; swears to marry Elizabeth of York,
395
; betrothal to
Elizabeth,
399
,
404
; moves to Charles VIII’s court,
401
; lands at Milford Haven,
401
; at Bosworth Field,
402
; marries Elizabeth,
404—5
; plots against his rule,
405
,
407
; and Elizabeth’s coronation,
405—6
; and Tudor claim to the throne,
406
; relations with Elizabeth Woodville,
407
,
408
; coronation,
408
; treatment of his wife’s family,
410
; Christmas at Richmond,
415

Henry VIII, King (son of Henry VII and Elizabeth),
413
,
417

Henry of Castile,
183

Henry of Saxony,
111

Henry of Scotland,
73
,
77
,
82

Herbert, Sir William,
399

Hereford,
181
,
238
,
239
,
352

Hereford, bishop of,
176

Hereford, Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of,
208
,
298

Hereford, William FitzOsbern, Earl of,
36

Herleva of Falaise,
20
,
21
,
38

hermits,
74

Hertford,
62
,
249
,
327
,
329
; Castle,
213
,
248
,
311

Hertfordshire,
332

Hesdin,
367

Heselarton, Euphemia de,
272

Hexham, battle of (1464),
367

Hexham, John of,
82
,
88
,
90

Higden, Ranulph,
111
,
223

High Peak castle, Derbyshire,
266

Hilda, great-niece of Aethelred,
26

Hildebart of Lavardin, bishop of Le Mans, later archbishop of Tours,
56
58
,
64

Historia Ecclesiastica
,
75

Historie of the Arrivall
,
372
,
374

Histories of Troy
,
412

History of Britain
,
292

History of Jason
,
412

History of King Richard III
,
399

History of William the Marshal, The
,
147

Holinshed, Raphael,
263
;
Holinshed’s Chronicle
,
401

Holland, Joan,
308

Holland, Count John of,
195

Holland, Thomas,
268—9

Holy Grail
,
248

Holy Island,
366

Honfleur,
368

‘Hooks’,
266

Hope Castle,
195

Horgoner, Robert,
362

Howard, Catherine,
66

Howard, Sir John,
359
,
399

Howden, Roger of,
115
,
129
,
130
,
131
,
132
,
144
,
146

Hugh, bishop of Lincoln,
133
,
134

Hugh the Chanter,
63

Huisine, River,
140

Hundred Years War (1337—1453)
242
,
250
,
258
284
,
290
,
328

Hungerford, Sir Walter,
331

Huntingdon,
326

Huntingdon, Henry of,
34
,
57
,
65
,
71
,
73
,
91

Huntingdon, William Herbert, Earl of,
397
,
401

Hyde,
178

Hyde
chronicler,
59

Idley, Anne,
397

Idley, Peter,
397
,
402—3

Ilchester,
148

Imal al-Din Zengi,
101

Ingilby, Prior,
409

Innocent II, Pope,
89
,
98

Innocent III, Pope,
132
,
143

Innocent IV, Pope,
170
,
177

Instructions to His Son
,
397

Irene, Empress of Byzantium,
102

Irish campaign (1399),
299
,
300

Isabeau of Bavaria,
291—2
,
322—3
,
324

Isabel of Clarence,
370
,
396
,
397

Isabella, daughter of Edward III and Philippa,
250
,
254—6
,
260—1
,
263—4
,
268
,
269
,
272
children,
269

Isabella, daughter of John and Isabelle,
150

Isabella of France,
196
,
204
,
424
; marriage to Edward II,
211
,
212
; dower,
214
; and Piers Gaveston,
215
; birth of Edward,
216—17
; ‘household book’,
217
; extravagance,
218
; and Franciscans,
218
; love of textiles,
218
; and books,
224
; children,
224
,
227
; relationship with husband,
224
,
225
,
229—30
,
231
; relationship with Mortimer,
225
,
232
,
235—6
,
243
,
244
245
; and Marcher lords,
226
,
227
; ‘pilgrimages’ to Canterbury,
228
,
248
,
249
; and Earl of Lancaster’s revolt,
229
; and Scottish campaign,
230—1
; estates sequestered,
231
,
255
; and brother Charles IV of France,
232
; political prominence,
232
,
234—5
,
239
,
241
,
288
; leaves Edward,
233—4
; ordered out of France,
236
; invading army,
236—7
,
238
; and execution of Hugh Despenser,
239
; and election of mayor of London,
239
,
240
,
243
; son Edward made King,
240
; and treaty of Northampton,
242
; and son’s move against Mortimer,
245
; role in death of her husband played down by son,
246—7
; lives at Castle Rising,
247—8
; relations with son Edward,
248
; spiritual matters,
249—50
; and Philippa of Hainault’s coronation,
254
; imprisoned,
317
; as regent,
327
; death and funeral,
249—50

Isabella of Spain,
392

Isabelle de Valois,
279—80
,
283

Isabelle of Angoulême (later Queen of England),
47
,
105
,
134
; marriage to John,
143
,
144—5
; family ties,
146
,
147
; coronation,
146
; children,
146
,
150
,
153
,
156—7
,
170
; and Lusignan rebellion,
147
; John commits land to,
148
; birth of son Henry,
150
; lack of financial independence,
150
; possible confinement,

Isabelle of Angoulême—
contd
150—2
,
153
; accusations against,
151
; appearance,
151
; in Angoulême,
152
; reputation as a seductress,
153
,
154
; returns to England,
153
; relationship with John,
153—4
; and death of John,
156
; leaves England,
156—7
,
158
; territorial disputes,
157
; marries Hugh X de Lusignan,
157—8
; as Dowager Queen of England,
158
; at war with her sons,
159
; death,
160

Isabelle of France (daughter of Charles VI, later Queen of England): proposed marriage to Richard II,
290—1
,
292—3
; dowry,
293
; meets father,
294
; marriage to Richard,
294
,
295—6
; coronation,
295
; and Christmas,
297
; education,
299
; sees Richard for last time,
299
; during the rebellion,
301
; marries Charles, Count of Angoulême,
302
; death,
302
,
322

Isabelle of Lorraine,
336
338

Isleworth,
217

Jacques de Luxembourg,
359

Jaffa,
125
,
191

James I of Scotland,
329

James II of Scotland,
351
,
367

James III of Scotland,
366
,
408
,
411

James IV of Scotland,
414

Jankin (trumpeter),
224

Jean, heir to Count of Armagnac,
312

Jean of France,
248
,
249
,
268
,
335

Jean of Luxembourg,
336

Jeanne of France,
224
,
235
,
236
,
242

Jerusalem,
101
,
105
,
106
,
120

Jewish wealth,
200
,
201
,
203

Jewry, Statute of (1275),
200

Joan, daughter of Edward III and Philippa,
254
,
256
,
259—61
,
267

Joan, daughter of John and Isabelle,
145
,
150
,
152
,
156
,
157—8

Joan of Acre,
210

Joan of Arc,
316
,
328

Joan of Scotland (daughter of Edward II and Isabella),
224
,
227
,
229
,
238
,
242
,
248
,
249
,
250
,
256
,
257
,
267
,
268
,
269
,
329

Joanna, daughter of Henry II and Eleanor, III,
117
,
121
,
122
,
124
,
125
,
126
,
132
,
135
,
137
,
142

Joanna II, Queen of Naples,
335

Joanna of Navarre, Dowager Duchess of Brittany (later Queen of England): ancestry,
307
; marriage to Duke of Brittany,
307—8
; marries Henry IV,
308
,
309
,
311
; children,
308
,
309
,
312
,
315
,
316
; arrives in England,
309
; meets husband Henry,
309
; imprisoned for witchcraft,
309
,
316—18
,
320
; intercession,
309—10
,
312—3
; coronation,
310
; dower,
311
,
312
,
313
,
316
,
318
; Queen’s Council,
311—2
,
320
,
327
; and the Armagnac wars,
313
; relations with stepchildren,
313
; relationship with Henry,
313
; and Henry V,
314
,
315
; and son Artur,
315
,
316
; dress,
317
,
318
; after death of Henry V,
320
; death,
320

John, bishop of Evreux,
125

John, King (son of Henry II and Eleanor),
111
; attempts to usurp brother’s throne,
127—8
,
129
; reconciliation with brother Richard,
131—2
; and death of Richard,
134
,
136
; invested as Duke of Normandy,
136
; coronation,
136
; and Berengaria’s funds,
139
; character,
142
; and mother Eleanor,
142—3
; in Ireland,
143
; made Count of Mortain by Henry II,
143
; marriage to Isabelle of Angoulême,
143
,
144—5
; marriage to Isabella of Gloucester,
143
,
145
; releases Eleanor from Mirebeau,
144
; mistresses,
145
; illegitimate children,
145
; and Lusignan rebellion,
147
; commits land to Isabelle,
148
; Berengaria’s dower arrangements,
148—9
; extravagance,
149
; loses Normandy,
149
; in Angoulême,
152
; truce with France,
152
; builds alliances,
152—3
; unfaithfulness,
153
; relationship with Isabelle,
153—4
; and the magnates,
1
54
; and Magna Carta,
154
,
155
; and threat from Prince Louis of France,
155—6
; fondness for baths,
217
; death,
156

John, son of Edward I and Eleanor,
191
,
193
,
194

John XXII, Pope,
232

John of Calabria,
375

John of Eltham (son of Edward II and Isabella),
224
,
238
,
257

John of Gaunt (son of Edward III and Philippa),
254
,
260
,
268
,
272
273
,
275
,
284
,
289
,
298
,
329
; attempt on Castile throne,
284
,
287
; marriage to Katherine Swynford,
294—5
; pilgrimage to Canterbury,
296
; death,
299