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From: Lesley Robertson <>
Subject: Re: Medieval women ?
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 12:16:13 GMT


(Deborah Foisy) wrote:
>GRAVITYS PULL () wrote:
>> I read that Nicholaa de la Haye was female, and was the chatelaine of
>> said castle.

snip

> You beat me to Catherine of Aragon:). And someone else mentioned
>Margaret d'anjou. The Empress Maude was not just the origin of the
>Plantangenets, she fought her cousin Stephen of Blois for the English crown.
>And, of course there was her daughter-in-law, Eleanoer of Aquitaine. She
>went to the holy land with her first husband, King Louis of France. I
>think she also led an assault on husband Henry's power, at some time in
>their stormy life.

And, while mentioning Maude, Stephen's wife (whose name has escaped me
completly) deserves mention. She led his armies at times, especially when
he was Maude's prisoner (and I'm sure I read somewhere that she was
considered the better general!).
Lesley Robertson

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