by Alison Weir
Castillon-sur-Agen, Gascony, 154
Catania, Sicily, 263
Celestine II, Pope, 42
Celestine III, Pope, 229, 263, 266, 271, 280, 282-287, 289-291, 294, 298, 309
Celle, Elie de la, Seneschal of Gascony, 276
Celle, Pierre de la, 26
Cercamon, troubadour, 14, 65
Chalcedon (Kadikoy), Asia Minor, 59
Chalus, Limousin, 310-312
Champagne, County of, 21, 40-42, 55, 75
Chaniers, Church of, Saintes, 95
Channel Islands, 344
Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor, 5-8, 22, 103, 105, 179
Charroux, Poitou, 312
Blondel le Nesle, 281
Blundeville, Ranulf de, Earl of Chester, 241, 305, 315
Blyth, Notts., 147
Bodleian Library, Oxford, 352
Bohemond II, King of Antioch, 64
Bohemond of Sicily, 224
Bohun, Humphrey de, 206
Bohun, Joscelin de, Bishop of Salisbury, 186, 195
Bologna, Italy, 27, 141
Bonmoulins, France, 243
Bonneville-sur-Touques, Normandy, 273
Bordeaux, Archbishop of, 87, 184, 238, 328
Bordeaux, Cathedral and City of, 5, 6, 15, 20, 23-25, 87, 127, 146, 150, 260, 307, 324, 328, 329
Born, Bertran de, 116, 175, 193, 195, 200, 224, 226, 229-230, 258-259
Bouchet, Jean
Bourges, Cathedral and City of, 28, 35, 38-39, 47, 49, 268
Bourgeuil, Abbot of, 302
Boxley, Abbot of, 280, 282
Brandin, mercenary captain, 324
Branitchevo (Branicevo), Serbia, 56
Braose, William de, Lord of Brecon, 334, 336, 338, 340
Bredelais, Wales, 165
Bridlington Priory, Yorks., 349
Brindisi, Italy, 70, 263, 264, 278
Bristol, Somerset, 81, 334
Brito, Robert, 186-188
Brittany, County/Duchy of, 5, 75, 145, 149, 167-169, 172, 177, 178, 204, 209, 214, 236, 239, 241, 305, 311, 314, 323, 326, 332, 334, 337, 340, 344
Brosse, Viscount, 276
Brunswick, Cathedral and City of, Germany, 170, 245
Brussels, Flanders, 297
Bures, Normandy, 186, 189, 214, 256, 273
Burgh, Hubert de, 336-338
427
Chartres, Bishop of, 23, 349 Chartres, Cathedral and City of, 7, 26-27, 95. 116, 343 Chateau du Loir, Anjou, 86 Chateau Gaillard, Normandy, 304-305, 309, 311, 330, 341, 342 Chateauroux, Berry, 241 Chatre, Pierre de la, Archbisop of Bourges, 38-39, 44, 45 Chaumont Castle, Maine, 153, 185 Cherbourg, Normandy, 127, 150, 157, 340
Chester, City of, 146
Chinon, Castle and Town of, Touraine, 76, 167-168, 179, 195, 199, 203, 206, 245, 246, 250, 257, 258, 301, 308, 309, 311, 314, 323, 328, 331, 333, 337 Chirchedune, Adam, 217 Choniates, Niketas, 57 Chretien de Troyes, 131, 179 Churchill, Sir Winston, 166 Cite Palace, Paris, 27-28, 73, 316 Clairvaux, Anjou, 226 Clairvaux Abbey, Champagne, 33, 41, 52
Clare, Isabella de, Countess of Pembroke, 250 Clare, Richard de, Earl of Pembroke, 250
Clare, Roger de, Earl of Hertford, 93 Clare, Rohese de, Countess of Lincoln, 93, 173
Clarendon, Wilts., 109, 140, 161, 167
Clement III, Pope, 252
Clifford, Rosamund de, 165-167, 173, 213-214, 218-220, 234, 345 Clifford, Sir Walter de, 165, 214, 219 Clipstone, Notts., 298 Cluny Abbey, Burgundy, 6-7, 116 Cocus, William, 339 Coggeshall, Essex, 349 Cognac, Lord of, 19, 389 Cologne, Cathedral and City of, Germany, 226, 295-297 Colombieres (Villandry), Touraine, 245
Compostela, Spain, 20 (see also St.
James, shrine of) Conan III, Count of Brittany, 145, 149 Conan IV, Count of Brittany, 149, 168, 172
Conciergerie, Paris, 27 Conrad, Bishop of Trent, 263 Conrad III, German Emperor, 47, 51-52, 54-60, 68 Constance, Duchess of Brittany, 168, 177, 179, 206, 209, 224, 237, 240-241, 257, 305, 315, 322, 331 Constance, Princess of Antioch, 64 Constance of Aries, Queen of France, 32
Constance of Castile, Queen of France, 101, 148, 149, 152 Constance of France, Countess of Boulogne and Toulouse, 84, 150, 151, 198, 305 Constance of Hauteville, German Empress, 262 Constantinople, City of, 51, 56-60, 68, 69, 131
Constitutions of Clarendon, 106, 161, 162, 167-168, 178, 184-185
Corbeil, France, 42
Corfe Castle, Dorset, 334
Corfu, Greece, 278, 279
Cotentin, The, Normandy, 342
Courcy, John de, 239
Courts of Love, 175-176
Cromwell, Oliver, 139
Cyprus, Island and Kingdom of, 70, 266, 278, 294, 295
Dafydd ap Owain, Prince of East
Gwynedd, 207 Dalon, Order of, 102 Damascus, Palestine, 68-69, 114 Dangerosa, Viscountess of Chatellerault, 12-13, 15 Daniel, Samuel, 166 Dante Aligheri, 200 Darum, Outremer, 277 David I, King of Scodand, 80 Deauville, Normandy, 273
428
Delaney, Thomas, 166
Deuil, Odo de, 30, 32, 47, 51, 55-57, 61, 65, 70, 379 Devizes, Wilts., 207 Dieppe, Normandy, 180 Diva, Guy, 326, 330 Djebail, Bishop of, 47 Dol, Brittany, 204 Domfront, Normandy, 154, 185 Dover, Castle and Town of, Kent, 145, 169, 203, 222, 223, 255, 269-271, 275
Drayton, Michael, 166 Dreux, France, 256 Driencourt, Normandy, 204, 330 Dublin, Ireland, 191-192 Dunstable, Beds., 302 Dunwich, Suffolk, 295 Durham, Cathedral and City of, 251 Durnstein, Castle, Austria, 279, 281, 282
Eaton Bray, Beds., 130, 302 Ebalus, Count of Poitou, 7 Eble II, Viscount of Ventadour, 97-98 Edessa, City and Principality of, 45, 48, 64
Edgar, King of England, 105 Edinburgh, City of, 209 Edward I, King of England, 105, 349 Edward III, King of England, 307 Edward the Confessor, King of England, 106, 107, 137, 138, 154, 160
Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, Queen of France, Queen of England annulment of first marriage, 1-2, 42, 66-67, 69, 73-74, 84, 87-88 appearance, 1, 17-18, 181 arrest and imprisonment, 4, 202-203, 207, 210-213, 216-218, 223, 226, 229, 242, 391 attempted abductions of, 89, 96, 171
besieged at Mirebeau, 333 birth, 13
births of children, 31, 46, 73, 100, 139, 144, 146, 147. !49, 154, 155, 167, 168 character, 1, 4, 17, 18, 32, 126 childhood and youth, 14-17 chroniclers' opinions of, 348, 350, 353
coronations, 35, 103
court at Poitiers, 174-177, 206
death, 343~344
dynastic significance of, 1-2, 4, 91 education and accomplishments, 16-17
finances, 128-129, 214, 254-255, 274, 301 heraldic device, 123 household, 133-134, 136 involvement in rebellion against
Henry II, 196-203 journey to Castile, 323-325 journey to Germany, 295-297 journey to Navarre and Sicily, 260-261, 263-266 legends about, 65-66, 129, 166, 219, 345
letters to the Pope, 283-287, 289-291 lifestyle, 16-18, 27-28, 33-35, 69-70, 108, 136-137, 160 lineage, 7-8, 13
marriage to Henry II, and reactions to it, 1-2, 90, 95-96 marriage to Louis VII, 24-25 name, xi, 13
negotiations for first marriage, 19, 22
negotiations for second marriage, 85-87, 89-90 patron of Fontevrault, 51, 87, 92, in, 129-130, 184, 238-239, 274, 312, 320
patron of literature and music, 9, 17, 28, 47, 50, 126, 130-132, 136, 174-175 patron of religious houses and hospitals, 37, 51, 91, 123, 129, 171, 255, 320 poems dedicated to, 125-126
429
becomes Queen of England, 102-103
becomes Queen of France, 26
relationships with children, 46, 88, 155, 161, 168, 174, 176, 179, 182, 183, 196, 229, 234, 308, 321
relationships with mothers-in-law, 32-33, 97, 143 relationship with Alys of France, 236
relationship with Becket, 143, 164 relationship with Bernard of Clairvaux, 34-35, 43~44 relationship with Geoffrey of Anjou, 53, 85, 215 relationship with Henry II, 85, 92-93, 165, 170, 172-174, 178, 190-191, 196, 202, 215, 220-221, 231-232, 256 relationship with Louis VII, 29-30, 42, 48, 66-67, 69, 71-72 relationship with Raymond of Antioch, 18, 64-67 release from captivity, 248, 251 representations of, 18, 94-95, 30
5-307, 343 reputation, 65-66, 72, 74, 260, 344-346 restrictions of liberty eased, 231, 235-240
retirement at Fontevrault, 301-302, 309-313, 316, 325, 326, 328-330, 335, 342
role as Duchess of Aquitaine, 4-5, 18-19, 35-38, 86-87, 89-91, 96-97, 146, 150, 168-170, 172, 178-179, 192, 194, 198, 212-213, 237-239, 255, 301-302, 305, 307-308, 315-321
role as Queen of England, Duchess of Normandy and Countess of Anjou, 4, 120, 126-128, 136-137, 143-153, 155-157, 160, 162-165, 167-170, 174, 178-179, 183-184, 186, 251-253, 255-258, 260, 268, 270, 274, 296-299, 314-317, 320-323
role as Queen of France, 4, 32-33, 35-36, 38, 42-45, 86-87
rules England in Richard Fs absence, 248-250, 254-256, 274-277, 281-283, 288-289, 291-295 on Second Crusade, 48-51, 54-58, 61-72
succeeds father as Duchess of Aquitaine, 20 tomb, 18, 343 Eleanor of Brittany, 237, 294, 295, 334 Eleanor of Champagne, Countess of Vermandois, 38-40, 42 Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile, 154, 158, 163, 170, 174, 185, 221, 322, 324, 344 Eleanor of Provence, Queen of England, 219 Eleanor of Saxony, 225 Eleanor of Vermandois, Countess of Beaumont, 45 Elie, Count of Perigord, 276 Elie of Malemort, Archbishop of Bordeaux, 323, 325, 328, 338 Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 345
Elizabeth of Vermandois, Countess of Flanders, 45 Ely, Cambs, 275, 293 Emilius, Paulus, 335, 342 Emma of Anjou, 175, 206 Emma of France, Duchess of Aquitaine, 7, 8 Emma of Limoges, Countess of Angouleme, 19 Engelram, Eleanor's butler, 302 Ephesus, Asia Minor, 60 Ermengarde, Countess of Narbonne, 175
Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Aquitaine, Duchess of Brittany, 9-10, 12
l'Espan (now l'Epau), Abbey of, Le Mans, 313 Etampes, France, 51 Eudes, Duke of Aquitaine, 8 Eugenius III, Pope, 45-50, 54, 71, 87
430
Eustace, Count of Boulogne, 80, 84, 95, 100
Evelyn, John, 166
Everswell, John, 166
Evreux, Bishop of, 195
Evreux, County of, Normandy, 323
Fabri, Etienne, 227
Fabyan, Robert, 166
Falaise, Normandy, 122, 127, 151, 155, 167, 179, 184, 203, 206, 209, 334, 336-338
Fantosme, Jordan, 390
Farnham, Suffolk, 206
Faversham Abbey, Kent, 111
Faydide of Toulouse, 49
Faye-le-Vineuse, Perigord, 206
Ferdinand III, St., King of Castile, 344
FitzAilwin, Henry, Mayor of London, 114, 293
FitzGeldewin, Savaric, Bishop of Bath, 280, 296
FitzGilbert, Richard, Earl of Pembroke, 169
FitzHugh, Osbert, 219
FitzLuke, John, Bishop of Evreua, 266-267
FitzNigel, Richard, Bishop of London, 196, 209, 292, 350-351
FitzPatrick, Ela, Countess of Salisbury, 94
FitzPatrick, William, Earl of Salisbury, 94
FitzRalph, John, 127
FitzStephen, Ralph, 211, 223, 236, 240
FitzStephen, William, 114, 115, 137, 174, 352-353, 385-388
FitzUrse, Reginald, 186-188
Florine of Burgundy, 49
Foliot, Gilbert, Bishop of Hereford and London, 153, 157, 160, 162, 186, 195, 207
Fontainebleau, France, 22
Fontevrault, Abbey and Order of, 11-12, 16, 50, 51, 87, 92, in, 123, 129-130, 170, 184, 204, 216, 232, 234, 238, 274, 280, 301-303, 307, 309-311, 314, 316, 320-322, 325, 326, 330, 332, 335, 339, 342-344
Foulques, Patriarch of Jerusalem, 68
Frederick I "Barbarossa," German Emperor, 163, 168, 185, 224, 290
Frederick II, German Emperor, 163, 308
French Revolution, 343
Freteval, Touraine, 155, 184, 301
Fulcher, Peter, 312
Fulcod, Eleanor's chamberlain, 212
Fulk, alleged son of Richard I, 194
Fulk II, Count of Anjou, 76
Fulk IV, Count of Anjou, 9, 76
Fulk V, Count of Anjou, King of Jerusalem, 18, 64, 76-77
Fulk of Neuilly, 194
Galan, Thierry, 51, 55, 67, 70, 73
Gascony (Guienne), Duchy of, 5, 8, 10, 19, 97, 117, 128, 135, 178, 185, 320, 322, 324, 338
Gellons, Abbey of, Montpellier (see Saint-Guilhelm-le-Desert)
Genoa, Italy, 294
Geoffrey, bastard son of Henry II and Archbishop of York, 93-94, 144, 204, 208-210, 224, 244, 245, 251-252, 256, 257, 266, 268-270, 272, 275-276, 288, 298
Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, 149, 168, 172, 177-179, 186, 196, 197, 199-201, 204, 209, 214, 216-217, 221, 222, 224, 226, 227, 232, 234, 236-240, 257, 284, 339
Geoffrey de Vigeois, 20, 34, 231, 235, 389, 390, 393
Geoffrey Martel, Count of Anjou, 8
Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Nantes, 78, 86, 89, 96, 102, 145, 146, 149
Geoffrey of Monmouth, 81, 130-131, 213, 347, 351
Geoffrey "Plantagenet," Count of Anjou, 19, 21, 22, 40, 52-53, 74, 77-79, 84-86, 97, 149, 181, 306, 332
431
George IV, King of Great Britain, 139
Gerald of Wales (see Giraldus Cambrensis)
Gertrude of Saxony, 225
Gervase of Canterbury, 18, 50, 65, 92, 123, 126, 196, 215, 216, 247, 347, 381, 382, 384-391, 395, 397-403
Gilbert of Sempringham, 130
Giraldus Cambrensis, 52, 53, 65, 85, 93, 121-123, 165, 166, 174, 182, 193, 201, 203, 211, 213-214, 220, 224, 231, 240, 244, 247, 252, 347-348, 352, 379-383, 387, 389-392, 818-83
Giraud, papal legate, 13
Gisors, Normandy, 148, 205, 223, 232, 235, 242, 243, 250, 265, 271, 273
Glanville, Ranulf, 208, 211, 223, 232, 248, 251, 282
Glastonbury, Somerset, 131, 264
Gloucester, Abbey, Castle and Town of, 117, 136, 137, 348
Godstow Abbey, Oxon., 218-220, 392
Gonesse, France, 164
Gournay, Normandy, 332
Granmont, Abbey and Order of, Limousin, 123, 228, 247
Gratianus, Franciscus, 27
Grim, Edward, 186-188, 385, 388
Guarine of Clapion, 330
Guernes of Pont-Saint-Maxence, 213
Guienne (see Gascony)
Guildford, Surrey, 240, 329
Guillaume le Breton, 340, 348, 405
Gurdun, Bertram de (alias John Sabroz or Peter Basili), 310-311
Guy Geoffrey, Duke of Aquitaine (see William VIII)
Guy of Thouars, 49, 315, 322
Hagenau, Germany, 292
Haie, Ralph de la, 206, 208
Hamelin of Anjou, Earl of Surrey, 292-293
Harvey, John, 303
Hautfort Castle, Dordogne, 195, 230
Hawise, Countess of Gloucester, 218, 252, 273, 319
Heloise, wife of Peter Abelard, 33-34
Henry, the Young King, 144, 146, 148, 149, 151-153, 155, 158, 159, 165, 168, 171-172, 174, 177-186, 190, 192-206, 208-210, 214-217, 220-230, 249, 320, 350
Henry I, Count of Champagne, 50, 95-96, 152, 161, 175, 203
Henry I, King of Castile, 344
Henry I, King of England, 12, 18, 21, 64, 77-78, 80, 101, 104-106, 109, in, 112, 116, 120, 123, 126-128, 139-140, 146, 159, 233, 255, 387
Henry II, Count of Champagne, King of Jerusalem, 277, 308, 344
Henry II, King of England, 1-2, 9, 27, 52-53, 74, 78-86, 89-103, 105, 106, 108-110, 113, 116-118, 120-187, 189-251, 254-257, 266, 272, 282, 291, 293, 306-307, 311, 312, 314, 318, 320, 322, 324, 329, 343, 345, 347-353, 382, 388, 390
Henry III, King of England, 219, 344
Henry V, German Emperor, 77, 78
Henry VI, German Emperor, 239, 262, 263, 279-280, 282-283, 285-287, 291-292, 294-296, 308
Henry VIII, King of England, 198
Henry of Berneval, 240, 313
Henry of Huntingdon, 69, 75-76, 78, 95, 100, 380, 382, 384
Henry of Pisa, Cardinal, 153, 154
Henry of Saxony, 225, 344
Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Brunswick, 123, 163, 169, 170, 224, 225, 238, 280, 282, 296
Heraclea, Asia Minor, 11
Heraclius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, 237
Herbert of
Bosham, 124, 158, 385, 388
Heriger of Lobbes, 5
Higden, Ranulf, 166, 219, 220, 392, 397
Hodierna of St. Albans, 147
Holy Sepulchre, Church of the, Jerusalem, 10, 45, 68, 242, 344
432
Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London, 144, 146
Horns of Hattin, Palestine, 242
Howden, Yorks., 256, 351
Hugh, Archbishop of Sens, 87
Hugh, Viscount of Chatellerault, 87, 112
Hugh Capet, King of the Franks, 7, 21
Hugh of Avalon, St., Bishop of Lincoln, 53, 82, 94, 110, 122, 123, 183, 215, 219, 270, 272, 298, 302, 312, 314-315, 329, 347
Humbert II, Count of Maurienne and Savoy, 22, 59, 61
Humbert III, Count of Maurienne, 191, 194, 198
He de France, 5, 21
He de la Cite, 26, 27
He d'Oleron, 318
Ingibiorg of Saxony, 225
Innocent II, Pope, 14, 38-39, 41, 42
Innocent III, Pope, 94, 309, 312, 326, 330-332
Ipswich, Suffolk, 295
Ireland, 124, 145, 191-192, 221, 232, 237, 239
Irene (Bertha of Sulzbach), Empress of Byzantium, 56, 58
Isaac Conmnenus, King of Cyprus, 266, 267, 272, 294
Isabella, Countess of Flanders, 175
Isabella of Angouleme, Queen of England, 128, 306, 327-332, 337, 343
Isabella of Anjou, Abbess of Fontevrault, 12, 50, 92
Isle of Wight, 163
Istra, Carinthia, 279
Ivry, Normandy, 221, 223, 232
Jaffa (Tel Aviv), Outremer, 269, 272, 277
Jaunay-Clan, Poitou, 312
Jedburgh, Scodand, 209
Jersey, Island of, 351
Jerusalem, City and Kingdom of, 10-11, 46, 47, 67-70, 190, 237, 242, 245, 254, 255, 260, 267, 269, 272, 273, 276-277
Joachim, Abbot of Corrazzo, 262
Joan, Princess of Wales, 233
Joan, wife of Adam, Richard I's cook, 312
Joanna, daughter of King John, 405
Joanna of England, Queen of Sicily, Countess of Toulouse, 167, 170, 179, 186, 206, 218, 220, 224, 262, 264, 266, 267, 269, 272, 277, 294, 305-307, 311, 317, 321-322, 343, 344, 405
Joanna of Navarre, 127
John, King of England, xi, 128, 155, 168, 170, 172, 174, 181, 186, 191, 194-195, 198, 199, 204, 205-208, 206, 210, 218, 220, 221, 232-241, 243-246, 251-254, 256, 260, 265, 268-276, 281, 284, 288-289, 292-296, 300, 301, 311, 313-323, 325-345, 348, 351