Title: Queens of the conquest
Description: "Spanning the years from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the dawn of a new era in 1154, when Henry II succeeded to the throne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the first Plantagenet queen, was crowned, this ... book brings to ... life five women, including Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king; Matilda of Scotland, revered as the common mother of all England; and Empress Maud, England's first female ruler, whose son King Henry II would go on to found the Plantagenet dynasty"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Queens, Monarchy, Biography, History
Places: Great Britain
People: Matilda Queen, consort of Henry I, King of England (1080-1118), Matilda Queen, consort of William I, King of England (-1083), Matilda of Boulogne, Queen, consort of Stephen, King of England (approximately 1103-1152), Adeliza of Louvain, Queen, consort of Henry I, King of England (approximately 1109-1151), Matilda Empress, consort of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1102-1167)
Time periods: To 1500, Norman period, 1066-1154