Berengaria of Navarre b. 1163 d. December 23, 1230 British Monarch. The Qeen consort of King Richard I "Lionheart", she was the daughter of Sancho VI, King of Navarre and Sancha of Castile. She married Richard in Cyprus on May 12, 1191, and accompanied him on crusade. They returned seperately, and Richard was imprisoned. Berengaria stayed in Europe, attempting to raise money for his ransom. She did not return to England with him after his release. Richard was ordered by a priest to reunite with his wife and show her fidelity, but the couple was...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed) Cathedrale St-Julien du Mans, Le Mans, Departement de la Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
Plantagenet, Geoffrey b. August 24, 1113 d. September 7, 1151 Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou and Duke of Normandy from the house Gatinais. Geoffrey's habit of wearing a sprig of broom plant (latin: planta genesta) on his hat is the origin of the name "Plantagenet." He succeeded his father Fulk V. "the young" as Count of Anjou, Maine and Touraine in 1128, when Fulk went to the Holy Land to marry Melisende, daughter of King Baldwin II. of Jerusalem. Geoffrey married Empress Maude, the...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia) Cathedrale St-Julien du Mans, Le Mans, Departement de la Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
b. 1163 d. December 23, 1230
