One of the most renowned queens of the Middle Ages, Eleanor was married to two kings, went on crusade and even defended a town under siege at the age of 80.
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The Plantagenets Mini-Series Part III: Edward I & Edward II
The 5th and 6th Plantagenet kings were drastically different from one another – Edward I, the Hammer of the Scots, and his son, often regarded as one of England’s worst kings.
The Plantagenets Mini-Series Part IV: Edward III & Richard II
The final two Plantagenet kings’ reigns spanned for the majority of the fourteenth century, and saw major events such as the Hundred Years War, the Black Death and the Peasants’ Revolt.
The Plantagenets Mini-Series Part II: King John & Henry III
The second instalment of the Plantagenets Mini-Series sees one of the most notorious villainous English kings of all time, and another who people have hardly ever heard of!
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