Queens Consort Quotes

“one may scarcely find one man among seven women, so many women are there widowed whilst their husbands are alive’.”
― Lisa Hilton, Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York

“Despite Eleanor being twelve to her husband’s twenty-eight, they had begun sleeping together straight away”
― Lisa Hilton, Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York

“Although he was already suffering from dysentery and needed to be carried in a litter, John consoled himself with a feast of peaches and cider, which did nothing to improve his health.”
― Lisa Hilton, Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York

“died of a seizure — some said brought on by rage”
― Lisa Hilton, Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York

“but the King was ill throughout much of the spring and summer, suffering from lassitude and depression. A great army was mustered at York and then had to be sent home again because the King was too listless to determine how they should advance.”
― Lisa Hilton, Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York