Charlemagne
3 booksCharlemagne is represented in the linked historical fiction and non-fiction through religion, belief and institutional authority, empire, conquest and resistance, and family, marriage and personal loyalty. […]
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Charles of Valois
3 booksCharles of Valois was a French prince, brother of Philip IV, and father of Philip VI, the first Valois king of France. His ambitions and marriages […]
Charles the Bold
3 booksCharles the Bold was duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477 and sought to turn his scattered territories into an independent kingdom between France and the […]
David
3 booksDavid was the biblical king who unites Judah and Israel and establishes Jerusalem as his capital. Before becoming king he is portrayed as a warrior against […]
Diane de Poitiers
3 booksDiane de Poitiers was a French noblewoman who became the long-term favourite of Henry II of France. Nearly twenty years older than the king, she exercised […]
Edward of Westminster was the only son of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou and the Lancastrian heir during the Wars of the Roses. Born in […]
Edward V
3 booksEdward V became king of England at the age of twelve after Edward IV’s death in April 1483, but he was never crowned. His uncle Richard, […]
Edward VIII
3 booksEdward VIII was king of the United Kingdom in 1936 before abdicating in order to marry Wallis Simpson. His short reign and later role as Duke […]
Electra
3 booksElectra was a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek myth and tragedy. She supports or urges the revenge taken by her brother Orestes for their […]
Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, was the daughter of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, and the wife of Thomas Boleyn. She served at the Tudor court […]