Queen Urraca of León-Castile was one of the most powerful and controversial figures in medieval Spain. The daughter of King Alfonso VI, she reigned during a time marked by political conflict, civil ...

Gravely injured, Margaret pleaded not for her life, but for the comfort of her husband’s presence. When Queen Blanche forcibly removed Louis from her bedside, Margaret cried out in grief before ...

At Medieval Times, history is being made at the same time it’s being reenacted. Last month, the show introduced Doña Maria Isabella, who presides over a kingdom of knights and squires, horses ...

Author Shelley Puhak’s new book, "The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry that Forged the Medieval World," tells the little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded ...

As Sybille (as she is renamed by the queen) moves from her country life of genteel poverty into the richly decadent royal court, she starts to take in and make sense of the medieval world around ...

Queen Berengaria, wife of Richard the Lionheart, will hold court at Clatsop Community College Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13.