Berengaria of Navarre was married to one of England’s best known kings, and the daughter in law of a famous Queen. However she herself is less well known - despite living a very interesting life. She went on crusade, became stranded on an island, worried about her kidnapped husband and then ran her own independent territory for 2 decades. She never gave up and refused to simply fade away, even when her in-laws would have preferred she did. Berengaria was a real quiet achiever

Sources/Further Reading

Weir, Alison: Queens of The Crusades - England’s Medieval Queens

Weir, Alison: Eleanor of Aquitaine, by the Wrath of God Queen of England

Norton, Elizabeth: England’s Queens - From Boudicca to Elizabeif of York

Russell, Gareth: The Crusader's Bride: The Life of Berengaria of Navarre, Queen of England https://garethrussellcidevant.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-crusaders-bride-life-of-berengaria.html

Wikipedia: Berengaria of Navarre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berengaria_of_Navarre

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Berengaria of Navarre was married to one of England’s best known kings, and the daughter in law of a famous Queen. However she herself is less well known - despite living a very interesting life. She went on crusade, became stranded on an island, worried about her kidnapped husband and then ran her own independent territory for 2 decades. She never gave up and refused to simply fade away, even when her in-laws would have preferred she did. Berengaria was a real quiet achiever

Sources/Further Reading

Weir, Alison: Queens of The Crusades - England’s Medieval Queens

Weir, Alison: Eleanor of Aquitaine, by the Wrath of God Queen of England

Norton, Elizabeth: England’s Queens - From Boudicca to Elizabeif of York

Russell, Gareth: The Crusader's Bride: The Life of Berengaria of Navarre, Queen of England https://garethrussellcidevant.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-crusaders-bride-life-of-berengaria.html

Wikipedia: Berengaria of Navarre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berengaria_of_Navarre

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Lizzie Borden was suspected, arrested, tried and ultimately acquitted of a brutal murder, and that is why she is famous - or infamous. But her life is also an interesting insight into how middle-class American women lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She may have been found not guilty in court, but public opinion was very different - and the murder completely changed her life.

Sources/Further Reading

Sullivan, Robert: Goodbye Lizzie Borden

Rebellion, Leonard: Lizzie Borden, Past & Present

Axelron-Contrada, Joan: The Lizzie Borden Axe Murder Trial - A Headline Court Case

Conforti, Joseph: How Lizzie Borden Got Away with Murder https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-lizzie-borden-got-away-with-murder-180972707/

Last Will and Testament of Lizzie Borden https://phayemuss.wordpress.com/source-documents/

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