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  2. Alpaida - Wikipedia

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    Alpaida (also Alpaïde, Alpaide, Alphaida, Alpoïde, Elphide, Elfide, Chalpaida; c. 654 – c. 714) was a Frankish noblewoman who hailed from the Liège area. [1][2] She became the second wife, concubine or mistress of Pippin of Herstal and mother to a son by him, Charles Martel and possibly another, Childebrand I. [3][4][5][6][7] [8] In the ...

  3. English medieval clothing - Wikipedia

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    English medieval clothing. The Medieval period in England is usually classified as the time between the fall of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Renaissance, roughly the years AD 410–1485. For various peoples living in England, the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Danes, Normans and Britons, clothing in the medieval era differed widely for men and ...

  4. Lady Godiva - Wikipedia

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    Lady Godiva by John Collier, c. 1897, in the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry. Lady Godiva: Edmund Blair Leighton depicts her moment of decision (1892). Lady Godiva (/ ɡ ə ˈ d aɪ v ə /; died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English Godgifu, was a late Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who is relatively well documented as the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and a patron of various churches and ...

  5. Lady of the Lake - Wikipedia

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    The Lady of the Lake (French: Dame du Lac, Demoiselle du Lac, Welsh: Arglwyddes y Llyn, Cornish: Arloedhes an Lynn, Breton: Itron al Lenn, Italian: Dama del Lago) is a name or a title used by several either fairy or fairy-like but human enchantresses in the Matter of Britain, the body of medieval literature and mythology associated with the legend of King Arthur.

  6. Women in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    Women in the Middle Ages. An agricultural scene from the 14th-century English Luttrell Psalter, with a woman milking sheep and two women carrying vessels on their heads [1] Women in the Middle Ages in Europe occupied a number of different social roles. Women held the positions of wife, mother, peasant, artisan, and nun, as well as some ...

  7. Katherine Neville, Duchess of Norfolk - Wikipedia

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    Katherine Neville, Duchess of Norfolk. Katherine Neville (c. 1397 – late summer 1483) was a medieval English noblewoman, the eldest daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and his second wife Joan Beaufort. [1] Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of John of Gaunt [2] and a great-granddaughter of King Edward III.

  8. Noblewoman - Wikipedia

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    Noblewoman. A noblewoman is a female member of the nobility. Noblewomen form a disparate group, which has evolved over time, having the main point in common of being linked to the nobility by a man: the father or the husband. Ennoblement of women is a rare occurrence. However, women of the nobility assumed political functions, participated in ...

  9. Anne Hastings, Countess of Shrewsbury - Wikipedia

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    Lady Anne Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (c. 1471–1520) was an English noblewoman who served as a lady-in-waiting to Queen consort Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of King Henry VIII of England. Anne was the first wife of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, by whom she had 11 children. Her maternal half-sister was Cecily Bonville, the ...

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