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Rory O'Connor (1116-1198) was King of Connacht and High King of Ireland.

His conflicts with Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster, gave the Normans a pretext for invading the island.

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Henry VI, Duke of Carinthia (1265-1335), was Duke of Carinthia and Landgrave of Carniola (as Henry VI) and Count of Tyrol from 1295 until his death, as well as King of Bohemia, Margrave of Moravia, and titular King of Poland in 1306 and again from 1307 to 1310.

Henry was a younger son of Meinhard II of Gorizia-Tyrol and Isabella of Bavaria, widow of King Conrad IV of Germany.

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Isabel of Aragon (1470-1498), was the eldest daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile

Although the monarchs longed for a son, the princess was always favored by her mother, being the eldest and resembling her in character, tastes, and activities.

As for her relationship with her father, Isabel was also always his favorite, as the princess possessed great intelligence and constantly assisted her parents in devising strategies for both matters of state and warfare.

Furthermore, she physically resembled her paternal grandmother, Juana Enríquez, so in addition to intelligence and strength, the princess also possessed great beauty.

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In 1533, at the age of fourteen, Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589) married Henry, the second son of King Francis I and Queen Claude of France.

She saw very little of her husband during their first year of marriage, but the ladies of the court treated her very well, impressed by her intelligence and enthusiasm.

Prince Henry showed no interest in his wife Catherine and, without any restraint, took several mistresses...

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Fulk of Anjou (1089/90-1143) was, by right of his wife, the king of Jerusalem from 1131 until 1143.

He was a vigorous and assertive ruler who defeated numerous rebellions and left the state more secure.

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Mary Stuart as Queen consort of France (1559-1561).

On April 4, 1558, Mary signed a secret agreement bequeathing Scotland and her claim to England to the French Crown should she die without issue.

Twenty days later, she married the Dauphin of France in Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, who was also proclaimed King of Scotland by right of marriage.

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Muirchertach II mac Muiris Mac Murchada Caomhánach was King of Leinster from 1347 to 1354.

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Charles II of Orléans (1522-1545) was the third son of Francis I and Claude of France.

He was the most handsome of Francis's sons. Smallpox had left him blind in one eye, but apparently it wasn't noticeable.

He was known for his wild antics, his pranks, his eccentricity, and his frivolity, which his father wholeheartedly approved of.

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Amaury I of Jerusalem (1136-1174) was the younger son of Fulk of Anjou and Melisende of Jerusalem, king and queen of Jerusalem.

Unlike his brother Baudouin, who was affable, Amaury was distant and taciturn, and sometimes aroused antipathy among his relatives.

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Marie de France (1145-1198) was the eldest daughter of King Louis VII of France and his first wife, Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. She was Countess of Champagne and Brie through her marriage to Henry I of Champagne.

She was a patron of literature, including Andreas Capellanus, who served at her court, and Chrétien de Troyes. She could read and write in French and Latin, and maintained her own library.

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Godfrey de Bouillon, French Crusader. By Karl Mucke.

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Joan of Burgundy (1293-1349) is the matriarch of the House of Valois, which ruled France from 1328, the beginning of her husband's reign, to 1589.

She was Queen of France as the first wife of King Philip VI.

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Edward IV being Entertained by William Canynges at his house in Redcliff Street. By Ernest Board.

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Lucienne de Rochefort (1088-1137) was the first wife of Louis VI of France. She was married to him before he became king, from 1104 to 1107.

Lucienne and Louis were married for three years, but did not have any children together. According to Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis the marriage was not consummated.

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Elisabeth of Luxembourg (1409-1442) was the only daughter of King Sigismund of Hungary and mother of King Ladislaus the Posthumous of Hungary and Bohemia.

On September 28, 1421, in Bratislava, she was betrothed to Duke Albert of Habsburg, an ally and protégé of Sigismund. Following her father's death, her husband Albert was crowned on January 1, 1438, as Sigismund had named him his heir.

After his coronation, she worked tirelessly to have her rights recognized in the laws enacted in 1439, which recognized her as the heir to the Hungarian throne as Sigismund's daughter.

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Saint Leopold III (1073–1136) was Margrave of Austria from 1095 until his death in 1136.

He was canonized on January 6, 1485, and became the patron saint of Austria, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, and Vienna.

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Daughter of Louis IX, King of France, and his wife, Queen Margaret of Provence, Blanche de France (1253-1320) was born in Jaffa, during the first of the Crusades organized by Saint Louis.

She was Infanta of Castile through her marriage to Fernando de la Cerda, firstborn son and heir of Alfonso X the Wise, King of Castile.