Eleanor of Aquitaine

One of the most renowned queens of the Middle Ages, Eleanor was married to two kings, went on crusade and even defended a town under siege at the age of 80.

The Plantagenets Mini-Series Part I: Henry II & Richard I

Part I of the Plantagenets Mini-Series sees two of England’s greatest ever kings – Henry II, who started the Plantagenet dynasty which was to last almost 250 years, and his son Richard I, better known as Lionheart, the Crusader King.