【BBC英国的那些女王们】玛蒂尔达和埃莉诺17

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        800年前，玛蒂尔达差点儿就依靠自己的顺位继承权成为英格兰历史上第一位女王！玛蒂尔达如何抵达了权力的巅峰，却又功亏一篑，与王位失之交臂？她的儿媳阿基坦的埃莉诺（法王路易七世之妻，后嫁英王亨利二世）同样是一个令人生畏的强悍女性。虽然埃莉诺以中世纪的古典骑士之爱被后人所铭记，但是，在她漫长的一生中，她先后嫁了两个国王，唯一的后果就是引起了一场叛乱...她最终在70高龄问鼎权力之巅！

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        ❤ HINTS:
        Stephen
        Robert of Gloucester
        Matilda
        Argentan
        Anglo Norman
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And this is what Stephen appeared to be doing, so one by one they rallied to his cause and his triumph seemed complete when he won the support of Robert of Gloucester, one of the most powerful noblemen in the country. Hundreds of miles away in France, Matilda's cause seemed lost.
Her third son had been born safely at Argentan. But now and she and her boys were embattled there with little prospect of reclaiming her inheritance. But it was Normandy that came to her rescue.
To make his throne secure Stephen needed to control the Anglo Norman realm on both sides of the channel. But while he established his rule in England, it took him more than a year to cross the channel to France. By then Normandy had collapsed into anarchy and so did Stephen's army, as his soldiers began to squabble among themselves.