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Matilda was the first child born of ________.
Henry I
In November 1120 ______ was drowned in The White Ship.
William
Henry arranged a marriage between Matilda and _____ Count of Anjou.
Geoffrey
________ had sworn to support Matilda- but instead he seized power, claiming Henry I had left him the throne on his deathbed.
Stephen of Blois
TRUE OR FALSE. London supported Matilda when she was going to be crowned.
FALSE. They saw Matilda as unwomanly and arrogant and she was very unpopular in the city.
________ was Duke of Normandy and he was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Henry II
Who was crowned after Richard the Lionheart died?
King John
This was a set of rules that England's kings would have to obey protected the rights of the barons and limited the king's power.
The Magna Carta
What language did Richard and John speak?
French
Geoffrey Chaucer was the greatest _______ in the Middle English period. a) priest b) king c) writer
c) writer
