Day: 4 October 2017

No Wonderland for Alys

Alys of France was born on 4 October 1160 and her life is an object lesson on how being a princess cannot save you from predation. Alys was only eight years old when her father, King Louis VII of France, sent her to England as the betrothed of King Henry II’s son Richard, who was… Read more No Wonderland for Alys