Berengaria of Navarre

Berengaria married Richard I Plantagenet, son of Henry II Curmantle Plantagenet and Elbeonore Princess of Aquitaine, on 12 May 1191. (Richard I Plantagenet was born on 8 Sep 1157 in Beaumont Palace Oxford, Oxfordshire England, died on 6 Apr 1199 in Chalus, Limousin France and was buried in Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud France.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• fact. Whether the marriage was ever even consummated is a matter for conjecture. Richard's sexual orientation is hotly debated amongst revisionist historians; some claim unproven homosexuality with their new phenomenon theory, while others present him as a notorious womanizer. Unreliable sources have recorded him having one bastard son, Philip of Cognac and perhaps another. In any case, he certainly took his new wife with him for the first part of the crusade. They returned separately, but Richard was captured and imprisoned. Berengaria remained in Europe, attempting to raise money for his ransom. After his release, Richard returned to England and was not joined by his wife. The marriage was childless, and Berengaria was thought to be barren.