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Margaret Badlesmere: Refusing the Queen at Leeds Castle
Margaret refused a queen entry to Leeds Castle. The king came with an army. Her children went to the Tower with her.
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Isabella of France: Her Son Made Keeper of the Realm at Bristol
She reached Bristol with her thirteen-year-old son and an army. The town fell to her forces. The boy was chosen to govern England. His father was still king.
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Eleanor de Clare: Constable and Prisoner of the Tower of London
Eleanor de Clare held the Tower of London for a month. Then they locked her inside it.
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Joan, Daughter of Edward II: Married at Seven to Robert the Bruce's Son
She was born in the Tower of London. Six years later her mother had her father murdered. A year after that, she was given away. She was seven years old.