Eleanor of Provence could be the most unpopular Queen of England - she is certainly the only one to be pelted with rotten eggs and cooked bones as she rowed along the Thames. Her nepotism and strong opposition to reform helped drive England to civil war. However Eleanor was also brave, resilient and intensely loyal, traits she passed along to her son Edward 1st.
Sources/Further Reading
Weir, Alison: Queens of the Crusades - England’s Medieval Queens
Goldstone, Nancy: Four Queens - the Provençal Sisters who Ruled Europe
Paris, Matthew: English History from the year 1235 - 1273 https://archive.org/details/matthewparisseng03pari/page/n3/mode/2up
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Provence
Historic Royal Palaces: Eleanor of Provence, a Powerful and Political Queen https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/eleanor-of-provence/
Burt, Caroline: Eleanor of Provence, a Force to be Reckoned With https://engelsbergideas.com/portraits/eleanor-of-provence-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with/
Wikipedia: Simon de Montford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_Montfort,_6th_Earl_of_Leicester
Wikipedia: Second Barons War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Barons%27_War
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