Comments on: Medieval Le Mans – A Plantagenet City https://maryannesfrance.com/things-to-do/towns-cities/medieval-le-mans-a-plantagenet-city/ France made simple Sun, 14 Aug 2022 17:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mary Anne https://maryannesfrance.com/things-to-do/towns-cities/medieval-le-mans-a-plantagenet-city/#comment-3834 Sun, 14 Aug 2022 17:18:12 +0000 https://maryannesfrance.com/?p=6254#comment-3834 In reply to Jane Cotton.

Hello Jane

Thank you so much for this; that is so good of you. I will now correct my copy. It’s difficult to find the reference to Poitiers in most of the quick biographies of Eleanor. I am not sure if I just assumed it was Le Mans, but so pleased to be corrected. I went to the Poitiers cathedral site to find the information.
I loved Le Mans; a great and surprising city!

]]> By: Jane Cotton https://maryannesfrance.com/things-to-do/towns-cities/medieval-le-mans-a-plantagenet-city/#comment-3792 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 10:44:58 +0000 https://maryannesfrance.com/?p=6254#comment-3792 Hello Mary Anne
Love your descriptions of Le Mans which I explored in June. I’ll have to re-visit when the Plantagenet museum is open as missed the enamel plate from Geoffrey’s tomb.

One thing I would query … Henry and Eleanor were married in Poitiers cathedral in 1152 ( which I also visited), not Le Mans. There is a wonderful window at Poitiers donated by H & E some years later, depicting them dedicating the window and showing four of their sons alongside them.

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