Anne of Bohemia

She also made several high-profile intercessions in front of the king. Anne saved the life of [[John Northampton]], a former mayor of London, in 1384; her humble begging convinced Richard II to merely commit the offender to lifelong imprisonment.<ref>Westminster Chronicle 1381–1394, edited by L.C. Hector and B.F. Harvey (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982), 93.</ref> Anne's most famous act of intercession was on behalf of the citizens of London in the ceremonial reconciliation of Richard and London in 1392. The queen's role has been memorialized in Richard Maidstone's ''Reconciliation of Richard II with the City of London''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Maidstone|title=Concordia (The Reconciliation of Richard II with London)|editor=David R. Carlson|translator=A.G. Rigg|location=Kalamazoo|publisher=Medieval Institute Publications|date=2003|via=TEAMS Middle English Texts Series|url=http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/maidfrm.htm}}</ref> Anne also interceded on behalf of [[Simon de Burley]], Richard II's former tutor during his minority, in the 1388 [[Merciless Parliament]]. Despite her pleas to the [[Lords Appellant]], Burley was executed.<ref>Some chronicles record that Anne knelt before the earl of Arundel, while others indicate Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester. For Arundel, see: ''Chronique de la traïson et mort de Richart Deux roy D'Engleterre'', ed. by Benjamin William (London : Aux dépens de la Société, 1846), 133; ''The Kirkstall Abbey Chronicles'', ed. by John Taylor (Leeds: The Thoresby Society, 1952), 71; ''An English Chronicle, 1377–1461: edited from Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales MS 21068 and Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Lyell 34'', ed. by William Marx (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2003), 11. For Gloucester, see: ''Eulogium Historiarum (continuation)'', ed. by Frank Scott Haydon, Vol. III (London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1863), 372; ''An English chronicle, 1377–1461'', 16–7 suggests Anne knelt to both men.</ref>

She also made several high-profile intercessions in front of the king. Anne saved the life of [[John Northampton]], a former mayor of London, in 1384; her humble begging convinced Richard II to merely commit the offender to lifelong imprisonment.<ref>Westminster Chronicle 1381–1394, edited by L.C. Hector and B.F. Harvey (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982), 93.</ref> Anne's most famous act of intercession was on behalf of the citizens of London in the ceremonial reconciliation of Richard and London in 1392. The queen's role has been memorialized in Richard Maidstone's ''Reconciliation of Richard II with the City of London''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Maidstone|title=Concordia (The Reconciliation of Richard II with London)|editor=David R. Carlson|translator=A.G. Rigg|location=Kalamazoo|publisher=Medieval Institute Publications|date=2003|via=TEAMS Middle English Texts Series|url=http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/maidfrm.htm}}</ref> Anne also interceded on behalf of [[Simon de Burley]], Richard II's former tutor during his minority, in the 1388 [[Merciless Parliament]]. Despite her pleas to the [[Lords Appellant]], Burley was executed.<ref>Some chronicles record that Anne knelt before the earl of Arundel, while others indicate Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester. For Arundel, see: ''Chronique de la traïson et mort de Richart Deux roy D'Engleterre'', ed. by Benjamin William (London : Aux dépens de la Société, 1846), 133; ''The Kirkstall Abbey Chronicles'', ed. by John Taylor (Leeds: The Thoresby Society, 1952), 71; ''An English Chronicle, 1377–1461: edited from Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales MS 21068 and Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Lyell 34'', ed. by William Marx (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2003), 11. For Gloucester, see: ''Eulogium Historiarum (continuation)'', ed. by Frank Scott Haydon, Vol. III (London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1863), 372; ''An English chronicle, 1377–1461'', 16–7 suggests Anne knelt to both men.</ref>

She was praised in a eulogy by [[Thomas Walsingham]] for her 'dedication to God, for her almsgiving, her support for the poor and the Church.'<ref name=":0" />

She was praised in a eulogy by [[Thomas Walsingham]] for her “dedication to God, for her almsgiving, her support for the poor and the Church.”<ref name=":0" />

On the other hand, she never fulfilled many traditional duties of queens. In particular, she did not bear children, despite twelve years of marriage, and this is perhaps emphasised in her epitaph, whereby she is mentioned as having been kind to "pregnant women". The Evesham chronicler said, "this queen, although she did not bear children, was still held to have contributed to the glory and wealth of the realm, as far as she was able. Noble and common people suffered greatly at her death".<ref>Historia Vitae et Regni Ricardi II, ed. by G.B. Stow (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1977), 134.</ref> Nevertheless, her popular legacy as "Good Queen Anne" suggests that this lack of children was unimportant to many contemporaries.{{cn|date=December 2023}}

On the other hand, she never fulfilled many traditional duties of queens. In particular, she did not bear children, despite twelve years of marriage, and this is perhaps emphasised in her epitaph, whereby she is mentioned as having been kind to "pregnant women". The Evesham chronicler said, "this queen, although she did not bear children, was still held to have contributed to the glory and wealth of the realm, as far as she was able. Noble and common people suffered greatly at her death".<ref>Historia Vitae et Regni Ricardi II, ed. by G.B. Stow (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1977), 134.</ref> Nevertheless, her popular legacy as "Good Queen Anne" suggests that this lack of children was unimportant to many contemporaries.{{cn|date=December 2023}}