Editing Berengaria of Navarre (section)

==Marriage==
Richard had Berengaria brought to him by his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine. Because Richard was already on the [[Third Crusade]], having wasted no time in setting off after his coronation, the two women had a long and difficult journey to catch up with him. They arrived at [[Messina]] in Sicily in 1191 during Lent (when the marriage could not take place) and were joined by Richard's sister [[Joan of England, Queen of Sicily|Joan]], the widowed queen of Sicily. Berengaria was left in Joan's custody.<ref>{{cite book | title=Eleanor of Aquitaine, a Life | last=Weir | first=Alison | author-link=Alison Weir | pages=[https://archive.org/details/eleanorofaquitai00weir/page/265 265–266] | year=1999 | publisher=Jonathan Cape | location=London | isbn=0-345-40540-4 | url=https://archive.org/details/eleanorofaquitai00weir/page/265 }}</ref> En route to the [[Holy Land]], the ship carrying Berengaria and Joan ran aground off the coast of [[Cyprus]], and they were threatened by the island's ruler, [[Isaac Comnenus of Cyprus|Isaac Comnenus]]. Richard came to their rescue, captured the island, and overthrew Comnenus. Berengaria married Richard the Lionheart on 12 May 1191 in the Chapel of St. George at [[Limassol]] on Cyprus and was crowned the same day by the [[archbishop of Bordeaux]] and the [[bishops of Évreux]] and [[Bishop of Bayonne|Bayonne]].<ref>{{cite book | title=Chronicle of the Third Crusade: A Translation of the Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi | last=Nicholson | first=Helen J. | page=189 | year=1997 | publisher= Ashgate | location=Ashbury, UK |isbn= 1-85928-154-0 }}</ref>