Nicola de la Haye

Nicola de la HayeLady of LincolnForgotten Women of HistoryMedieval Women
Written By Rachel Elwiss Joyce

The Woman Who Saved England: Twice!

The inspiration of Brienne of Tarth, Nicola de la Haye saved England twice. Watch the video above and discover the legend. (Spoiler alerts!).

And when you’ve finished (or before you watch the video if you want to avoid spoilers), it’s time to find out more about the medieval heroine, the world she lived in, the corrupt and violent men she had to deal with, and how the medieval Lincoln badass woman sorted them all out, saving England twice.

Buy the first book in the Nicola de la Haye series, Lady of Lincoln, here.

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Did you know?

Nicola was also known as Nicole - the Norman French name for Lincoln, the place where she ruled the castle. Her father must have named her for it! As she was Norman-English, there’s a fair chance that her family called her by that name.

Her formal name in Latin for documents was written as Nicholaa.

And the name ‘de la Haye’, which derived from her father’s line from La Haye du Puits in Normandy, was also spelled Haie (they weren’t very consistent with their spellings then!).

Rachel Elwiss Joyce

Rachel Elwiss Joyce, Author of Historical Fiction.

Exploring power, loyalty, and love in turbulent medieval England.

Rachel came to novel writing later in life, but she has always been passionate about history, storytelling, and the forgotten voices of women. She writes meticulously researched, immersive historical fiction that brings overlooked heroines into the light.

She started inventing tales about medieval women living in castles when she was just six years old—and never stopped. But when she discovered the extraordinary story of Nicola de la Haye, the first female sheriff, who defended Lincoln Castle from a French invasion and became known as ‘the woman who saved England’, Rachel knew she had found a heroine worth telling the world about.

Lady of Lincoln is her debut novel, the first book in her Nicola de la Haye Series, with sequels to follow.

https://rachelelwissjoyce.com
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