Muriel of Lincoln

Nicola de la Haye held Lincoln Castle against a French siege and saved England, and everyone remembers her name.

Almost no one remembers her grandmother.

Muriel of Lincoln didn't lead armies or defy kings in any spectacular fashion, but without her calculated survival and strategic positioning, there would be no Nicola, no legend, no castle defense that changed the course of English history.

This is the story of the invisible foundation upon which greatness was built.