However , on the verge of being crowned queen , Empress Matilda was forced Request to retreat Escaping from London by hostile crowds ; shortly afterwards , Robert of Gloucester was captured Conquering at the rout of Winchester and the two sides agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to swap Exchange their respective captives .

In 1152 Stephen and Matilda of Boulogne , queen consort and Stephen 's wife , unsuccessfully attempted to have their eldest son , Eustace , recognised Know by the Catholic Church as the next king of England .

The rebellion was in equal part a protest by feudal lords against the intrusion of central government into their domains ; a conservative Irish reaction Response to English policies that were altering Change traditional Gaelic society ; and a religious conflict Hostile_encounter , in which the rebels claimed Statement that they were upholding Catholicism against a Protestant queen who had been pronounced Statement a heretic in 1570 by the papal bull `` Regnans in Excelsis '' .

After the Roman Senate declared Expressing_publicly war on the Egyptian queen Cleopatra , Antony , her lover and ally , betrayed the Roman government and joined Becoming_a_member the war on Cleopatra 's side .

A most notable moderate , at least initially , was the queen mother , Catherine de ' Medici .

When the queen found Know herself sufficiently strong , she laid Placing siege to the castle , which having neither a sufficient garrison , not being properly fortified Cause_change_of_strength for sustaining an attack , surrendered Surrendering , when the commanders were executed , and the men dismissed .