The series takes place from 1151 to 1216.
Jane Lapotaire (Eleanor of Aquitaine) appears in eleven of the series' thirteen episodes, more than anyone else.
Although Jane Lapotaire (Eleanor of Aquitaine) played the mother of Michael Byrne (Richard the Lionheart) and John Duttine (King John), she is a year younger than Byrne and only five years older than Duttine in real life.