In the second part of our look into lost medieval heirs, we’ll meet another selection of candidates who were both entitled and in line to the throne but missed out on the prize. Good, bad, innocent or just not quick enough, all were real people who had their own stories to tell. We’ll begin with a young man who was probably best kept away from the responsibility of kingship, and his adversary, the woman who should have been the first English Queen Regnant. Then there’s the time when we could have had a real medieval King Arthur, and we’ll meet two of the numerous Edwards who never wore the crown.

When he was born c.1130, Eustace of Blois could never have expected to be more than a count of France. However, all this changed when he was around just five years old thanks to some quick thinking by his father…