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Berengaria had never visited England during King Richard's lifetime (Richard, already married, only spent three months in England; this was in his second coronation and never returned to England), but there is evidence that she may have done so in the years following his death.
Berengaria eventually settled in Le Mans, one of her dower properties.
She was a benefactress of the abbey of L'Epau, entered the conventual life, and was buried in the abbey.
Thus we have, across the spectrum of 'history' and 'fiction', Berengaria as the beautiful virgin bride, the neglected wife, the helpless widow and, in more misogynistic mode, the 'barren' woman, the frigid, unattractive kill-joy and the pathetic victim who is largely to blame for her own misfortunes.
Berengaria did not remarry but lived in Le Mans for thirty years until her death in the abbey she founded on the outskirts of the city.
Berengaria's life, her background and the choices which were made for her by others, can be compared and contrasted with those of other medieval princesses and her achievements can be assessed against these constraints.
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