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Showing posts with label women rulers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women rulers. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Redrawing the Lines of Power--Women's Family Trees

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 Redrawing the Lines of Power--Women's Family Trees I have just finished hanging a framed poster that was a recent gift from my son: ...
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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Constance, duchess of Brittany and countess of Richmond: "comitis Conani filia"

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Constance, duchess of Brittany and countess of Richmond (died 5 September 1201) Born about the year 1161 (according to some sources, she was...
Sunday, August 11, 2019

Yolande of Aragon, the Queen of Four Kingdoms

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Yolande of Aragon, duchess of Anjou, claimant to throne of Aragon (born 11 August  1384) While very little biographical information ex...
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Friday, May 31, 2019

Margherita de' Medici, Regent of Parma and Piacenza

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Margherita de' Medici, duchess and regent of Parma and Piacenza (born 31 May 1612) Margherita de' Medici was the daughter of M...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

Nzinga, Queen of Ndongo and Matamba

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Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (died 17 December 1663) Given  my educational and professional background , I usually write about historica...
Monday, July 10, 2017

Caterina Cornaro, the Last Queen of Cyprus

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Caterina Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (died 10 July 1510) When Giovanni II, king of Cyprus, died in 1458, he was succeeded on the throne by...
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Monday, July 3, 2017

Marie de' Medici and Politics in the French Court

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Marie de' Medici, queen and regent of France (died 3 July 1642) When she became queen of France, Maria de' Medici was ridiculed...