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Leading Ladies of the Wars of the Roses
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#OnThisDay in October 20th, 1496, Juana of Castile married Philip “the Handsome” of Burgundy And y’all… it was BAD for poor baby Juana #JusticeForJuana
👑 What started as a glittering dynastic match quickly turned into betrayal, political power plays, and decades of Juana being sidelined by the men in her life.
👑 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, we guess... but Philip was considered a stone cold hottie for his time and Juana was smitten kitten for... reasons? Which made his constant cheating that much harder.
👑 When Juana`s mom died, she was the rightful ruler of Castile, but just a whole bunch of nonsense went down (we have a 2-part episode on it, if you want the details), but it`s a whole lot of gaslighting from her POS husband and dad.
👑 Despite all this she was absolutely crushed when Philip died after 10 years of marriage. HOWEVER, if you`ve heard stories of a mad queen dragging her husband`s corpse around and refusing to bury him... fake news, y`all.
✨ History called him “Handsome.” We call her a queen who deserved better
#Otd #QueensPodcast #JuanaOfCastile #PhilipTheHandsome #SpanishHistory #HabsburgDrama #FeministHistory #RoyalMarriage #HistoryNerd
We’re heading to one of the most haunted castles in England (Warwick Castle) for ghost stories & creepy history. This Patreon rerun is now on the main feed and it’s perfect for your spooky season playlist 🧛♀️✨
👻 Welcome to Warwick Castle, where 1,100+ years of English history meet classic ghost stories — from Vikings to Victorians to modern ghost hunters.
👻 Throwback to Queen Katy’s 2014 visit, featuring her and Mister-Katy in the (now theme-park-ified) dungeons… where she got “beheaded.” 💀✂️ (RIP bangs.)
👻 Meet Sir Fulke Greville, poet, philosopher, and castle renovator. In the 1600s his “manservant” stabbed him over money 👀. Does his ghost still roam the Watergate “Ghost Tower”? (Spoiler: probably.)
👻 Victorian séances & Aleister Crowley: Countess Daisy Greville loved a little supernatural party (girl, same). Did her occult party with Crowley open a portal and let more spirits in? ruh roh.
👻 Creepy plaque photo: is that a trick of the light… or a ghost caught on camera in broad daylight? According to staff that is a ghost, but what do y’all think?
👻 Legend says a pissed-off monk was bricked into a wall as punishment for breaking his vows. Centuries later, visitors still report eerie sightings.
Not pictured: a ghostly black dog with glowing red eyes, a Gray Lady, a friendly Japanese tourist spirit, and dungeon vibes that are 👏 decidedly 👏 not 👏 it.
#hauntedhistory #warwickcastle #ghoststories #HauntedHistory #WarwickCastle #GhostStories #HauntedCastles #UKGhostStories #SirFulkeGreville #AleisterCrowley #VictorianSeance #SpookySeason #HauntedUK #HistoryPodcast #QueensPodcast #SpookyWooky
I`m on vacation and totally spaced on yesterday being Indigenous Peoples day in the US and my annual excuse to use this Good Place screen shot and remind everyone that Columbus was a text book This Fucking Guy
#IndigenousPeoplesDay #HistoryMeme #HistoryPodcast #HistoricalFacts #HistoryHumor
It`s meme o`clock somewhere, bitches
#historyhumor #historymemes
Lady Catherine Gordon, the wife of Perkin Warbeck, is probably not a name even the nerdiest of history girlies have on the tip of their tongues &
that is exactly why Queens exists. We are here to dive deep into the deliciously niche corners of history for you little weirdos 🫶
🦄 Born (maybe) in 1474 somewhere in the Scottish Highlands (probably), Catherine was a distant cousin of the Scottish king (we think) and lived a pretty cushy noble life.
🦄 Enter Perkin Warbeck, also known as “Richard, Duke of York” (according to him).
🦄 Perkin was the pretender to the English throne. He was backed by anyone who wanted to see the new Tudor dynasty flop.
🦄 When “Richard” marched off to claim his crown, Cathy did not stay home knitting. She followed him. Some say Henry VII spared him at first because he fell head over heels for her.
🦄 Oh, and Catherine Gordon was hot. We may not know her exact birthday or hometown, but history made sure to record her looks. Priorities!
This 2022 Patreon Katy’s Corner rerun is now on the main feed, and you history nerds are going to love it
#TudorHistory #PerkinWarbeck #WarsOfTheRoses #HistoryNerd #WomenInHistory #TudorTea #HistoricalPodcast
Here’s the mashup nobody asked for: Love is Blind Season 9 meets Wars of the Roses / Tudor History 🙃
Just a casual mix of betrayal, lies, drama, and people disappearing like the Princes in the Tower.
#LoveIsBlind #WarsOfTheRoses #TudorHistory #HistoryMemes #TudorTok #TudorQueens #Plantagenet #HistoryHumor #HistoricalMemes #HistoryTok
Margaret Pole and Forest Gump don`t have to worry about money no more PERFECT PRESS SEND
#historytok #tudors #historypodcast #tudorhistory
Margaret Pole and Catherine of Aragon weren’t just allies at court. They were the FIRE SIGN besties of Tudor History.
🦁 Margaret Pole, born on August 14, 1473, was a Leo. Despite Leos typically being outspoken, she remained quiet about crown matters, likely influenced by her father`s fate.
🦁 The portrait of an elderly Maggie displays a symbol marking her father`s execution, indicating that while a Leo may forgive, they do not forget.
🏹 Catherine of Aragon came into the world with some serious clout, thanks to her big-shot Catholic parents who had the Pope on their side.
🏹 This is all to say that on top of these two having ride or die astrological signs they also both had very on-the-go upbringings.
❤️ These two ladies met in 1501 and over the next thirty years saw loads of trials together but stayed strong and lifted each other up whenever they could and were a shoulder to cry on whenever they needed each other
😧 But the real test came in 1529.
👄 After a lifetime of keeping her big Leo mouth shut Margaret Pole took a stand sided with Catherine of Aragon over Henry VIII
There’s a good chance that Margaret knew in the logical part of her brain that this might backfire, after a lifetime of watching her family members get ☠️ for so much less. But that mamma lion just couldn’t watch Catherine’s name get flung around like that.
Would you risk your life for your bestie like Margaret did for Catherine? What other signs just go hand in hand like Leo & Sag?
#HistoryTok #tudorhistory #HistoryNerd #astrologygirlies #HistoryMeme