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Livia Drusilla: The Matriarch of the Roman Empire
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Life and Lasting Influence of Elizabeth Taylor
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"daaaaaamn it"- Catherine Parr, definitely 🙁 #historyhumor #tudors #historymemes
Happy, Happy birthday to witty, pretty Nell. Aka, everyone`s favorite mistress: Nell Gwyn
🍊 Nell Gwyn was born on February 2, 1650 (making her 375 years young today). Her beginnings were anything but regal. However, she found her way to the theatre and her career as an actress took off.
🍊 Fun fact: Women had been banned from acting previously, but the new king, Charles II, had opened this career path up for women.
🍊 Okay, we really like Charles II. And so did a lot of people. He`s known as the Merry Monarch. And James really, really liked Nell. But who didn`t?
🍊 Tho she was not his only mistress, he was probably the most popular. Charles had another mistress who was Catholic and just nowhere near as popular. One day when her carriage was pulling up, she was mistaken for the other woman. She quieted the crowd by saying "Pray, good people, be civil. I am the Protestant whore."
🍊 And everyone laughed and laughed.
🍊 On Charles` deathbed he worried that Nell would not be taken care of after his death. He begged his brother to take care of her financially. Which he did.
Want to learn more about Nell? Check out our 2018 episode on her. (Link in bio)
#historypodcast #womeninhistory #royalmistress #onthisday
#Onthisday in history, after Elizabeth I signed the death warrant of her cousin, Mary (the former Queen of Scotland) her council decided to put it into affect. Elizabeth would later say that she signed it and instructed directly that it not be carried out.
Dear reader, we have bad news. It WAS carried out not even a week later. Elizabeth was furious, but what do you think? Did she mean to have plausible deniability or was she sincere?
Check out our two part series on her on @Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Link in bio
#historypodcast #otd #onthisdayinhistory #tudorhistory #mqos #maryqueenofscots #elizabethi
On this day in 1889: the Mayerling Incident.
The death of Crown Prince Rudolf didn’t just change the line of succession. It shattered his mother, Empress Elisabeth of Austria — a woman we know all too well.
#OnThisDay #historyreels #HistoryTok
When the lighting is good we take selfies ok? Getting ready to collab with @vulgarhistorypod this morning! #historygirls
OK, y`all! We asked in our stories who y`all wanted to hear next and we`ve chosen the next episode HOWEVER these were the top requested from the community (aka YOU). One of them is the next episode!
Which one are you hoping for? OR who do you want to hear after her?
Is it...
👸🏽 Anne Neville, daughter of Warwick, wife of Richard III. Does she know what happened to the Princes in the Tower?
👸🏽 Charlotte of Belgium/Carlota of Mexico. Sister in law to crowd favorite Empress Sisi and short-lived empress of Mexico.
👸🏽 Eartha Kitt, just all around rad actress/ singer from the mid 20th century who stood up to the president at the White House when she didn`t like what she saw.
👸🏽 Bess of Hardwick, an Elizabethan boss babe who was married just so many times.
👸🏽 Alice Roosevelt who was so unruly that her dad, president Teddy Roosevelt was heard to say "I can be President of the United States or I can control Alice Roosevelt. I cannot possibly do both"
👸🏽 Mary I of England, daughter of Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon. Can we put the title "bloody Mary" to rest?
#womeninhistory #history #historygirls
Please please please tell me someone else remembers Ace of Base?! 🤣🫠👵🏼 Also if you haven`t checked out our Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz episode, I fear you`re missing out! #HistoryTok #mexicanhistory #womeninhistory
THAT WILD ANS CRAZY UTERUS JUST MAKING THE LADIES SO CRAZY was an accepted fact in the 17th century, but Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz said "hang on a minute"... And we love her so much for it.
And we think y`all will too! #HistoryTok #WomensHistory #womeninhistory