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Happy birthday, Lucrezi Borgia. Queens podcast alum from our very early days! She would be 544 years young today! ⁠
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🍷 Lu-Lu was born into scandal. Her dad would go on to be Pope ( #popedaddy ) and yeah... popes aren`t supposed to father children, so due to nothing she did herself... already a scandal. ⁠
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🍷She carried that reputation for the rest of her life. There was also the rumor her entire life that she had an affair... with her BROTHER, Cesare Borgia. ⁠
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🍷 Also, was anyone really weirded out by how much you just really wanted Cesare and Lucrezia to just hook up already on the Showtime show? Anyone else???⁠
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🍷 Scandal came to a head when her second husband was (checks notes) was murdered almost certainly at her brother and dad`s orders⁠
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🍷 Also, she somehow got the reputation of poisoning people???⁠
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🍷 In the end, Lucrezia`s reputation died down as she settled into a happy marriage and motherhood and enjoyed popularity! ⁠
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Don`t know her story? Check out our classic episode on her (link in bio) ⁠
#history #popehistory #theborgias #onthisday #otd ...

New episode alert! Today we`re visiting medieval Wales for the first time ever to meet Princess Nest aka Nest ferch Rhys aka The Welsh Helen of Troy ⁠
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🐉 There`s a lot we DON`T know about her life, but what we do know is not boring. Born into a war-torn country, girl ended up becoming a royal hostage at a young age. ⁠
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🐉 But that`s okay! She meets a little known guy Henry I of England and becomes his mistress (as one does) ⁠
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🐉 To reward her, she`s sent back to Wales to live as the wife of a wealthy and powerful dude. And everything is great... until it isn`t⁠
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🐉 There are no pictures of Owain, Nest`s second cousin. But he causes a world of trouble for everyone so I just googled "stereotypical villain picture" and here we are ⁠
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🐉 Fun fact: Princess Nest is the ancestor or US President JFK #themoreyouknow⁠
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#historypodcast #listennow #historylesson #welshhistory⁠ ...

In honor of what should have been Selena Quintanilla`s 53rd birthday, we are taking a look back at some of her most iconic outfits. Because our girl LOVED fashion and we loved her in everything she wore. ⁠
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🌹 Houston rodeo jumpsuit is obviously where we start. Uuuuugh so iconic. ⁠
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🌹 In the early days, Selena was rocking her coca-cola sponsorship in a toned-down, family-friendly look here in 1991. Get that money honey. ⁠
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🌹 Is it even the Tejano music awards in the 90`s if Selena isn`t there in a boustier? Here we`ve got pictures from 1993 & 1994 ⁠
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🌹 The grammys look. OF COURSE. She looked amazing winning her first (and only 😭) in 1993⁠
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🌹I love this more innocent look from the Bidi Bidi Bom Bom video. And now that song will be stuck in my head all day. ⁠
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🌹 And lastly, her iconic black leather jacket + puffy shirt look from her 4th studio album. No notes. ⁠
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We love you Selena! From one Texas girl to another. Happy birthday. ⁠
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