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Eleanor of Aquitaine was not built for the sidelines. Duchess in her own right, queen of both France and England, mother to kings, patron of culture, political operator, rebel, prisoner,
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Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Sisi, is often remembered as a fairytale figure. Impossibly beautiful, famously fashionable, and immortalized in portraits that made her look more myth than
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The Hundred Years’ War was a long and chaotic struggle that actually lasted 116 years. From 1337 to 1453 England and France were just kind of nonstop at each other’s
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What do you know about Victoria Woodhull? Do you even know the name? We aren’t surprised if you don’t because there was a serious push to erase Victoria Woodhull from
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Selena, Selena, Selena. Talk about a life cut too short. Here on Queens we talk a lot about women who were killed unjustly. Hell, our very first episode was about
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