Curated playlist
Daughters of kings
- Catherine of AragonWidowed at sixteen, Catherine of Aragon became the first known female ambassador in European history.
- Claude of FranceIn 1501, Claude of France was promised in marriage to the future emperor Charles V.
- Elizabeth of YorkElizabeth of York died on her 37th birthday. She was Henry VII's queen and Henry VIII's mother.
- Marie Louise, Duchess of ParmaMarie Louise called Napoleon "the Anti-Christ" as a girl, then married him.
- Mary, Queen of ScotsWhen Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded, her auburn hair turned out to be a wig. Underneath she had short grey hair.
- Princess Margaret, Countess of SnowdonOn the 21st of August 1955, the world waited for Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Three hundred journalists stood outside Balmoral that day, four times as many as would later trail Diana, Princess of Wales. It was Margaret's 25th…
- Margaret of Austria, Duchess of SavoyMargaret of Austria wrote her own epitaph during a storm in the Bay of Biscay. It was late 1496, and she was sailing to Spain to marry the heir to the thrones of Castile and Aragon. The ship was battered by the weather, and she composed…
- Rhea SilviaRhea Silvia, also called Ilia, is the mythical mother of Romulus and Remus, the twins credited with founding Rome. Her name appears as Rhea or Rea in some sources, and ancient writers gave her other names too. Yet the woman behind the…
- Mary Tudor, Queen of FranceMary Tudor secretly married Charles Brandon in Paris weeks after her husband, the King of France, died.
- Beatrice of NaplesBeatrice of Naples was queen of Hungary twice, then had to pay for the trial that ended her second marriage.