by the wrath of god, queen of england

Eleanor of Aquitaine & Eleanor of England & Blanche of Castile

CLÉMENCE POÉSY as MATILDA OF FLANDERS KING AND CONQUEROR // Episode 4 So Be It

On Sept 7, between three and four o'clock p.m., the Queen was delivered of a fair lady, for whom Te Deum was incontinently sung. The mayor, Sir Stephen Pecock, with his brethren and 40 of the chief citizens, were ordered to be at the christening on the Wednesday following ; on which day the mayor and council, in scarlet, with their collars, rowed to Greenwich, and the citizens went in another barge […]

Her early demise left the royal family heartbroken, with a succession crisis looming as there was no other legitimate candidate to inherit the throne after her. Leopold was left deeply affected and remained so for the rest of his life.

↳ house woodville & house boleyn + parallels (requested by anonymous)

history + france's almost queens

Marie Antoinette (2006), dir. Sofia Coppola

Four sisters who had risen from near obscurity to become the most celebrated and powerful women of their time. Almost nothing of significance that occurred in Western Europe during the period in which they lived was not influenced by the actions of their family. It is impossible to fully understand the underlying political motivations of the thirteenth century without them. — Nancy Goldstone, Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe

ELIZABETH OF YORK | happy birthday @richmond-rex <3

The Queen Consorts of England by name

She was beloved by every- one—from the mightiest of diplomats to the lowliest of subjects. During her 17 years as queen, Elizabeth of York was exactly the consort needed by England to help end the ugly, internecine Wars of the Roses. Sometimes, a gracious personality far outweighs the power of the potentate. Elizabeth of York was such a queen. ⎯ Elizabeth of York: Queenship and Power, Arlene Okerlund

FIREBRAND (2023)

Rhaenyra Targaryen and Mary, Queen of Scots + parallels (Part 1/2)

spouses of claimants to the english throne

wives of english kings who remarried after their deaths

“Girlhood rots between my teeth, a sickness so sweet it aches.”