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Isabella of Angoulême

Isabella of Angoulême

Léa Seydoux as Isabella of Angoulême ✧ ROBIN HOOD (2010)

Tamzin Merchant as CATHERINE HOWARD [3/4] The Tudors (2007)

Natalie Portman as ANNE BOLEYN [2/?] The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

Jodie Comer as ELIZABETH OF YORK [5/?] The White Princess (2017)

Meryem Uzerli as HURREM SULTAN [14/?] Muhteşem Yüzyıl (Magnificent Century, 2011)

character: Grand Duchess Catherine Alexeevna (later Catherine the Great); series: Ekaterina, 2014 / 2016; appearance: season 1, episode 7; period: 1750s.

character: Elizabeth of York; series: The White Princess, 2017; appearance: season 1, episode 6; period: 1490s.

THE BORGIAS costume appreciation: 5/∞ (costume design by Gabriella Pescucci)

Eleanor Roosevelt and Lyudmila Pavlichenko.    Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper credited with 309 kills, she is regarded as the most successful female sniper in history. She visited with President Franklin Roosevelt, becoming the first Soviet citizen to be welcomed at the White House. Afterward, Eleanor Roosevelt asked Lyudmila to accompany her on a tour of the country and tell Americans of her experiences as a woman in combat. Pavlichenko was only 25, but she had been wounded four times in battle. ↳ more х,х,х | gifs from Battle for Sevastopol 2015 trailer.

Marina Alexandrova as Catherine the Great in “Ekaterina”, 2014 / tv series / episode 10 [38:12-39:52].

Hürrem Sultan Outfits + Colors of the Rainbow requested by anonymous

Love used to be a beautiful mirage, a moonbeam on the water I tried to cup in my hands. Now it is a grand oak tree, tried and tested, roots driving deep down into the earth. I have a love that takes me across oceans. A love that tells me I am home, no matter where in the world I am.

Tamzin Merchant as CATHERINE HOWARD [4/4] The Tudors (2007)