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── .✦ GAEA WEISS (period shows: medici and vikings )

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── .✦ THEA SOFIE LOCH NAESSS (period shows: the last kingdom and the ugly stepsister)

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── .✦ LEA SEYDEOUX (period shows: beauty and the beast)

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── .✦ IMOGEN WATERHOUSE (period shows: the buccaneers and the outpost)

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── .✦ CHRISTINA RICCI (period shows: sleepy hollow)

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── .✦ ABBEY LEE KERSHAW

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── .✦ GEMMA WARD (model)

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── .✦ GEORGINA HIRST (period show: vikings)

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── .✦ SIENNA GUILLORY (period show: helen of troy)

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── .✦ FRANCES POOLEY (period show: the witcher)

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others:

aleksandra bortich (vikings)

tamzin merchant (the tudors)

mis wasikowska (alice in wonderland)

emily blunt

ella purnell (miss peregines home forpecular children)

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Lady Margaret Pole, when imprisoned in the Tower of London was sent clothes by Katheryn Howard, who at the time was Queen-consort of England as wife to Henry VIII.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Catherine of Aragon had a pet monkey. A portrait of her with said pet, is inserted below.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Katharine Basset, daughter of Honor Grenville and step-daughter to Arthur Plantagenet, (an illegitimate son of Edward IV, later accused of treason.) was arrested (though later released) upon rumors that she had gossiped about Katheryn Howard's adultery, claiming that it was a sign from God that Anne of Cleves (who she served following the annulment) marriage to Henry remained valid.

Katharine was also quoted as once proclaiming, "What a man is the King! How many wives will he have?" which is frankly, very real of her as someone who has researched both Henry VIII and Ivan the Terrible.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ At the same time, Katharine's sister, Anne Basset, is thought to have possibly been Henry VIII's mistress given the excess of gifts and privileges granted to her, even after her step-father's imprisonment. Anne may have even been considered as Henry's sixth wife.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Their mother, Honor Grenville, kept EXTENSIVE records of letters, now compiled in the Lisle Papers, which I'm 99% certain you can find online to read. They're a marvelous look at domestic Tudor life.

(honestly, this might just be me begging for someone to write an asoiaf fic based around the Basset-Grenville-Plantagenet drama of this time period.)

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Diane De Poitiers, mistress of Henry II of France and cousin of his wife Catherine De Medici, drank liquid gold, as at the time it was believed to give those who drank it a "youthful glow" eventually it's part of what many believe led to her demise. We know she consumed enough to leave evidence of it on her corpse, HUNDREDS of years later.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Diane De Poitiers also received a tax on every church bell that rang (either in only Paris or it may have been in the whole of France? I've seen differing accounts.) as given to her by the French church.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Yolande of Aragon (OMG, A NON-TUDOR WOMAN!) basically kidnapped her son-in-law while he was her ward, (he was betrothed to her daughter, they wanted the children to grow up together.) defying the French queen, Isabeau of Bavaria, who wanted her son returned to her during a period of political unrest.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Caterina Sforza kept books of her recipes for medicines, hair-care, skin-care and the like. At least one of these books survive, and while many of the recipes aren't the cure-alls that were claimed, they were mostly beneficial in what they were intended for.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ There was a big fuss in Renaissance Italy over Lucrezia Borgia allegedly "copying" another woman's hairstyle. Hair in Renaissance Italy was one of the few ways women could openly express themselves as individuals, making it a big deal.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ SPEAKING OF LUCREZIA BORGIA! There's a rumor about her that she kept poison in a ring, and would open it to pour the poison into a drink. Likelihood is the rumor is untrue, like many rumors about her.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ John of Gaunt's mistress-turned-wife Katherine Swynford was, for a time, the governess of his children.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ In regards to governesses, Diane De Poitiers served as a governess to Henry II and Catherine De Medici's children. Some sources even say that Diane had a closer relationship with Catherine's children, than Catherine herself did.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Mary, Queen of Scots grew up in the household of Diane De Poitiers prior to her marriage to Francis II, and the pair shared a close bond.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Katheryn Howard and Anne of Cleves danced together at New Years, following Katheryn's marriage to Henry VIII.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Around this time, Katheryn gifted Anne with one of the dogs Henry had given her for the occasion, wanting to "share the joy" as it were, with Anne.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ During the brief time the eventual Elizabeth I was considered a "princess" rather than "lady" (as she would be following the downfall of her mother) the later Mary I, her half-sister, was made to work in her household.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ The name of Lady Jane Grey was carved into a cell wall within the Tower of London. This cell is believed to have been where Guildford Dudley, her husband stayed, while awaiting execution, and it is believed that he is the one who carved her name.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ I've only ever seen this mentioned once, so, TAKE THIS WITH THE LARGEST GRAIN OF SALT, Elizabeth of York may have been given a pet lion by Henry VII, who, yes, did become a bit of a miser in his later years, but when it came to his wife and children? Henry VII spoiled them.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Jane Shore, (actually named Elizabeth, Jane later came from a play as a way to differentiate from the numerous Elizabeths at this time-period) was not only the mistress of Edward IV, but also Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (aka Edward IV's step-son, and my many times great-grandfather.)