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The young Victoria was never allowed to be apart from her mother, her tutor or her governesses (Baroness Lehzen and the Duchess of Northumberland). She was kept isolated from other children, and her mother and Conroy strictly monitored and recorded her every action and entirely controlled whom she was allowed to meet.
Amalasuintha (reigned 534–535) – she ruled first as regent for her son and thereafter as queen regnant in her own right; Sardinian medieval kingdoms. Elena of Gallura (reigned 1203–1218) Benedetta of Cagliari (reigned 1214–1233) Adelasia of Torres (reigned 1236–1259) Joanna of Gallura (reigned 1298–1308) Eleanor of Arborea (reigned ...
Elizabeth was born on 21 April 1926, the first child of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), and his wife, Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary, and her mother was the youngest daughter of Scottish aristocrat Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl ...
Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her coronation, Buckingham Palace, 1953. The Print Collector/Getty Images At the age of 25, Queen Elizabeth II — then known as Princess Elizabeth — pledged to ...
In 1185, Berengaria was given the fief of Monreal in Navarre by her father. [1] Eleanor of Aquitaine promoted the engagement of Berengaria to her son Richard the Lionheart. An alliance with Navarre meant protection for the southern borders of Eleanor's Duchy of Aquitaine and helped create better relations with neighbouring Castile, whose queen was Richard's sister Eleanor.
The Danish queen celebrated her golden jubilee this year. Here, take a look back at Queen Margrethe's life—from her childhood in Copenhagen through her annual summer vacation in France.
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This is a list of female hereditary monarchs who reigned over a political jurisdiction in their own right or by right of inheritance. The list does not include female regents (see List of regents), usually the mother of the monarch, male or female, for although they exercised political power during the period of regency on behalf of their child or children, they were not hereditary monarch ...