This article was written by Ezgi Özcan. Safiye Sultan was the chief consort of Murad III and queen mother of Mehmed III. She was one of the most powerful chief consorts and queen mothers in Ottoman history. Contrary to the previous chief consorts or queen mothers, Safiye Sultan didn’t need a great love story, and [read more]
Four Queens and a Countess: Elizabeth I, Mary Tudor, Lady Jane Grey, Mary Queen of Scots and Bess of Hardwick: The Struggle for the Crown Hardcover – 1 May 2018 (US) & 15 December 2017 (UK) When Mary Stuart was forced off the Scottish throne she fled to England, a move that made her cousin Queen [read more]
Helen went from blacksmith’s daughter to the Empress of Morocco. [read more]
Lillian May Davies was born on 30 August 1915 in Wales to miner William Davis and his wife, Gladys. She grew up in the slums of Swansea with her mother after her father had abandoned the family. In 1931, 16-year-old Lillian moved to London with hopes of a modelling contract. She had dropped the second [read more]
Arolsen Palace was built between 1711 and 1722 by Count Ulrich zu Waldeck. The construction that was on the site was completely torn down. The new baroque palace was the birthplace of Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, the future Queen (regent) of the Netherlands, who famously remarked “We can’t just let the poor man go home all [read more]
Shangguan Wan’er was one of Tang dynasty’s greatest poets and was known to be “the first female premier in China.”[1] She also played a “larger role in male literary culture, both as writer and arbiter than any other woman in Chinese history”.[2] Shangguan Wan’er is one of the very few women in Chinese history who rose to [read more]
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