Empress Dowager Wang Zhenfeng was Empress to Emperor Ming of the Liu-Song Dynasty. She also witnessed the fall of her own dynasty.[1] She was said to be a smart Empress, but could not save her own dynasty.[2] Empress Dowager Wang Zhenfeng is also known as the Empress who refused to look at Emperor Ming’s naked [read more]
Grand Princess Sun Luban was one of the most powerful princesses during the Three Kingdoms era.[1] She was the daughter of Emperor Sun Quan of the Wu Dynasty. She was also very influential and helped establish the next Emperor.[2] She would often maliciously accuse those whom she disliked.[3] She even killed her own sister, Princess Sun [read more]
The Kingdom of Afghanistan existed between 1926 and 1973. Amanullah Khan was first Emir of Afghanistan from 1919 and then the first King of Afghanistan. The Kingdom operated under Salic law, which barred women from inheriting the throne. Thus, the Queens mentioned will always be Queen consorts. Any titles mentioned after the end of the [read more]
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The British line of succession operated on male-preference primogeniture for a long time before implementing absolute primogeniture in 2015. This means that the eldest child, regardless of gender, will now inherit the throne. But how many women missed out due to being passed over for a younger brother? We will pick up after the union [read more]
The Belgian Scroll Tiara arrived in Luxembourg as part of the trousseau of Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium when she married the future Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg in 1953. The tiara was a wedding present from the Société Générale, a bank from France. It was made by Henry Coosemans. Joséphine-Charlotte wore the Belgian Scroll tiara [read more]
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