875: Margaret Pole Her Family Had Risen So Far, and They Fell So Low Born: 14 August 1473, Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Somerset, England (Present-day Somerset, United Kingdom) Died: 27 May 1541, Tower of London, London, England (Present-day Tower of London, London, United Kingdom) Margaret was one of two women in her time to hold an…
874: Anne Neville The Last Plantagenet Queen of England Born: 10 June 1456, Warwickshire, England (Present-day Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom) Died: 16 March 1485, Westminster, England (Present-day Westminster, England, United Kingdom) Even though Anne was a queen of England, very little information about her survives to this day. No portraits have been deemed “reliable” or…
864: Margaret, Maid of Norway Heir and Uncrowned Queen to the Scottish Throne Born: 9 April 1283, Tønsberg Municipality, Norway Died: 26 September 1290, St. Margaret’s Hope, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Kingdom of Scotland Margaret’s death at such a young age paved the way for Robert the Bruce to become King. Margaret was Scotland’s first queen…
853: Soraya Tarzi The First Queen Consort of Afghanistan Born: 14 November 1899, Damascus, Ottoman Empire (Present-day Damascus, Syria) Died: 20 April 1968, Rome, Italy Soraya fought for women’s equality, education rights, and more in her country. Soraya’s father was a liberal-minded thinker and politician. He was a firm advocate for the modernization of Afghanistan,…
852: Margaret of Anjou Queen of England Who Ruled in Her Husband’s Favor During His Bouts of Insanity Born: 23 March 1429/1430, Lorraine, France (Sources differ) Died: 25 August 1482, Anjou, France Margaret was also a pivotal figure in the Wars of the Roses and is recognized as the leader of the Lancastrian faction. Margaret’s…
843: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort of England Known as “The White Queen” Born: 1437, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England (Present-day Northamptonshire, England, United Kindgom) Died: 8 June 1492, Bermondsey Abbey, Greater London, England (Present-day Bermondsey, London, England, United Kingdom) Elizabeth was frowned upon (to put it politely) because of her Low Birth Status. In layman’s terms,…
838: Gruoch ingen Boite The First Queen of Scotland in Recorded History Born: c. 1015, Present-day Scotland Died: c. 1060, Present-day Scotland Also Spelled: Grauch Gruoch has earned this title not by being the first ever queen of Scotland, but by being the first whose name we know. There were other kings before, and they…
827: Rani Rudrama Devi Queen of Telangana During the Kakatiya Dynasty Born: 1259, Orugallu, Telangana (Present-day Warangal, India) Died: c.1289-1295, Present-day Chandupatla, Nalgonda District, India Also Known As: Rudradeva Maharaja Also Spelled As: Rudramadevi Rudrama became co-ruler in her teens when her father named her co-regent. Since he had no male children, Rudrama’s father gave…
826: Teuta of Illyria Queen Regent of the Ardiaei Tribe Reigned c.231 to 227 BC, Illyria (Present-day Balkan Peninsula in Europe*) Teuta’s kingdom threatened Rome’s naval power in the Adriatic Sea; setting off what became the first of several Illyrian Wars. Teuta’s husband, King Agron, died after enjoying his victory over the Aetolian People too…
816: Noor Inayat Khan Radio Operator and Spy in Occupied France Born: 1 January 1914, Moscow, Russian Empire (Present-day Moscow, Russia) Died: 13 September 1944, Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany Noor was a direct descendant of Tipu Sultan (making her kind of a princess). She was raised to be a pacifist; her father was a Sufi…