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Through most of history, Kings selected wives for their royal blood and political significance. Women they actually liked and were attracted to were relegated to being mere mistresses. These women were usually local aristocrats or even commoners who would not be considered contenders to be consort. The majority of monarchs had mistresses and their wives usually looked the other way, safe in the knowledge that their place as Queen could never be usurped. But a number of royal courtesan did come to wield great power. And on a few, incredibly rare occasions the stars to aligned to put the King’s lover on the throne. Let’s meet 8 royal mistresses who successfully became Queens.
Inês de Castro Posthumous Queen of Portugal
Christina Abrahamsdotter, Queen of Sweden
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England
Jane Seymour, Queen of England
Catherine Howard, Queen of England
Karin Månsdotter, Queen of Sweden
Catherine I, Empress of Russia
Camilla Shand, Queen of the UK & Commonwealth Realms
Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History!
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Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell
Music: Butterflies in Love by Sir Cubworth
#HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday
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Through most of history, Kings selected wives for their royal blood and political significance. Women they actually liked and were attracted to were relegated to being mere mistresses. These women were usually local aristocrats or even commoners who would not be considered contenders to be consort. The majority of monarchs had mistresses and their wives usually looked the other way, safe in the knowledge that their place as Queen could never be usurped. But a number of royal courtesan did come to wield great power. And on a few, incredibly rare occasions the stars to aligned to put the King’s lover on the throne. Let’s meet 8 royal mistresses who successfully became Queens.
Inês de Castro Posthumous Queen of Portugal
Christina Abrahamsdotter, Queen of Sweden
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England
Jane Seymour, Queen of England
Catherine Howard, Queen of England
Karin Månsdotter, Queen of Sweden
Catherine I, Empress of Russia
Camilla Shand, Queen of the UK & Commonwealth Realms
Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History!
Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday
Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091781568503
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyteatimelindsayholiday/
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyteatime
Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes!
Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell
Music: Butterflies in Love by Sir Cubworth
#HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday
Please contact [email protected] if you would like to advertise on this podcast.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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