History Tea Time

Royal Mistresses who became Queens


Listen Later

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

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

History Tea TimeBy Lindsay Holiday

  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

473 ratings


More shows like History Tea Time

View all
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics by Bruce Carlson

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

1,130 Listeners

Rex Factor by Rex Factor

Rex Factor

931 Listeners

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast by The History Chicks | QCODE

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

7,935 Listeners

The History of WWII Podcast by Ray Harris Jr

The History of WWII Podcast

3,970 Listeners

The Ancient World by Scott C.

The Ancient World

1,834 Listeners

The History of Egypt Podcast by Dominic Perry

The History of Egypt Podcast

1,848 Listeners

The History of China by Chris Stewart

The History of China

1,099 Listeners

Historic Royal Palaces Podcast by Historic Royal Palaces

Historic Royal Palaces Podcast

446 Listeners

The Explorers Podcast by Matt Breen

The Explorers Podcast

1,486 Listeners

Historical Blindness by Nathaniel Lloyd

Historical Blindness

834 Listeners

Queens Podcast by Queens Podcast

Queens Podcast

1,387 Listeners

Tudors Dynasty & Beyond by RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson

Tudors Dynasty & Beyond

725 Listeners

Ancient History Fangirl by Jenny Williamson and Genn McMenemy

Ancient History Fangirl

434 Listeners

Dressed: The History of Fashion by Dressed Media

Dressed: The History of Fashion

1,498 Listeners

The Box of Oddities by Kat & Jethro Gilligan Toth

The Box of Oddities

2,856 Listeners

Talking Tudors by Natalie Grueninger

Talking Tudors

715 Listeners

American Revolution Podcast by Michael Troy

American Revolution Podcast

989 Listeners

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire by Samuel Hume

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

366 Listeners

Noble Blood by iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

Noble Blood

13,565 Listeners

Vulgar History: Revolution by Vulgar History | Realm

Vulgar History: Revolution

341 Listeners

Plodding Through The Presidents by Howard & Jessica Dorre

Plodding Through The Presidents

349 Listeners

History of the Second World War by Wesley Livesay

History of the Second World War

572 Listeners

British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics by Carol Ann Lloyd

British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics

170 Listeners

Not Just the Tudors by History Hit

Not Just the Tudors

1,987 Listeners

Art of History by Amanda Matta

Art of History

314 Listeners

The Gilded Gentleman by Carl Raymond

The Gilded Gentleman

794 Listeners

History of Everything by Stakuyi

History of Everything

698 Listeners

Art of History by Amanda Matta

Art of History

314 Listeners

Trashy Royals by Hemlock Creatives

Trashy Royals

274 Listeners

The Tudor Chest Podcast by Adam Pennington

The Tudor Chest Podcast

90 Listeners

Even The Royals by Wondery

Even The Royals

1,115 Listeners

History on Trial by iHeartPodcasts

History on Trial

466 Listeners

Face-Off: The U.S. vs China by Airwave Media

Face-Off: The U.S. vs China

156 Listeners

The Historian's Table by The Historian's Table

The Historian's Table

112 Listeners