Ottoman Sultans kept a harem of hundreds of enslaved concubines to bear their children. But from 1533 to 1656 a handful of remarkable women bent the harem system to their wills and exercised extraordinary political influence and power. This period is known as the The Sultanate of Women. 
Hürrem Sultan 
Mihrimah Sultan 
Nurbanu Sultan 
Safiye Sultan 
Handan Sultan 
Halime Sultan 
Kösem Sultan 
Turhan Sultan
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In recent years Queen Victoria's royal paternity has been called into question. Let’s take examine the evidence in this historic mystery. And take a look at the royal family tree to answer the question “If Victoria’s decedents aren’t the rightful monarchs of the UK, then who is?”
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Was Queen Victoria illegitimate?

From Jane Austen novels to Downton Abbey, to Bridgerton young debutantes dressed in white gowns with feathers in their hair curtsy before the Queen and then get down to the serious business of attending balls and bagging a rich husband. Debutantes balls and the London season have been highly romanticized. But who were these young women, what was the etiquette of court presentation and the social season? What was the upper class marriage market really like? How did it all come to be and is it still going on today? Put on your finest court gown or your tailcoat and knee breeches and let’s find out!
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Debutantes & The Regency Social Season

Marie Antoinette, Queen of France was a naive young woman under a great deal of pressure and expectation. Her out-of-thouch excesses infuriated the people and contributed to the French Revolution and her downfall. 
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Marie Antoinette, Queen of France

Henry VIII’s is infamous for his relationships with women. The domineering King took 6 wives during his 36 years on the throne. And he disposed of them with as much scandal as he wooed them – Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived. But three other women had an important impact on his childhood, his mother Elizabeth of York and his two Grandmothers Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret Beaufort. They have been dubbed by popular historical fiction author Philippa Gregory as the White Princess, the White Queen and the Red Queen. These women were caught in the brambles of the wars of the roses and fought tooth and nail for their children and for themselves. And it was these three women who brought an end to three decades of bloody battle and restored peace to England. Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History!
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Henry VIII's Mother & Grandmothers

Catherine de' Medici from the powerful Italian family married the future King Henry II of France at 13. When he was impaled through the eye during a joust Catherine ruled France as regent for three of her sons during civil and religious wars. She was also a patron and devotee of mystic Nostradamus. 
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The Sultanate of Women 2/3: Nurbanu & Safiye

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