Queen Bao Si was the second Queen to King You of the Western Zhou Dynasty. She has been notorious for causing the fall of the Western Zhou Dynasty.[1] Her story has often been seen as a morality tale that rulers should stay away from beautiful women because they could destroy them and their kingdoms.[2] Yet, some [read more]
Elisabeth of Austria was born on 9 July 1526 as the eldest child of the future Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife Anne of Bohemia and Hungary. Almost from birth, she was destined for the Polish throne. When she was just a few months old, her father offered her hand in marriage to [read more]
Queen Julia Drusilla of Emesa is famous for being mentioned in the Book of Acts in the Bible.[1] She has often been criticised for divorcing her husband, King Gaius Julius Azizus of Emesa, and remarrying Antonius Felix (the Roman Procurator of Judea).[2] She was known to exercise her power in Judea.[3] She was also known to [read more]
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Anna of Austria was born on 7 July 1528 as the daughter of the future Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. She was the third of their fifteen children. Anna seemed fine just after her birth, but she fell ill shortly afterwards, and she received an emergency baptism as a [read more]
On 5 July 1468, the future Queen Isabella I of Castile mourned the loss of her only full sibling, Alfonso. His death paved the way for her to become the face of the rebellion. Alfonso was born on 17 November 1453, when Isabella was two years old. Due to male-preference primogeniture, he would precede her in [read more]
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