Long may she reign Podcast
1) Catherine De Medici
Catherine De Medici is often Villainized in history books, she’s written off as power hungry and the reason the French wars of religion got so bad. But that’s not the whole story. Today I’m joined by ...Show More
2) Weetamoo
Wetamoo is often unknown to most people in American history, probably because she was around just after the far more famous Pocahontas. Weetamoo grew up knowing she would lead her tribe, but English s...Show More
3) Mary Boleyn
Mary Boleyn was Anne Boleyn's elder sister, and while she didn't lose her head, she still had a hell of a life. As the eldest daughter of a rising family in the Tudor court, she was expected to keep h...Show More
4) Agrippina The Elder
Agrippina the Elder was the imperial princess of Rome who did everything right. She married who she was told, keeping her family line going and effortlessly maintaining her family's perfect image. How...Show More
5) Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians
Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, is often not given her due credit for how influential she was in the crushing of the Viking Age. Æthelflæd was raised by Alfred the Great, who would have been a fine m...Show More
6) Olga of Kyiv
Olga of Kyiv started out life as an obscure Rus noblewoman until she was thrust onto the centre stage by marrying the most powerful man in Eastern Europe. Soon enough, she was faced with a crisis when...Show More
7) Josephine Empress of the French
Empress Josephine was one of the most fascinating women of the French Revolutionary period. Little Jo started out as the oldest daughter of a French noble family in the Caribbean with plenty of clout ...Show More
8) Queen Nzinga of the Ndongo
Welcome to the season six finale! On today's episode, we go out with a bang and discuss Queen Nzinga, one of the most badass African warrior queens in history. Nzinga was trained to be a warrior and a...Show More
9) Yolande of Dreux
What do you get when you take a French noble women and marry her to a Scottish king? A headache for the English. At just twenty-two, Yolande was thrust into the world of Scottish politics when she was...Show More
10) Empress Myeongseong (Queen Min)
Being queen is never easy, and no one knew that better than Queen Min. At only eight years old, she was left without a father, but funnily enough, her lack of ambitious male relatives made her the per...Show More