![]() ![]() And between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries three more exceptional women-Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France, and Margaret of Anjou-discovered how much was possible if pre-sumptions of male rule were not confronted so explicitly-and just how quickly they might be vilified as "she-wolves" for their pains. ![]() Four hundred years before Edward's death, Matilda, daughter of Henry I and granddaughter of William the Conqueror, came tantalizingly close to securing the crown for herself. For the first time, England would have a reigning queen-but the question was which one: Katherine of Aragon's daughter, Mary Anne Boleyn's daughter, Elizabeth or one of their cousins, Lady Jane Grey or Mary, Queen of Scots.īut female rule in England also had a past. When Edward VI died in 1553, the extraordinary fact was that there was no one left to claim the title of king of England. ![]()
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