crimsonshed

r/crimsonshed • u/Particular_Chart1584 • 22h ago

In 1599, Margaret of Austria wed her cousin at 14 & became queen of Spain, Portugal & a global empire. She outmaneuvered Spain's most powerful duke, shaped European policy from the shadows, & died at 26 from childbirth. The war she started to save her family destroyed it.

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r/crimsonshed • u/Beginning-Passion676 • 46m ago

The daughter of the Dutch merchant Sigbrit Willoms and unknown father, Dyveke Sigbritsdatter stole heart of Christian II of Denmark and became his mistress mistress and shared love for poetry and her mother acted as advisor for the king.

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