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Leonardo da Vinci - Inventor, engineer, scientist, and artist
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. First female physician in England, co-founder of the first hospital staffed by women, the first Dean of a British medical school, the first woman M.D. in France, the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board and, as Mayor of Aldeburgh, the first female mayor and magistrate in Britain. Totally a reader, too.
Gold locket with the hair of Queen Marie Antoinette
Gold locket with the hair of Queen Marie Antoinette: British Museum
costumedramas
Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504), Queen of Castile and Léon. Isabella was the mother of Catherine of Aragon, grandmother of Mary Tudor.
Elizabeth, wherefore art thou?
Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort of Edward IV; mother of Elizabeth of York, whose marriage to Henry VII joined the Lancaster and York factions and founded the Tudor dynasty.
Mary Stuart, the last Queen of an independent Scotland. Her tomb, created by her son James I and VI of England and Scotland. Today, February 8th, is the anniversary of her execution by Elizabeth Tudor
1890s Marie Feodorovna's embroidered dress of velvet, silk, and metal thread, moire ribbon by Worth (Hermitage) | Grand Ladies
1890s Marie Feodorovna's embroidered dress of velvet, silk, and metal thread, moire ribbon by Worth (Hermitage)
Web Gallery of Art, searchable fine arts image database
Vigée Lebrun, Marie Antoinette, after 1783, Oil on canvas, 93 x 73 cm, (National Gallery of Art, Washington); second version
Russian Empire - Wikipedia
Empress Catherine the Great, who reigned from 1762 to 1796, continued the empire's expansion and modernization. Considering herself an enlightened absolutist, she played a key role in the Russian Enlightenment.
'Anastasia's Secret' by Susanne DUNLAP
The Romanov children. Butchered by the Bolsheviks. After years of mystery they found DNA from all members of the family, confirming the death of Anastasia.
the first waltz: a historical photoblog
"Marie, Queen of Romania...her life story is fascinating" eldest daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. Her father was the second-eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her mother was the only surviving daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Maria Alexandrovna of Hesse.