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The Two Most Interesting Medieval Women

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As in a game of chess, medieval queens were often powerful forces beside or behind the kings. There have been many powerful queens in the history of Europe, but none more powerful, or more beautiful, than two queens who reigned during the Early Middle Ages, Emma of Normandy (985–1052) and Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124–1204). Those two queens combined held sway over no fewer than eleven kings during a period spanning 200 years.