Painting of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castille

Kings and queens

An illustration of Henry VII, surrounded by Tudor roses. In the background there are shadows of those who challenged for his throne.

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Henry VII: the greatest pretender. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Empress Maria Theresa, a portrait

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Maria Theresa: empress, warrior, matriarch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Princess Elizabeth

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The birth of Elizabeth I: everything you need to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Windsors in exile. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anne Boleyn, second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII

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Anne Boleyn's youth: how her years on the continent made her a match for Henry VIII. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I

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Henrietta Maria: Charles I’s warrior queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Scandalous BoleynsWhy Do They Continue To Fascinate Us?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The British Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on the day of George VI's coronation

20th Century

Britain’s May Queen: your guide to Queen Mary of Teck

A portrait of King Charles I

Stuart

Your guide to King Charles I, the deposed monarch who lost his head

Black and white image of a group of five men sat on the floor in a room in Fiji. One of them is pointing at another with a serious expression on his face.

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Cakobau: the first (and last) king of Fiji. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anne of Denmark, wife of James I of England

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Anne of Denmark: a killer queen?

A bas relief fragment portraying Cleopatra

Ancient Egypt

The female 'kings' of ancient Egypt

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Portraits, power and royal wigs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Katherine Parr in a jewelled head dress and finery

Tudor

Q&AWhat happened to Katherine Parr’s daughter, Mary Seymour, after her mother’s death?

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George II: reassessing a much-forgotten monarch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Green Knight shows his severed – and still talking – head to King Arthur in this illustration of the beginning of the 14th century legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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“A eulogy to the cult of chivalry”: what can Sir Gawain and the Green Knight tell us about Edward III and the Hundred Years’ War?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Persian ambassador bows before Louis XIV in the Palace of Versailles

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King of the world: how Louis XIV turned France into a global power. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth I dancing with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Artist unknown. (© Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library/Alamy)

Tudor

Tudor tunes: music at the courts of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and James VI and I

An illustration of the head of Louis XVI

Georgian

Guillotined in the French Revolution: the bloody story through 7 severed heads

James VI and I.

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Was James VI and I murdered?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From left to right: Queen Isabella of Castile; French regent Anne de Beaujeu; and Catherine of Aragon. (Photos by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/DeAgostini/Imagno/Getty Images)

Renaissance

Game of Queens: when women ruled Renaissance Europe

Edward II during the coronation ceremony with Queen Isabella in Westminster Abbey.

Medieval

QuizHow much do you know about medieval kings and queens?

A portrait of Henry VII, the first Tudor king of England, by Michiel Sittow. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Medieval

Medieval monarchy timeline: from the Norman Conquest to the Tudors

Eleanor of Woodstock, eldest daughter of Edward II, whom you can read more about in the April 2019 issue of BBC History Magazine. Medieval princesses had more agency than we might think says historian Kelcey Wilson-Lee. (Image by Alamy)

Medieval

7 things you didn’t know a medieval princess could do

Anne Neville was queen consort of Richard III, the last Yorkist king of England

Medieval

Anne Neville: wife of Richard III, daughter of Warwick the Kingmaker, and a modern enigma

Plantagenet

5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Plantagenets

Eleanor of Aquitaine depicted in a 12th-century prayer book

Medieval

The real Eleanor of Aquitaine: 5 myths about the medieval queen

Pregnant woman before giving birth in the 13th century

Medieval

16 things you (probably) didn't know about the rituals behind royal births, from the medieval era to the present day

Richard I on a Chertsey tile

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Does Richard I deserve his reputation as a martial genius?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval

How to be a medieval queen: the realities of being a royal woman in the Middle Ages

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