When American heiress Mary Curzon married the Viceroy of India, it was supposed to be a fairy tale—but it was really a horror story.
The United States was ostensibly founded on the rejection of the rule of royalty. Despite this, many Americans over the centuries have married into royal families and brought something of the royal lifestyle to American shores.
Edward I was a brutal king, but his weak spot was his wife, Eleanor of Castile. Her dark side was just as bad as his—if not worse.
In 2019, an English man got much more than he bargained for when he found an absolutely stunning lost treasure that belonged to one of the Tudor era’s most remarkable figures.
Olga of Kiev had a ruthless reputation—known for the infamous stories of her bloodlust—but her ultimate fate was one of the biggest surprises in history.
Queen Matilda was the polar opposite of her cruel husband King Henry I of England—and he dealt her a brutal betrayal in death.
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