She-wolves: the women who ruled England before Elizabeth

Beginnings. July 6, 1553 : the king is dead

Long live the queen?

Matilda : Lady of England. This land grew dark

Mathilda imperatrix

Lady of England

Greatest in her offspring

Eleanor : an incomparable woman. An incomparable woman

The war without love

By the wrath of God, queen of England

Surpassing almost all the queens of this world

Isabella : iron lady. One man so loved another

Dearest and most powerful

"Someone has come between my husband and myself"

Iron lady

Margaret : a great and strong laboured woman. Our lady sovereign

A great and strong laboured woman

Might and power

The queen sustains us

New beginnings. July 6, 1553 : Long live the queen

Not of ladies' capacity

A queen and by the same title a king also.