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Queen Baddo

By Martine Mussies | March 15, 2023March 15, 2023 by Martine Mussies

Baddo (also known as Bauda) – fl. 589) was a 6th-century Visigoth queen consort. Queen Baddo is remarked for being the only Visigoth queen consort to have autographed sanctioned state and church documents, implying her…

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Three Warrior Queens

By Martine Mussies | October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 by Martine Mussies

In answer to my feminist friends, I researched three inspiring Warrior Queens: Hua Mulan (4th to 6th century AD), Æthelflæd (c. 870-918), and Lakshmibai (1828-1858). An abridged version of this post was also published here,…

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