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It’s Valentines Day and it’s Wednesday which is an interesting confluence that means its time for a #SixWivesNoHenry #ValentinesDay special edition! Because where more romantic than feminist Tudor history...?
So I dug around a bit to try and find a story that doesn’t end with beheading or adultery and found the perfect Valentines story: Mary Tudor Won’t Stop Til She Gets Her Man.
So! The Mary in question is Henry VIII’s baby sister, who was a cool and fun and smart sort of person whose life suddenly changed when her brother/King decided she had to marry the French King. Mary was 19, the king was 52.
Today we are talking about Hortense Mancini, the bi duchess who took back her life from an abusive husband and lived on her own terms.
EVERYTHING ABOUT HER STORY IS WILD AND WONDERFUL AND I AM SO OBSESSED LET ME TELL YOU EVERYTHING.
