Our influential and powerful matriarch is called the "Grandmother of Europe." She simply transformed much of her court in Poitiers into a center of troubadours and poets, and to ensure her legacy, she married her descendants into royal houses throughout Europe, leaving a legacy of art, culture, and dynastic power. Women also built Europethere are others, but she is the most documented, in addition to literally going on a crusade on horseback with her troops.Women in the Middle Ages were badass, and don’t let anybody tell you otherwise
>>18414562Cringe girlboss thread
>>18414573And here you are isn't? Thank you my dear
>>18414562>matriarchReally?
Richard was her favorite son. John was his father Henry II's favorite.
She was a stupid bitch that ultimately impeded Richard from being even greater.Hell, perhaps also to blame for John's weakness.Stop propping up women you stupid tards.There is only one "woman" you need to prop up, and its a man you manifested as a female because you are retards. Literally, retrograde dumbasses.FUCK OFF ALREADY.
>>18414892>propping
Her grandfather was the first troubadour and wrote a hilarious bawdy poem about a pilgrim who pretends to be mute and hooks up with two noble ladies, who think he won’t be able to tell on them. To be sure he’s not faking they have a cat claw his back and he doesn’t make a sound so they fuck all night until his junk is busted.
>>18414562FUN FACT: She died one week before the Fourth Crusade started. She took part in the Second
>>18414562Henry won in the long term. The only thing she and her retarded sons accomplished was preventing him from winning more
>>18415051why were medieval Christians celebrating cucking
>>18415088Not really
sexieet girlboss?
>>18415114*sexiest
>>18415114OP is a biased Feminist
For most of Henry’s reign she was a cipher, and had effectively already been stripped of Aquitaine in favour of Richard by Henry before the great revolt. She was powerful, but only so far as she could influence her sons. After the revolt she was held in house arrest for the rest of her life with no influence of power anywhere
>>18415223>She was powerfulThat's the OP's point
>>18414562>there are others, but she is the most documentedmaybe, but even then she is hardly documented. We only know about her as a side character in relation to whoever she was married to. She was influential, but as to how much of that was her actively promoting her influence we can never know.
>>18414562For me it's Mary of Burgundy>Inherited a large and powerful duchy in massive financial struggles eyed by France>Married a prince with no formal power just gigachad energy>Seemed to be truly in love with each other>Managed to keep the estates of Burgundy mostly united in the face of French invasion>Husband was devastated when she diedWhen they had time, the couple indulged themselves with dancing, hunting, music and the love for animals. Mary tried to teach him iceskating, which he struggled to master. They read romances together.[21][22] Soon after the wedding, she brought falcons into their bedroom (which they shared instead of living in separate apartments, and which already had a dog).[23] Mary nursed the children herself, ordered the menus and dined out with merchants from Dijon.[24][25] Mary cheered for her husband in tournaments, during which he proved a magnificent jouster, not just in feats of strength but in the luxury he lavished on the equipments, horses, accessories and ornaments as well.[26][27] At first, they talked to each other in Latin.[28]
>>18415354Cope
>>18415397Ok sorry
>>18415561Good boy
>>18417405Chinese men sure are known for their size and strength
