Question 16

After canceling her son's betrothal to the daughter of Charlemagne, forcing him to marry someone he hated, sanctioning a second marriage (which made him a bigamist) and having him scourged with rods when he showed signs of escaping her power, she ordered him to be blinded and took the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire in her own right.

 

Anna Comnena Anne of Cleves Bridget of Sweden Catherine de Medici Catherine of Siena Christine de Pisan Clotilda Eleanor of Aquitaine Heloise Hilda of Whitby

Hildegard of Bingen Hroswitha Irene of Athens Isabella Lady Jane Grey Joan of Arc Julian of Norwich Lucrezia Borgia Margaret Paston Margery Kempe

Marguerite Porète Marie de France Matilda of Tuscany Radegund Sichelgaita Theodora Theophano Theresa of Avila Trotula of Salerno Zoë