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Queenly Baby Names
Are you welcoming a darling little diva into your life? Or perhaps you’re hoping she’ll take heed from one of the more dignified and stoic rulers of years gone by. Regardless, your little one en route is going to be the definitive ruler of your life, and they need a name to match that! These queenly baby girl names celebrate the penchant for leadership coursing through baby’s blood and putting them on display with every utterance of her name.
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Who are the most famous queens around the world?
Unsurprisingly, the British monarchy can lay claim to a large portion of the world’s most famous queens. From the late Queen Elizabeth II to her namesake and Queen Victoria and the wives of Henry VIII, the Brits knew how to make a stamp on history. However, the likes of Marie Antoinette, Catherine de’Medici, and Katherine the Great managed to carve out their place among the tales of history.
How many monarchies are there today?
Though the monarchy system is a hold-over from times long past, there are still 43 areas in the world in which a head of state is a monarch! In Asia, you’ll find the highest concentration with 13 established monarchies, but Europe comes up very close behind with 12. Then combining the countries and regions in the Americas, Oceania, and Africa, you find the remaining 18. Counting all the various branches of each family tree, that makes for far more than just 43 powerful ruling families in the world.
Who are some of the most badass queens in history?
One of the queens who was quietly a badass is Henry VIII’s final wife, Katherine Parr—while still understanding she was a woman of her time, of course. She was a pious woman who obeyed and implored other women to do the same. However, she did fight for women’s education and their right to study scripture, even becoming the first queen of England to publish her own works. But then you have the more obvious badasses like the She-Wolf of France during 13th and 14th centuries and Empress Wu Zetian during the 7th century. The She-Wolf, Isabella of France, was a queen who was beautiful, intelligent, and evidently ruthless, demonstrated by her military prowess and stubbornness. Empress Wu was born to the Tang Dynasty, and eventually she singlehandedly ruled China, as the only woman to ever do so! While these are just a few, there are countless women throughout history that deserve to have their names shouted from the rooftops!
