Robert Carey claimed he married his cousin Elizabeth more for her worth than her wealth. The queen was furious.

Anne Russell Dudley, Countess of Warwick's gender did not bar her from participating in military, domestic, foreign or church affairs. 

Katherine was the daughter of Mary Boleyn, and therefore the queen's cousin if not her half sister.

At 16 and married for almost 5 months, she convinced her father, the Lord Admiral, to make her new husband the Vice-Admiral of Ireland . .

How did all the women except queens disappear from the historical narrative? Historians write about what is of interest to them.

Between 1500 and 1599 there were 165 years of formal female rule - more than 1.5 as many as calendar years.

I am a bit aghast that I agreed to impersonate a political analyst for a lecture on Elizabeth I.