G7: Feudalism: Queen

it was harder for women to come to the throne and harder for women to overtly exercise power

During the high and late medieval periods, various queens exerted noteworthy influence on the affairs of the kingdom and some of them even ruled the kingdoms.

Most royal marriages were largely arranged for political purposes but giving birth to the royal heir constitutes the primary duty of a queen consort

The lives of women in the Middle Ages were determined by the Church and the aristocracy.