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Aug 2023
29m 19s

Queens Who Had The Most Children

Lindsay Holiday
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If you think the kids in your family are a lot to handle, imagine having over a dozen of them! That was the reality for the royal women in today’s video. The primary expectation of Queens and other well born women of the past was to have as many children as possible to secure their husband’s dynasty and bare a few spares to be used in advantageous political ... Show More
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