When Mumtaz Mahal, the “Jewel of the Palace,” tragically died in childbirth, her husband built the Taj Mahal in her honor.
After losing everyone she’d ever loved, Maria I of Portugal began to change. She’d hiss, shriek, and claim there was a “demon” inside of her.
Queen Soraya infamously divorced the Shah of Iran, but the pair never stopped loving each other. They were more star-crossed than Romeo and Juliet.
Nicknamed the “Mistress of Mayfair” for the sheer number of beds she seduced her way into, Doris Castlerosse was the wildest courtesan of her time.
After humiliating scandal, Shah Reza of Iran was kicked off the throne and exiled. Even his own wife refused to go with him.
When Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg’s husband died, she had his heart embalmed, and hung it in a golden casket above her daughter’s bed.
Though Imperial Consort Wenxiu infamously divorced the Emperor of China in 1931, their twisted love story had an even darker end.
From being kidnapped by his stepfather to enacting revenge on an entire family, the life of James V was a wild ride, right up until his dark end.
When Lettice Knollys married Queen Elizabeth’s rumored lover, the queen banished her from court and spent years destroying her reputation—yet in the end, Lettice still won their bitter feud.
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