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Happy mother’s day! 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 marriages. Their fertility was their life. They were married early and caught on a treadmill of pregnancy, birth, handing their babies over to be raised by wetnurses and tutors, and hoping back into bed to conceive again as soon as possible. Surely they looked forward to the relief of menopause. Here are 9 Queens and Empresses who bore an extraordinary number of children:
Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal Empress Consort 14 Children
Charlotte of MecklenburgStrelitz, Queen Consort of Great Britain & Ireland 15 Children
Anna Jagellonica, Queen Consort of Germany, Bohemia & Hungary 15 Children
Eleanor of Castile, Queen Consort of England 16 Children
Keran, Queen Consort of Armenia 16 Children
Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress 16 Children
Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen Consort of Naples and Sicily 17 Children
Anne, Queen of Great Britain 18 Children
Darejan Dadiani, Queen Consort of Georgia 23 Children

Maria Theresa's Daughters:    • Empress Maria Theresa's Daughters, Pa...  
   • Empress Maria Theresa's Daughters, Pa...  
Maria Theresa's Sons:    • Empress Maria Theresa's Sons  

I make mini documentaries about women's history and royal history:
Queens of the World:    • Queen Marie Antoinette, Part 1  
A History of...    • A History of Childbirth: Conception  
Royal History:    • A History of Royal Incest & Inbreedin...  
LGBT Royals:    • LGBTQ Royals of the World  
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org
https://www.britannica.com
http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk

Music: Bellissimo by Doug Maxwell

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