Royal Mothers and their Ruling Children

Diana Pelaz Flores Germán Gamero Igea Sarah Betts Jitske Japerse Hang Lin Penelope Nash Carey Fleiner Kathleen Wellman Janice North Estelle Paranque

1. To be the Queen's Daughter. Controversy, Adultery and the Legitimacy Problem in the Reign of Enrique IV of Castile (1454-1474) 2. Stepmother and mother of princes: legitimation and political actuation in the reign of Juana Enriquez German Gamero Igea 3. Matriarchs of the Royal House of Stuart: Negotiating Personal and Dynastic Ambition, Motherhood and Adversity 1613-1662 4.To Have and to Hold: Coins and Seals as Evidence for Motherly Authority 5. Nomadic Mothers as Rulers in China: Female Regents of the Khitan Liao (907-1125) 6. Empress Adelheid's Vulnerabilities as Mother and Ruler 7.Optima Mater: Power, Influence, and the Maternal Bonds between Agrippina the Younger (A. D. 15-59) and Nero, Emperor of Rome (A. D. 54-68) 8. Louise of Savoy: The Mixed Legacy of a Powerful Mother 9. Queen Mother Knows Best: Maria de Molina and the Vestiges of Medieval Politics in Modern Historiography 10. Catherine of Medici: Henri III's Inspiration to be a Father to his People