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Biographies of Notable Medieval and Renaissance Women

An index to biographies on this site of notable women who lived about 500 through about 1600 -- including the Middle Ages, the European Renaissance and the Tudor period in British history.
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• Adelaide
• Aelfgifu
• Aelfled
• Aelfthryth
• Aethelflaed
• Amalasuntha
• Amina, Queen of Zazzua
• Andal
• Margaret of Anjou
• Anna
• Anna Comnena
• Anne Neville
• Anne of Cleves

B
• Berengaria
• Brunhilde

C
• Catherine of Siena
• Catherine of Valois
• Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
• Clare of Assisi
• Anna Comnena

D
• Margaret Douglas

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E
• Eadgyth of England
• Edith of England
• Edith of Polesworth
• Edith of Wilton
• Eleanor of Aquitaine
• Elfreda
• Elfrida
• Elfthryth
• Elgiva
• Elizabeth I of England
• Elizabeth Woodville
• Elizabeth of York

• Emma, Queen of Franks
• Ethelfleda

F
• Fredegund

G
• Beatriz Galindo
• Lady Jane Grey

H
• Hrotsvitha

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I
• Isabella I of Castile and Aragon (Isabella of Spain)
• Isabella of France

J

K
• Katherine of Valois

L
• La Latina: Beatriz Galindo

• Lady Li
• Louise of Savoy
• Ludmilla

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M
• Margaret of Anjou
• Margaret of Scotland (Saint Margaret)
• Margaret Tudor
• Marguerite of Navarre (Marguerite of Angoulême)
• Marozia
• Mary I of England

• Saint Matilda of Saxony
• Empress Matilda, Lady of the English
• Empress Maud
• 
Mirabai

N
• Anne Neville
• Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
• Anna Nzinga

O
• Olga of Russia

P
• Catherine Parr

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S
• Louise of Savoy
• Sigrid the Haughty
• Empress Suiko

T
• Saint Teresa of Avila
• Theodora - 6th century
• Theodora - 10th century
• Theophano - 943?-after 969
• Theophano - 956-991
• Trota or Trotula
• Margaret Tudor

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V
• Catherine of Valois

W
• Elizabeth Woodville

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You'll find information throughout this site on hundreds of other notable women. Try exploring the multi-level categories starting from the list at the left of each page on this site, the search at the top of this page, or use the list of articles, the subject library.
 

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