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unusual facts about dowager queen



Empress Cheonchu

The drama is based on the historical Dowager Queen Empress Cheonchu of the Goryeo, who fought against the Liao Dynasty in order to achieve her Grandmother's personal dream of reclaiming old lands lost over the years to other associated tribes and countries such as the Khitans and some Jurchens.


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Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

She died in Copenhagen as Dowager Queen of Denmark in 1952 and is interred next to her husband in Roskilde Cathedral.

Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia

Beatrice, now Dowager Queen of Bohemia, received in perpetuity lands in the County of Hainaut, the rent of 4,000 livres and the towns of Arlon, Marville and Damvillers (where she settled her residence) as her widow's estate.

Blanche of Navarre, Queen of France

After her husband's death, the Dowager Queen retired to Neaufles-Saint-Martin near Gisors in Normandy.

Corselitze

Initially it was used as "livgeding", a Danish term for land put at the disposal of the dowager queen for her support, but in 1718 it was converted into a cavalry district.

Counts and dukes of Valois

1063–1074 Ralph, also count of the Vexin and Amiens, whose third wife was Anne of Kiev, dowager queen of France (that marriage was childless)

Elevation of the Holy Cross

On the spot where the Cross was discovered, there was also found a hitherto unknown flower of rare beauty and fragrance, which has been named Vasiliko (Basil), meaning the flower of royalty, out of respect for the Dowager Queen who led the expedition.

Howard R. Hughes, Sr.

His wife and mother-in-law (Grissim) were descendants of Owen Tudor, second husband of Catherine of Valois, Dowager Queen of England.

The Prince and the Showgirl

Promising not to tell, Elsie then meets the Dowager Queen (Sybil Thorndike), the prince's mother-in-law, who decides she should join them for the coronation in place of her lady-in-waiting.