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

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