Queen Elizabeth I kicked Spanish @ss. Of course, strictly speaking she never had any children, but she was one mean mother.
And then there was her sister, Bloody Mary.
Eleanor of Aquitaine led troops in battle.
New movie with Cate Blanchett reprising her role as Elizabeth I is coming out on October 12th. Jeffrey Rush plays Francis Walsingham again and Clive Owen is Sir Walter Raleigh. The movie is titled: Elizabeth: The Golden Age. It looks very good.