Elizabeth Stuart: The Forgotten Queen

Not Just the Tudors

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🗓️ 10 March 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

As a contribution to International Women's Day last Tuesday, this episode of Not Just the Tudors is a tribute to one of the great - but largely forgotten - Queens of the Early Modern period.

Elizabeth Stuart may only be vaguely recalled today as the sister of King Charles I, the grandmother of King George I, and thus a direct ancestor of our current Queen. But in her lifetime, as the deposed and exiled Queen of Bohemia, Elizabeth was a formidable figure, operating at the epicentre of the political and military struggles that defined 17th century Europe.

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Dr. Nadine Akkerman, whose deep immersion in the archives and masterful detective work, has brought Elizabeth Stuart to life as a canny stateswoman and possessor of a sharp wit, cherished in the hearts of her compatriots.

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0:00.0	Right hands up, how many of you have heard of Elizabeth Stewart?
0:09.4	How many have heard of the winter queen?
0:13.4	And how about the queen of Bohemia?
0:16.9	Bravo if you did put a hand up, but don't worry if you didn't.
0:21.8	These are all alternative names for one woman we all should have heard of, but most of us
0:26.0	happened.
0:27.1	Born in 1596, by the time of her death, this daughter, wife and sister to King's
0:32.4	had to quote today's guest, lost to Kingdom, the upper Platonate, several wars, three
0:37.8	infant sisters, three brothers, one as a baby, and indeed her brother Charles the
0:42.0	first was beheaded, a husband, six children and several palaces.
0:46.5	She had also outlived all the ambassadors and generals who had ever supported or opposed
0:50.8	her.
0:52.1	She was Elizabeth Stewart, Queen of Bohemia, though known as the winter queen, by head
0:56.7	attractors.
0:58.0	Her grandson, George, Elector of Hannover, succeeded to the British throne in 1714, and that means
1:04.0	the modern British royal family is directly descended from her.
1:08.3	She was also an important woman in 17th century history, and yet I suspect, as I say, that
1:14.5	most of us have not heard of her before.
1:17.4	So in today's podcast, we'll explore her story, but we'll also think about why her fate has
1:22.4	been either obscurity or calamity, and how one goes about rehabilitating an early modern
1:28.8	woman.
1:30.6	My guest today is not new to not just the tutors.
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