Parallel Lives: Mary, Queen of Scots & Ana de Mendoza y de Silva, Princess of Éboli
Tudors Dynasty & Beyond
RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson
4.4 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Two powerful women — one a queen, the other a princess — both bound by beauty, intrigue, and political peril.
In this episode of Parallel Lives, we explore the striking similarities between Mary, Queen of Scots, and Ana de Mendoza y de Silva, Princess of Éboli — two women whose lives unfolded under the watchful eyes of monarchs, courtiers, and enemies alike. Both were celebrated for their charisma and intelligence, yet their ambitions and entanglements placed them at the heart of scandal and suspicion.
Join Dr. Emma and Rebecca as they uncover how Mary and Ana navigated power, faith, and betrayal in the tumultuous courts of 16th-century Europe — and how each became a symbol of fascination and tragedy in her own right.
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Host: Rebecca Larson & Dr. Emma
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of the Tudor's Dynasty and Beyond podcast is brought to you by Mrs. Bakewell's. |
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| 0:40.3 | You're listening to Dr. Emma and me on the Tudor's Dynasty and Beyond podcast. And now, |
| 0:46.7 | here are your hosts. Hello and welcome back. Well, it's Thursday. You know what that means. |
| 0:53.0 | It's time for Dr. Emma and me. Welcome |
| 0:55.1 | back, Emma. Hi, Rebecca. How are you? I'm good. It's, you know, like I said, Thursday. Thursdays |
| 1:01.4 | are always such fun days for me to be able to chat with my bestie about history, right? |
| 1:06.8 | Yes. Thursday has always been my favorite day of the week. |
| 1:12.4 | Do you know why? |
| 1:13.8 | Because it was Thursday. |
| 1:16.4 | It's like you read my mind. |
| 1:17.8 | It's like you know me. |
| 1:20.3 | Back in college when you were cool, you would go out on a Thursday |
| 1:23.9 | because that's the day the younger people couldn't go out. |
| 1:26.7 | Yeah. |
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