#7 – Anne Boleyn
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Anne Boleyn is a second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I.
Anna urged on the King to break off relations with the Vatican, to divorce Catherine of Aragon, and create own Church of England. Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church, declared himself head of the Anglican Church, and invalidated marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Anne Boleyn became the wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England.
#6 – Elizabeth I
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Elizabeth I, “Virgin Queen", the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She has been ruled 45 years, and this period in the history of England is called the "Golden Age." The only queen who chose country as a husband. As she liked to say, "I'm married to England."
Although such an image, the queen had a lot of fans. To her wooed Thomas Seymour (husband of Catherine Parr), Duke Robert Dudley (according to historians, she pushed his wife down the stairs to ask the Queen to marriage him), the King of Spain, Philip II (after the rejection he sent Armada to England, it ended in the complete defeat of the Spanish ships), Archduke of Austria Karl and the Duke of Anjou.
#5 – Catherine II
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In 1762, Catherine organized a coup d'etat, vomit Peter III, and became Empress. The time of her reign is called "the golden age of Russian nobility."
When Catherine favoritism reached its top. Prince Potemkin, Zavadovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov were her fair-haired boys. In total she had 21 minions officially. She helped each of them to make a career.
But almost all after termination of the relationship were either expelled from Russia without the right of return, either dismissed, or on the orders of Catherine relatives of favorites were mutilated.
#4 – Evita Peron
Evita Peron went down in history as the wife of President Juan Peron and first lady of Argentina.
Evita has enormous power over Huano Peron and that she insisted on him to become head of government. After the hard work, in 1946, Juan Peron really became president of Argentina. As first lady, she was very popular among the poor and disadvantaged.
De jure she did not take any posts in the state apparatus, but de-facto she was a minister of health and labor. She perceived the Argentine people as her children. Probably because she could not have her own children due to illness.#3 – Lola Montes
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The life of this femme fatale was short - only 40 years. Over the years, she has managed to gain hearts of Franz Liszt, Honore de Balzac, Alexandre Dumas Sr., became a favorite of the Bavarian King Ludwig I, for the sake of Lola he abdicated.
The life of Lola Montes resembles a kaleidoscope. Her phrase "What Lola wants, Lola gets" became airborne. Of course, she wanted money, beautiful life and glory. One of the best theater critics in France died because of Lola in a duel, having to make a will in her name.
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