Polish queens. Love and nobility story. Mayorova E.I.

Princess, Princess, Queen, Princess - From childhood, remembered images of magical children's fairy tales, romantic illusions of youth. Beautiful, kind, often persecuted, but always noble, generous, ready for self -sacrifice. Or, on the contrary: insidious, ruthless, full of sinister plans, attracting in their network to sweet death, but invariably charming. The Great Polish chronicle says that the ruler "did not decide. not to have a wife ”; The wife symbolized the appearance of heirs and, therefore, the continuity of power, the preservation of an established order. Therefore, marriages and the birth of children were the most important events not only in the private, but also in the political life of Poland. The ruler was a central figure of the princely court, but a very significant role in society and the development of medieval statehood belonged to his environment, members of his family and especially his wife.

The book tells about the difficult, sometimes dramatic fate of the Polish rulers and their crowned spouse.