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Statue depicting a Mother Goddess sitting in a backed chair with fruit in her lap and accompanied by two other women and a dog, 1st century CE. From the ancient site of Nasium, Musée Barrois, Bar-le-Duc, France.

Martyrdom of the Seven Maccabee Brothers and Their Mother, stained glass by Dirck Vellert, Antwerp, c. 1530-35. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

An 1890 oil on canvas, Young Mother Sewing, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

Beatrice, mother of Matilda of Tuscany (c. 1046-1115) as depicted in the Vita Mathildis by Donizo, 1115. Ms. Vat. lat. 4922, fol. 30. Vatican Library.

A 13th century CE manuscript showing the coronation of Odo of West Francia, r. 888-898 CE. (Grandes Chroniques de France)

Owen Roe as Odo of West Francia in the TV series Vikings. Photo by Bernard Walsh/HISTORY - © 2016 The HISTORY Channel

A coin of Odo of West Francia (r. 888-898 CE)

Owen Roe as Odo of West Francia in the TV series Vikings. Photo by Bernard Walsh/HISTORY - © The HISTORY Channel

Mary of Guise (aka Marie de Lorraine, 1515-1560) was a French noblewoman who became the second wife of James V of Scotland (r. 1513-1542). With the premature death of her husband, her daughter Mary, Queen of Scots (r. 1542-1567) became queen...

Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) was an English poet, scholar, soldier, and courtier, one of the most prominent figures at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603). During his lifetime, he was revered as the ideal Elizabethan...