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Limestone statue of the seated figure of priest Neje and Mutnefret, his mother. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, 13th and 12 centuries BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

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)

Marie Antoinette (l. 1755-1793) was the queen of France during the turbulent final years of the Ancien Régime and the subsequent French Revolution (1789-1799). With the ascension of her husband Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792), she became...

The Crown Jewels of the monarchy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are today kept in the Tower of London and date mostly to the 17th century, with a few later sparkling additions such as the Koh-i-Noor and Cullinan...

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...

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 - © 2016 The HISTORY Channel

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 - © The HISTORY Channel