Historical Figures I would like to have been

[Catmeouws]

Which historical figure would you have like to have been? Apart from being bitten by a snake, I would like to have been Cleopatra. Who would you like to have been?

Queen Elizabeth I

Kattymanners, do you think she died a virgin?

Elizabeth 1
Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn - I always thought it sounded so much fun flirting with the king for years and getting loads of presents. I’d probably have ended up with my head off too though - it’s hard to have fun if you’re the queen and not allowed to piss about anymore.

Henrietta Maria

This is bonkers but I fantasise about being able to go back in time and rescue Mary Queen of Scots! She had a tragic life full of trauma and was executed because she was too close to the English throne and it makes me weep.

Elizabeth Woodville, or Mary Boleyn.

Or Anne of Cleves...... she did really well.

Boudicca, then I could have hacked and chopped those nasty Romans up

Oh what a hard question I think I would have to say Mary Boleyn she had a hard life but survived it all. However if I could change the destiny of said person it would be Anne Boleyn.

Gertrude Bell... I just watched the Nicole Kidman film of her life and really enjoyed it. Despite her heartbreaks it seems like she lived a full and interesting life.

Ooh, yes Elizabeth Woodville would be another one. I’d love to stand at the roadside looking sexy AF and get the king to fall in love with me.

But Mary QoS was also executed because of various plots (in which she was involved) to assassinate Elizabeth. And tbf that’s just how the Tudors rolled... she wasn’t all victim.

Katherine Swynford I’ve been fascinated since reading about her years ago.