–> 10 influential women during the Renaissance:
Margaret Beaufort: one of the key figures of the Wars of the Roses and an influential matriarch of the Tudor house, she established two prominent Cambridge’s colleges and started a Tudor patronage of English translation and book production.
Isabella I of Castile: she reorganized and reformed her kingdom, while her marriage with Ferdinand of Aragon and their joint policies turned their kingdoms into a powerhouse whose influence expended well over the borders of their lands, leading to Spain becoming the first global power dominating Europe durign the rule of their grandson, the Emperor Charles V.
Giulia Farnese: mistress of Pope Alexander VI, she worked hard to promote her family to the highest positions, her brother becoming Pope Paul III, and was an able administrator during her time as Governor of Carbognano.
Louise of Savoy: with keen political and diplomatic spirits, she raised her children (Marguerite d’Angoulême and the future François I) in the spirit of the Italian Renaissance, and played a major role during the reign of her son, also serving as regent of France in 1515 and in 1525-1526, until her death.
Anne of Brittany: her second tenure as Queen consort of France saw her play an important role in politics, while also defending the independence and rights of her duchy of Brittany; as well as being a patroness of arts and collector of tapestries, promoting the Italian arts at the French court.
Margaret of Austria: regent of the Netherlands under the title of Governor of the Low Countries, she was at the head of a highly cultivated court, possessing a rich library, and was as well an important patroness of arts, most specifically music and paintings.
Lucrezia Borgia: political player during the tenure of Pope Alexander VI, she became Governor of Spoleto, an office usually reserved to cardinals, and also took care of the Vatican City correspondance and governance of Ferrara, during her third marriage.
Katherine of Aragon: first female ambassador in European history, as Spanish ambassador during the time between her two marriages, she was also Regent of England and fought against the Scots while Henry VIII was abroad; and supported education for royal and noble women in the Humanist tradition.
Isabella of Portugal: Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Spain, her time as regent, during the absences of her husband the Emperor Charles V, ensured the independence of Spain from imperial policies.
Anne Boleyn: educated in the new Renaissance humanism, sympathetic towards the Reformation’s ideas and ideals, she supported many writers and theologians, and helped the diffusion of Reformist ideas in England.
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