Elizabeth I (1533–1603) in all her feminine finery
Well, her father, King Henry VIII, turned into a human OGRE - at least in my opinion - and her mother, Anne Boleyn, is reputed to have become a well-traveled ghost after being beheaded by her husband, who was desperate to have a son that might save his Tudor-dynasty. I agree that such a heritage might lead up to something very weird in anyone, man or woman, but first and foremost in those who don't like the strength and capacity in a female ruler like this particular English queen.
The portraits of Elizabeth I doesn't suggest anything masculine in her looks, although she did "rule like a man". Nevertheless, the so-called "Bisley Boy"-legend gained interest, but not in her lifetime. No, it took several hundred years for this idea of an intricate conspiracy to dawn upon the misogynistic population, and the one who really set it going was the author who created "Dracula", Bram Stoker. He claimed that the real princess Elizabeth died at an early age, and that she was replaced by a boy at Bisley because the nanny of the young princess feared the wrath of the king when he found out. According to Stoker, that was the reason why Elizabeth I never married, as the intimacy of a marriage would have revealed her true gender.
However, during her lifetime, she was examined by several doctors, and none of them spoke of something "masculine" in her biology. Also, one of her suitors, The Duke of Anjou or King Philip II of Spain, bribed her laundress to let him know whether she menstruated or not. The laundress reported that she did, thus confirming her female biology. That may be a great disappointment to some misogynistic people of 2025, but that's something they will have to get over.
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