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Medieval queens were seen as passive diplomacy pieces in the game of thrones. There was no need to tell stories about their death that would function as a comment on their lives or morals. Queens were simply written out of stories, not mentioned unless their deaths left their husbands without an heir. There was no real need for chroniclers to make political statements about the deaths of queens, but more was made of how the kings mourned. It was all about them.
Mortal Monarchs: 1000 Years of Royal Deaths
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