Queens Trapped in Marriages to Men Who Loved Men

Royal marriages in the past were rarely unions of love. But in some cases, women had to compete not with their husbands’ mistresses, but with their husbands’ male lovers. In this video, we will explore what it was like when your husband was a king, but he preferred men to you. Did Isabella of France really have her husband killed? What did Anne of Denmark think about James I and his favourites? And what was life like at Versailles for the two wives of Philippe, Duke of Orléans? These are stories of duty, humiliation, power, survival, and the freedom to love.