Margarita of Austria, Philip III and the Duke of Lerma: the queen who really ruled Spain
At the height of the Spanish Empire, Margarita of Austria proved that power did not always reside where it was supposed to. In the court of Philip III, three figures shared the stage in a way that no political treatise could have scripted better: a brilliant queen, a passive king, and a greedy royal favourite […]
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