A woman inheriting the crown in her own right differed from the many queens who effectively governed while a king was away at war. A campaigning ruler needed a trusted partner capable of running the kingdom in his absence. Female political authority was already part of practical government even when it was not expressed as succession to the throne. A daughter inheriting in her own right would not have introduced political leadership by women from nowhere.
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Queens as wartime regents
Queens who governed while kings campaigned make female political authority less unprecedented than a throne-centered narrative suggests.