Queen
In 1806, her spouse was made King of Naples, thereby making her Queen of Naples. In 1808, Joseph was made King of Spain and Julie became Queen of Spain. However, she never lived there, preferring Mortefontaine, in the Oise department of France. She was kept informed from Vichy and Plombières about her husband's adulterous relationships with the Caribbean-Cuban born Dowager Countess of Jaruco, Teresa de Montalvo, and Maria del Pilar Acedo, Marquesa de Montehermoso.
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“If it were worth while to argue a paradox, one might maintain that nature regards the female as the essential, the male as the superfluity of her world. Perhaps the best starting-point for study of the Virgin would be a practical acquaintance with bees, and especially with queen bees.”
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“And thus Snow White became the prince’s bride.
The wicked queen was invited to the wedding feast
and when she arrived there were
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in the manner of red-hot roller skates,
clamped upon her feet.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
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—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)