Favorite Historical Female

[Drakken]

Rome's most infamous cheating whore, wife of Roman Emperor Cl-cl-cl-cl-cl-claudius.

Well, if we are going down that road - my favorite is the Empress Theodora, wife of Justinian the Great.

Anyone remember what she used to complain about, according to Procopius? 

[spoiler] That she had only three orifices suitable for fucking at the same time ... [/spoiler]

It's hardly my quote. It's the historical consensus.

Had she asked Tacitus' opinion of her he would have answered the same - in Latin.

[Malthus]

Sure. But would you have thought to mention her if I hadn't asked specifically about historical women?

No, I'm not usually in the habit of randomly mentioning  Boudica. 

[Malthus]

Rome's most infamous cheating whore, wife of Roman Emperor Cl-cl-cl-cl-cl-claudius.

Well, if we are going down that road - my favorite is the Empress Theodora, wife of Justinian the Great.

Anyone remember what she used to complain about, according to Procopius? 

[spoiler] That she had only three orifices suitable for fucking at the same time ... [/spoiler]

It's hardly my quote. It's the historical consensus.

Had she asked Tacitus' opinion of her he would have answered the same - in Latin.

Fair enough - I'm just setting Theodora against her. Messalina is quantity and Theodra is quality. 

[Jacob]

I generally don't do favourites, but some historical women I like include:

Julie d'Aubigny: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_d'Aubigny
Margaret I of Denmark: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_I_of_Denmark
I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Eleanor of Aquitaine as well.

Empress Wu Zetian is interesting as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Zetian

[Ed Anger]

Boudicca, for getting her and her tribe's teeth kicked in by Paulinius.

[Valmy]

Who's Messalina?

Author of probably the lamest and easiest thwarted plot to overthrow a Roman Emperor in history.

Olympe de Gouges for me.  Granted she sided with the Girondins but nobody is perfect.

[Drakken]

Olympe de Gouges for me.  Granted she sided with the Girondins but nobody is perfect.

I don't know why, as soon as I saw you'd posted I was sure you'd have answered either Olympe de Gouges or Charlotte Corday. 

[Valmy]

Surprisingly, one of my favourite historical female character is Sisi

Meh her sucking up to nationalist Hungarian douches always rubbed me the wrong way.

[Valmy]

Olympe de Gouges for me.  Granted she sided with the Girondins but nobody is perfect.

I don't know why, as soon as I saw you'd posted I was sure you'd have answered either Olympe de Gouges or Charlotte Corday. 

[Malthus]

More seriously though - my number 1 choice would probably be Hatshepsut - widely considered one of the greatest pharohes in history, her reign saw a long era of peace and prosperity in which Egypt reached its absolute peak in terms of wealth, civilization, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatshepsut

[Drakken]

Meh her sucking up to nationalist Hungarian douches always rubbed me the wrong way.

She did it for four reasons, I think, whose order of importance changed as months and years passed :

a) She genuinely appreciated Hungarian cuture, language, and aspirations as a nation, 
b) She saw that it would pacify the Hungarians and set better relations between them and the Austrians,
c) It was pissing directly into her stepmother's face, because Sophie never forgave the Hungarians for revolting and wanted their leaders either executed or banished forever
d) she desperately needed a way out from the Vienna court without totally abandoning Franz Joseph (which she ended up doing anyway), as Hungary was part of the Austrian Empire and not that far away.

I don't believe, however, that Sisi had an affair with Count Andrassy.

[Valmy]

More seriously though - my number 1 choice would probably be Hatshepsut - widely considered one of the greatest pharohes in history, her reign saw a long era of peace and prosperity in which Egypt reached its absolute peak in terms of wealth, civilization, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatshepsut

Yeah she is my wife's as well.  I have a hard time getting a feel for Pharoahs.  All we have left is their own propaganda and the writings on Greek Historians centuries (and we are talking many centuries) later.  I mean one would think her step-son Thutmose III was a 20 foot tall collosus who smashed Nubian armies single handedly.

[MadImmortalMan]

Hmm. Cleopatra. Or Lady Hamilton.

[Legbiter]

Marie Curie.

[Valmy]

Marie Curie.

Ooooooh good one