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queens.
Wife of Cymbeline and mother of Cloten (by her first husband), she hatches various evil plots which are uncovered in her deathbed confession, reported by Cornelius, Cymbeline 5.6.25–61.
Wife of Richard II, she last sees him on his way to the Tower, Richard II 5.1. Historically, Richard's wife at this time (Isabella, daughter of Charles VI of France) was only 11 or 12 years old.
Three queens successfully plead with Theseus to avenge their husbands by raising a force against Creon, The Two Noble Kinsmen 1.1.

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