HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’ was inspired by a real medieval dynastic struggle over a female ruler
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In Westeros, Rhaenyra finds herself in a power struggle akin to that of the real-life Empress Matilda, who lived from 1102 to 1167. HBO – By David Routt, Adjunct Professor of History, University of Richmond Published: 2022 Oct 19 – In three decades …