First papal Golden Rose sent to a woman
1261
Urban IV presented the papal Golden Rose, usually given to princes, to Beatrice of Savoy, queen of Charles of Anjou. The honor signaled her importance as a patron and her influence over her husband's southern Italian policy during the critical struggle with the Hohenstaufen. The gift was a calculated diplomatic gesture, acknowledging the growing political role of royal women in thirteenth-century European courts.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.