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When her father decided to marry her, this leather-clad princess embarked on one of the most bonkers Cinderella tales ever told.

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Ilona Zrinyi
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Viking princess who decided she'd rather be a pirate than get married.

Sutematsu Oyama
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Jeanne de Clisson
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Although her tribe was destroyed and she was forced into an unwanted marriage, this indomitable woman came to run the world's largest empire - with a woman as her companion.

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