So many good choices! I’ve always been a fan of Jeanne d’Arc, for a variety of reasons; many other medieval women would be pretty high on the list, too. But I do have to say I at least have a soft spot for Mary Tudor (note—not Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots), though I know this may provoke some disagreement. She went through a really rough time for most of her life, and yet was able to remain true to those things she found important—I’m not saying I support burning people, but for the time she wasn’t terribly atypical, and she has been unfairly treated by many writers after her death. also I portrayed her for an evening at a school event And, despite all the harshness of her life, by all accounts she was personally a very sweet, talented, and intelligent individual. So… I do respect her quite a bit, though I can’t say that I necessarily have an absolute favorite.