Dr. Elena (Ellie) Woodacre is a Reader in Renaissance History at the University of Winchester. She is a specialist in queenship and royal studies and has published extensively in this area, including her most recent monograph, Queens and Queenship (ARC Humanities Press). Elena is the organizer of the Kings & Queens conference series, founder of the Royal Studies Network, editor-in-chief of the Royal Studies Journal, and the editor of two book series with Routledge and ARC Humanities Press.