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@ HistoryExtra: Who do you think was the best couple in history and why? @ kwilsonlee Antony and Cleopatra for the sheer chutzpah of taking on the might of Rome together – sexy, if doomed @ mikedartagnanWilliam Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle and ‘ mad’ Margaret Lucas. A pair of quintessential English eccentrics Jo Morgan JFK and Jackie Kennedy – they represented a whole new future @ konallis Peter Abelard and Héloïse – true lovers and intellectual equals. And they started the trend of weird celebrity baby names @ EmmelineDownie Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera – the weirdest love story in history! @ TheWildHogg Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Augustus and Livia, FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt, Justinian and Theodora – they were all power couples Janelle Gerke John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford. Not only because they were lovers for many years who eventually married, but also because their descendants can be found in royal houses of York, Tudor and Stuart, down to the royal family of today. @ cajunjen Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine. They protected their people and bettered the system Hayley Charlotte Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley – a couple who have kept us guessing for almost 500 years @ oliviamyfanwy The Welsh dragon and the white rose: Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. I’ve always felt that they’re underrated as a medieval couple @Aylett1990 The pirates Anne Bonny and Captain Jack Rackham, because their rebelliousness broke social norms Luka Hammo I’m for Æthelflaed and Æthelred. Together they ruled their kingdom and protected their people. So much were they bonded that she continued to reign as lady of Mercia after her husband’s death. They are one of the first couples in royalty, if not the first, to work as a team and be respected equally.