37. Princess Irene Batthyany was the wife of a temporary revolutionary ruler of Hungary, in a break-away from the Austrian Empire. She was politically active against the Croatians, who wanted independence from both Austria and Hungary. The Russians (allied with the Croatians) invaded to put down the revolt, just like in 1956. Prince Batthyany was killed.
The Princess, in front of the grinning Croatians and the Budapest crowd, was put in a pillory. Her skirts and drawers were pulled down, and soldiers took turns with their belts, strapping her bare bottom. She had to apologize to the Croatian leader with her skirts and underwear still down before they would let her go.
Real Punishments - 1873 Eleanor Hussey
38. It was the custom for a long time for the hangman to receive for himself the clothing of the hanged prisoner. When Eleanor Hussey, an Irishwoman, was about to hang she decided to outwit her executioner by stripping off her own clothing first, throwing the pieces of apparel to the crowd.
I wanted to include a historical incident (besides Boadicea) where the girl gets some kind of revenge. :)
Real Punishments - 1876 Princess Alute
39 (final). Princess Alute of China was beaten while pregnant by her mother-in-law, Empress Tzu-Hsi "the Dragon Lady". As Dowager Empress, she would lose power when an heir came of age, so she didn't want one to be born yet. Thus she used bamboo caning as an abortion technique. Tzu-Hsi also caned all the eunuch servants in the Forbidden City of Beijing, at her slightest whim.
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