Plus in the middle ages if she's old enough to have a teenage daughter she was practically at death's door.
That's incorrect. Life expectancy was lower because if something went wrong it was more likely to be fatal without modern medical treatments, but that just meant you were playing Russian roulette with an extra bullet in the cylinder. You could still make it to your 70s if you didn't fall ill with a then-untreatable disease or injury.
I assume the typical health risk factors for an evil sorceress queen tend less toward infected broken leg and more toward prince with magic sword, honestly.
That's incorrect. Life expectancy was lower because if something went wrong it was more likely to be fatal without modern medical treatments, but that just meant you were playing Russian roulette with an extra bullet in the cylinder. You could still make it to your 70s if you didn't fall ill with a then-untreatable disease or injury.
I assume the typical health risk factors for an evil sorceress queen tend less toward infected broken leg and more toward prince with magic sword, honestly.