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Kali Hollands

Dec 10

An Elizabethan rags to riches story: Bess of Hardwick

Elizabeth Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury, 'Bess of Hardwick' (1520-1608) – © Hans Eworth Nestled amongst the idyllic Derbyshire...

Charlotte-Whitney Brown

Nov 8

A Queen's cousin and rival - Lettice Knollys

Lettice Knollys when Countess of Leicester, c. 1585 by George Gower Lettice Knollys, born on 8th November 1543, was a significant figure...

Hannah Fawcett

Sep 10

Christening of a future Queen - the baptism of Elizabeth Tudor

The Rainbow Portrait, c.1600 © Hatfield House On this date in 1553, Elizabeth, the future Queen of England, was christened at the Church...

Lucy Palmer-Cooper

Sep 7

The birth of a Future Queen - Elizabeth Tudor

The Rainbow Portrait, c.1600 © Hatfield House “God of His infinite goodness, send prosperous life and long, to the high and mighty...

Charlotte-Whitney Brown

Jun 12

Silk and Sinful Souls: A New Year’s Gift from Lady Elizabeth

Lady Elizabeth and Katharine Parr in Becoming Elizabeth Although we are approaching the middle of the year, there will no doubt be some...

Emma Holbrook

Mar 18

Like mother, like daughter: Elizabeth Tudor’s traumatic imprisonment in the Tower of London

Elizabeth I when a Princess, c1546. Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017 The year is 1554 of the Tudor era...

Maria Margarita

Feb 14

All's fair in love and despair - Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley

Cate Blanchett and Joseph Fiennes as Elizabeth Tudor and Robert Dudley in Shekar Kapur’s Elizabeth (1998). © Universal Pictures The...