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The Rainbow Portrait, c.1600 © Hatfield House On this day, the 24th March 1603, the last monarch of the Tudor line sadly passed away....

(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – Pinterest) Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, faced an array of religious and...

Portrait study of Cecily Heron at 20-years-old, pregnant with her first child, drawn by Hans Holbein the Younger, c.1527 Thomas More is a...

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

Attributed to Jean Clouet, c. 1527 Margaret of Navarre, born on April 11, 1492, in the Kingdom of Navarre, was a significant figure of...

Portrait of a woman tentatively identified as Frances, c. 1560. On this date in 1559, Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, who is best known...

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

Lady Jane Grey reading in this Victorian painting by Frederick Richard Pickersgill Throughout literary history, women’s words have often...

(Cover image – © Pinterest) Only ruins remain on the site where Harbottle Castle rested once upon a time, overlooking the River Coquet....

(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) Lady Margaret Beaufort has long been viewed through the very narrow lens...

A proposed portrait of Maria de Salinas – © Pinterest On the 2nd of October 1501, a Spanish ship arrived at Plymouth’s harbour. After a...

Portrait of a woman tentatively identified as Frances, c. 1560. Once upon a time, a brave English princess found herself released from...

Katherine Willoughby by Hans Holbein the Younger, Royal Collection Trust On this day in 1580, Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, also...

Lady Alice More, Hans Holbein the Younger, (1530) From Sir Thomas More, his father, his household and his descendant, Rowland Lockey...

Portrait by Hans Eworth of either Lady Eleanor or her daughter, Lady Margaret. When one typically considers Henry VIII’s royal nieces, a...