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A Queen's daughter, a Queen's Mother: the death of Frances Grey
Portrait of a woman tentatively identified as Frances, c. 1560. On this date in 1559, Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, who is best known...
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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...
Charlotte-Whitney Brown
Oct 28
The Power of Her Words: Early Modern Women Writers
Lady Jane Grey reading in this Victorian painting by Frederick Richard Pickersgill Throughout literary history, women’s words have often...
Sira Barbeito
Oct 8
A scandalous woman: Lady Margaret Douglas
(Cover image – © Pinterest) Only ruins remain on the site where Harbottle Castle rested once upon a time, overlooking the River Coquet....
Elizabeth Verity Dryden
Sep 30
Defined by religion - the unfair judgement of Margaret Beaufort
(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) Lady Margaret Beaufort has long been viewed through the very narrow lens...
Kali Hollands
Sep 27
The Queen's friend - María de Salinas
A proposed portrait of Maria de Salinas – © Pinterest On the 2nd of October 1501, a Spanish ship arrived at Plymouth’s harbour. After a...
Sira Barbeito
Sep 23
An ambitious mother or a misunderstood woman?
Portrait of a woman tentatively identified as Frances, c. 1560. Once upon a time, a brave English princess found herself released from...
Charlotte-Whitney Brown
Sep 19
Katherine Willoughby: her extraordinary life
Katherine Willoughby by Hans Holbein the Younger, Royal Collection Trust On this day in 1580, Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, also...
Kali Hollands
Aug 31
The life of Alice More
Lady Alice More, Hans Holbein the Younger, (1530) From Sir Thomas More, his father, his household and his descendant, Rowland Lockey...
Ellie Webster
Aug 16
Eleanor Clifford, Countess of Cumberland: Henry VIII’s Overshadowed Niece
Portrait by Hans Eworth of either Lady Eleanor or her daughter, Lady Margaret. When one typically considers Henry VIII’s royal nieces, a...
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