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Portrait miniature of Edward, unknown artist, 1543-1546, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     On the 20th February 1547, Shrove...

(Cover image – Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) On the 16th of February 1547, Henry VIII was buried in St George’s Chapel...

The Siege of Calais © François-Édouard Picot   The Kingdoms of Anglia and Frankia have a long history of rivalry, brief peace, and...

© Lucas Horenbout - Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519-36) © Unkno wn Artist - Mary FitzRoy, Duchess of Richmond and...

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

The first meeting of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn ( From 1835 by Fine Art Images / Heritage Images via Getty Images ) Nestled away inside...

Arthur Tudor and Catherine of Aragon's wedding © The Spanish Princess On this day in history, 14th November 1501, Arthur, Prince of...

(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) On the 30th October 1485, Henry Tudor was officially made King of...

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

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

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

The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche, 1833 in the National Portrait Gallery. You may have heard about the queen of the...

© Lucas Horenbout - Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519-36) At the age of seventeen, and seventeen years before his...

© Pinterest “What would you have me do?”, Katherine Parr is imagined to have said in a chance meeting in the woods. “I would have you...

(Image credit - Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature) “God’s grace has given the king a gracious frame of mind toward me, so that...

(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) On this day, 29th of June 1509, the mother of King Henry VII and...

(Cover image – © The White Queen) Arguably one of the most renowned and controversial queens that the Kingdom of England has ever seen,...

( Cover Image © The National Archives) Today, on 7th June 2024, marks the 504th anniversary of the infamous party and political peace...

(Genevieve Bujold as Anne Boleyn, in Anne of a Thousand Days, 1969) On June 1st 1533, Anne Boleyn was crowned Queen of England in a...

The Execution of George Boleyn © Hulton Archive In the early hours of 17th May 1536, five men were led out of the western entrance of the...