Hannah Fawcett
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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Kali Hollands
Nov 14
Henry VIII's secret marriage: when did he marry Anne Boleyn?
The first meeting of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn ( From 1835 by Fine Art Images / Heritage Images via Getty Images ) Nestled away inside...
Ellie Webster
Nov 14
The tragic, short-lived marriage of Arthur Tudor and Catherine of Aragon
Arthur Tudor and Catherine of Aragon's wedding © The Spanish Princess On this day in history, 14th November 1501, Arthur, Prince of...
Jade Lynch
Oct 30
A new King, a new Dynasty: the coronation of Henry VII
(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) On the 30th October 1485, Henry Tudor was officially made King of...
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...
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...
Sira Barbeito
Aug 12
The nine days queen - Lady Jane Grey
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche, 1833 in the National Portrait Gallery. You may have heard about the queen of the...
Sira Barbeito
Jul 23
The death of Henry FitzRoy; the King's acknowledged bastard
© Lucas Horenbout - Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519-36) At the age of seventeen, and seventeen years before his...
Charlotte-Whitney Brown
Jul 18
Fire, Feminism and Faith; the burning of Anne Askew
© 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...
Sira Barbeito
Jul 6
Man turned Martyr - the execution of Sir Thomas More
(Image credit - Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature) “God’s grace has given the king a gracious frame of mind toward me, so that...
Jade Lynch
Jun 29
The King's Mother - the death of Lady Margaret Beaufort
(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) On this day, 29th of June 1509, the mother of King Henry VII and...
Jade Lynch
Jun 8
The death of the White Queen; Queen Elizabeth Woodville
(Cover image – © The White Queen) Arguably one of the most renowned and controversial queens that the Kingdom of England has ever seen,...
Jade Lynch
Jun 7
The Field of the Cloth of Gold
( Cover Image © The National Archives) Today, on 7th June 2024, marks the 504th anniversary of the infamous party and political peace...
Ashlie Newcombe
Jun 1
Her Crowning Moment: Ladies and Gentlemen, God Save the Queen!
(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...
Charlotte-Whitney Brown
May 17
Innocent men condemned; the executions of five men accused of adultery with Anne Boleyn
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...
Jade Lynch
Apr 21
The death of King Henry VII - the founder of a legendary dynasty
(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) On this day, the 21st April 1509, over five-hundred years ago, the King...
Maria Margarita
Mar 21
Queen Anne Boleyn granted 'rents and lands' previously enjoyed by Catherine of Aragon
(© Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) On March 21 1534 , Anne Boleyn was granted 'certain lands and rents, the same as...
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...
Ashlie Newcombe
Mar 12
Thomas Boleyn - the Man, the Myth, the Legend
(Cover image – © Pinterest) It is of common conception in popular culture that Thomas Boleyn used his own daughter's sexuality in order...
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