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(Cover image – © Unknown Artist) Today we found ourselves celebrating the wedding anniversary of Mary I with Felipe II, who united their...

(Cover image – © The Mary Rose) Tragedies were a common occurrence during the Tudor era, from failed marriages and executed wives to...

(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) Today marks the anniversary of a very controversial day in history as...

(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) Mary Tudor was the youngest surviving child of Henry VII and Elizabeth...

(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – Pinterest) Eustace Chapuys was a man destined to play somewhat of a big role at the Tudor court. He was...

(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) Throughout history, women have always been held at fault for their...

(Cover image – © WeHeartIt) ‘History is written by the survivors, and I am surely that’ - Catherine de Medici, from ‘Reign’....

(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) Fate can be weird and magical sometimes, and so can be coincidences....

(Cover Image - © The Neville Book of Hours) Cecily Neville had lived a life filled with constant danger, uncertain times and a...

Margaret Pole; another great Tudor woman, whose lineage and beliefs were both her pride, and ultimately her sad undoing. Unknown Woman,...

(Cover Image - © The Neville Book of Hours) One thing that is most certain is that there are so many fascinating figures throughout...

( Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville - © Art UK ) The Wars of the Roses were one of the bloodiest civil wars ever fought on English soil....

( Elizabeth Woodville - © Royal Collection Trust ) Jacquetta of Luxembourg’s decision to secretly marry a man below her status must’ve...

( Isabel of Castille - © Royal Collection Trust ) Madrigal de las Altas Torres is a town in the province of Ávila, in Castilla León,...

Today's post is a very special one as not only is it the 514th anniversary of the death of the first Tudor monarch, King Henry VII, but...

(© Francisco Pradilla Ortiz – Wikipedia) Juana, better known to English speakers as Joanna, was one of the most important monarchs in...

(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) Despite six long years of waiting and a great deal of fighting on...

The heir and the spare. This is what a good Queen should be able to produce, in order for the line of succession to pass along smoothly....

(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) If you hear the name Mary Tudor, your mind will probably fly all the way...

The 18th February marks another important date in the Tudor calendar, with it being the anniversary of Queen Mary I’s birth. Born in 1516...