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Emma Holbrook
Feb 11, 2023
The last white rose: Elizabeth of York, a fair, ‘humble and reverent’ Queen
(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) People think of white roses as being symbols of purity, innocence and...
Lucy Palmer-Cooper
Jan 28, 2023
The Birth of the first Tudor King; Henry VII
(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) The Tudor dynasty is most frequently associated with the reign of King...
Lucy Palmer-Cooper
Dec 16, 2022
The strong-willed mother / daughter relationship between Isabella and Catherine
(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – Reddit) The 16th December is a notable date in the Tudor calendar as it marks the birth of on the most...
Lucy Palmer-Cooper
Nov 6, 2022
The birth of Spain’s ‘driven to insanity’ Queen; Juana of Castile
(Cover image – © Juan de Flandes, c. 1500 – Wikipedia) Early Life, Family and Childhood: The 6th of November marks the 543rd birthday of...
Emma Holbrook
Sep 19, 2022
The King who never was – Arthur Tudor, Crown Prince of Wales
(Cover image – The children of Henry VII, showing Prince Henry (1491 – 1547), Arthur Prince of Wales (1486 – 1502) and Princess Margaret...
Emma Holbrook
Aug 22, 2022
The devastating end of the wars of the roses - Battle of Bosworth; the rise of the first Tudor King
(Cover images – © Unknown Artist – Wikipedia) History blesses us every day with more and more information about the lives of those who...
Emma Holbrook
Aug 14, 2022
The birth of Margaret Pole; one of the last surviving Plantagenets in the Tudor era
(Cover image – © Unknown Artist – The National Portrait Gallery) On this day, August 14th 1473, one of the most influential and arguably...
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