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Emma Holbrook

Aug 11, 2023

The distant and complicated relationship between Mary I and her father, King Henry VIII

(Cover image – © The Tudors – Showtime) Receiving love, attention, and approval from one’s father is something that young women...

Emma Holbrook

Aug 9, 2023

The loving relationship between Mary I and her mother, Catherine of Aragon

(Cover image – © The Tudors – Showtime) A daughter’s relationship with her mother is one of the most beautiful relationships to ever...

Sira Barbeito

Aug 8, 2023

Queen of Scotland – Margaret Tudor marries King James IV

Image: A 1591 manuscript illustration showing James IV of Scotland (r. 1488-1513) and Margaret Tudor (1489-1541). Seton Armorial....

Sira Barbeito

Aug 6, 2023

Margaret Tudor and her scandalous second marriage to Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus

(Cover image - Queen Margaret by Daniel Mytens) Margaret Tudor was the oldest of King Henry VII and Queen Elizabeth of York’s daughters...

Sira Barbeito

Jul 25, 2023

Queen Mary Tudor's negligent husband; the day Philip of Spain married his Tudor Queen

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

Ellie Webster

Jul 21, 2023

King Pedro I and the Macabre Tale of his ‘Skeleton Queen’, Ines de Castro

(Cover image – © Unknown Artist) Shrouded in both fact and fiction, the tragic-yet-gruesome story of King Pedro I and his posthumously...

Former Writer

May 1, 2023

1st May 1464: Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV marry – a medieval tale of love?

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

Emma Holbrook

Apr 21, 2023

The Marriage of Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York | Interview with historian Gareth Russell

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...