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The Wedding of King Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon - June 11, 1509
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Rodrigo Lopez, Royal Physician to Queen Elizabeth I, was executed on this day in 1574
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Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of England, died on this day in 1492
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James III, King of Scots, died on this day in 1488 during the Battle of Sauchieburn
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Edward the Confessor became King of England on this day in 1042
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Blanche II, Titular Queen of Navarre and Princess of Asturias, was born on this day in 1424
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Anne Neville, Queen of England, was born on this day in 1456
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In June 1520, just outside Calais, a huge festival of 18 days of jousting, wrestling, archery and other grand entertainments was held to cement friendly and peaceful relations between France and England…
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The Daring Escape of Arbella Stuart from the Tower of London - June 1611
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Mary Tudor, Duchess of Suffolk and the Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Susan Abernethy
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On June 22, 1610, in the early hours of the morning in her apartments at Greenwich Palace, thirty-four year old Arbella Stuart married twenty-two year old William Seymour. But this wasn’t just any …
Elizabeth was born in 1437, probably at the Woodville (also spelled Wydeville) family home in Grafton. She was the eldest child of Sir Richard Woodville of the landed gentry and Jacquetta, Duchess …
One of the more enigmatic queens of England, we know precious little about her and her personal feelings. Was she a pawn in the strategies of her father and her husband? Or was she ambitious and a …
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On this day in 1509, Spanish Princess Katherine of Aragon walked down the aisle for the second time in ten years - this time to King Henry VIII of England. Her first marriage was to Henry's older...
Queen Elizabeth I of England suffered from intermittent fevers, a bothersome leg which caused her to limp occasionally and incessant rumors of female troubles among other illnesses. But overall she…
The third King James Stuart of Scotland appears to be a complete enigma through the annals of history. A man of artistic temperament with an elevated sense of self importance, he does not appear to…
Edward the Confessor was the last Anglo-Saxon king who could trace his ancestry back to King Alfred the Great and King Cerdic of Wessex. He was the great-great-great grandson of Alfre…
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A very big thank you to Susan for hosting me today! I wanted to share an excerpt from my new book ‘La Reine Blanche: Mary Tudor a Life in Letters’, focusing on Mary’s participation in the magnifice…
In June 1520, just outside Calais, a huge festival of 18 days of jousting, wrestling, archery and other grand entertainments was held to cement friendly and peaceful relations between France and…
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Contemporary paintings of Blanche II of Navarre (right) and her sister Leonor In doing some research in Spanish history, Blanche II, Queen of Navarre, appeared with her intriguing and sad life. Her…
