So there were many theories as to when Henry and Anne married. My favorite is propounded by Agnes Strickland – she gives several of the…
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Henry VIII had been very protected as a youth – at least from age eleven on, after his older brother died and he moved up…
Louis XII was King of France from 1498 to 1515. Born in 1462, he was a contemporary of Henry VII of England (who was born…
This was a woman with some ups and downs in her life. It started up: Frances was the daughter of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon,…
Honor Grenville Basset, Viscountess Lisle, had two daughters that she was desperate to see placed at court. The truth was, every viscountess probably had daughters…
This was a major show of power by John Dudley, then Earl of Warwick. A way of really reminding Somerset how far he had fallen…
When we think of coronations, we think of the ceremonial part of it: the twelve hours of ritual centered around the new sovereign sitting in…
An Esquire of the Body was a personal attendant to the King of England. There were six such Esquires, with a barber and a page,…
The Lord Chancellor was the most powerful man in England (after the sovereign, of course), so this was the ultimate triumph for a man as…
Margaret Pole was born into a world that turned on its head several times during her lifetime. When she was born, she was the niece…
