Elizabeth was at Hatfield on November 17 when Mary died (read my blog post about the event here). The members of sister’s Privy Council immediately…
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Category: On This Day
Not technically Tudor-era, but to me Keith Michell was the ultimate Henry VIII. His portrayal is what drew me into the Tudors – indeed, his…
Robert Devereux was the son of Lettice Knollys and her first husband, Walter Devereux, first Earl of Essex (I’ve got a post on her here…
This was a big day, the point of no return in Henry’s work to set aside Catherine of Aragon. Up until now, nothing was totally…
The trip that Henry and Anne took to France was a turning point in their relationship. Its main purpose was to seal an alliance with…
Woof. John Dudley was an ambitious and talented man who rose from being the son of a disgraced traitor (his father Edmund Dudley, was executed…
This was one of the greatest betrayals of Elizabeth’s life (and this was a woman who suffered a bunch of disappointments): Robert Dudley was the…
Henry VIII always had a romantic view of war. And after the death of Catherine Howard, he needed a new reason to feel young again.…
It strikes me that so many of my recent posts have been of ostensibly happy news hiding a sad future (I’m thinking specifically of the…
While births are generally happy things, they have to be viewed in light of subsequent events (heck, any Tudorphile will tell you that EVERYTHING must…
