This was a huge step. Anne was granted a hereditary peerage in her own right – the first time this had ever been done in…
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Category: On This Day
Close your eyes (metaphorically, you still have to read this…). I’m going to give you a fact pattern, you tell me who’s involved. Picture someone…
Mary and Henry were actually cousins – they shared a grandmother in Margaret Tudor – and they both had strong claims to the throne of…
The Holy Roman Empire was a “complex of territories in central Europe.” The Kingdom of Germany was the largest of them; others included the Kingdoms of…
This day was the ultimate triumph for Anne Boleyn: after seven years of struggle and uncertainty, she became the anointed Queen of England, six months…
May 25, 1553 – three weddings launched the scheme that would lead to the execution of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland and President of Edward VI’s Privy Council. Read about it on www.janetwertman.com
The First Act of Succession (at the time referred to only as the “Act of Succession”) was a key step in Henry’s repudiation of Catherine…
March 12, 1539 – Death of Sir Thomas Boleyn. Read about the tragic last three years of his life on www.janetwertman.com
March 5, 1549 was the day Thomas Seymour realized his life was over, the day that a parliamentary bill of attainder declared him guilty of 33 counts…
Mary Tudor, youngest sister of Henry VIII, was known as one of the most beautiful princesses in Europe – which made her a valuable commodity…
