November 30, 1601 – Elizabeth’s Golden Speech. Amazing. Read it on www.janetwertman.com
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This is one of the most famous speeches of all time – delivered by Elizabeth I to inspire her forces just before the arrival of…
Mary and Henry were actually cousins – they shared a grandmother in Margaret Tudor – and they both had strong claims to the throne of…
Mary, Mary, Mary. As much as she was a victim of circumstance and a pawn of ambitious people around her, she really did dig her…
January 15, 1559 – Elizabeth I is crowned. Read about the ceremony on www.janetwertman.com
November 22, 1515 – Birth of Marie de Guise (Consort of James V). Read more about the mother of Mary of Scotland on www.janetwertman.com
November 17, 1558 – Death of Mary I of England. “This is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes…”
November 8, 1543 – Birth of Lettice Knollys, one of the best known figures of Elizabeth I’s court. Read more about her at www.janetwertman.com
August 29, 1588 – Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, writes his last letter to Elizabeth I. Read it on www.janetwertman.com
“This day died a man of much wit – and very little judgment.” These are said to be Elizabeth’s words upon hearing of the death…