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…
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Tag: Elizabeth I
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…
This is a great letter, the earliest of Elizabeth’s letters that have come down to us, written to Katherine Parr while Henry was off on…
After a reign that lasted more than 44 years, Elizabeth’s death at the age of 69 ended two eras – her own Elizabethan Era and…
November 30, 1601 – Elizabeth’s Golden Speech. Amazing. Read it on www.janetwertman.com
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