In 1558, Mary was sixteen years old. Shortly after Francis turned fourteen (the age of majority in France), they moved forward with the marriage. The…
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On this day was set into motion the process by which Scotland and England would be united under a single crown: on this day was…
Francis Walsingham was Elizabeth I’s Principal Secretary; his loss was a significant one for her. The cause of his death was said to be testicular…
Today was a big day: the signing of the Treaty of Greenwich that was designed to eventually unite England and Scotland under one crown. The…
In 1585, a 55 year-old Elizabeth I and a 19 year-old James VI began a regular correspondence. Written in their own hands to stress the…
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…
December 14, 1542 – the six-day old Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scotland. Read about the first few years of her life on www.janetwertman.com
December 5, 1560 – Death of Francis II (grandson of Henry VIII’s contemporary Francis I – think Reign!). Read about him 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