This letter was sent a little less than a month before Elizabeth acceded to the throne and is a fascinating glimpse into the relationship she…
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Tag: Philip II
While I think this marriage was overall a bad idea (indeed, in retrospect it would appear she could have chosen better…), I do love weddings.…
Philip became King of Spain about a year and a half after he married Mary I, so he was already King of England and Ireland…
Part of me wants to say “goodbye and good riddance” and leave it at that: Philip of Spain was not a good husband to Mary…
November 17, 1558 – Death of Mary I of England. “This is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes…”