Tudor history. Royal history. And more!
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Tudor history. Royal history. And more!
Top News
4 September 1588: Death of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
On 4 September 1588, Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester and a long-standing favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, died at …
Review: ‘Katherine the Queen’ by Linda Porter
“Methinks love maketh men like Angels” – Queen Katherine Parr. Before beginning my review, I must confess that Katherine the …
Remembering Anne Boleyn on the 487th anniversary of her death
Originally posted on May 19, 2023. When Anne Boleyn rose on the morning of 19 May 1536, the fallen Queen …
Madeleine de Valois: Scotland’s ‘Summer Queen’
On this day in history, 10 August 1520, Madeleine de Valois, a French princess who played a pivotal role in …
10 Surprising Facts About Queen Mary I
The life of ‘Bloody Mary,’ the first (undisputed) Queen Regnant of England, in 10 surprising facts.
Timeline of the fall of Lady Jane Grey
Sweep back through the centuries and join us as we revisit the key events that led Jane and her followers to the scaffold.
Discoveries
The Princes in the Tower: history’s greatest cold case solved?
Philippa Langley, the amateur historian who discovered the remains of Richard III (1452-1485) beneath a Leicester car park in 2012, …
Rare Henry VII and Mary I coins discovered in North Wales
If you thought there weren’t any Tudor artefacts left to discover, think again. Our friend Ronan, a detectorist based in …
Newly discovered portrait of Henry VIII ‘clean-shaven and slim’
Originally posted on March 26, 2023. A portrait of Henry VIII by Netherlandish artist Meynnart Wewyck (active in England c. …
Medieval History
The lost tomb of the Kingmaker’s daughter
The remarkable life of Cecily Neville, ‘Mother of Kings’, Part II
The remarkable life of Cecily Neville, ‘Mother of Kings’
