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House of Tudor
- Henry VIIIHenry VIII once dressed all in yellow, with a white feather in his bonnet, the day after he learned that Catherine of Aragon had died.
- Catherine of AragonCatherine of Aragon was born in the early hours of the 16th of December 1485 at the Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares, the youngest child of two…
- Jane SeymourJane Seymour once sent back a purse full of gold sovereigns from King Henry the Eighth without breaking its seal. She told his messenger that no treasure in…
- Anne of ClevesAnne of Cleves was born in 1515. Even her birth date is disputed, with sources giving either the 28th of June or the 22nd of September.
- Elizabeth IAt Tilbury in Essex on the 8th of August 1588, Elizabeth I rode before her militias wearing a silver breastplate over a white velvet dress.
- Wives of Henry VIIIThe wives of Henry VIII share a fate summarized by British schoolchildren in a six-word rhyme: divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.
- Henry VII of EnglandHenry VII was born on the 28th of January 1457 at Pembroke Castle, the posthumous son of a father who had already been dead three months by the time he drew…
- Mary I of EnglandMary Tudor entered the world on the 18th of February 1516 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich. She was the only child of King Henry VIII and his first…
- Elizabeth of YorkElizabeth of York died on the same calendar date she was born. It was the 11th of February, and she turned 37 that day. In the years between 1466 and 1503…
- Lady Jane GreyLady Jane Grey ruled as Queen of England and Ireland for nine days in July 1553 before her own Privy Council turned against her and proclaimed her cousin…
- Tudor roseThe Tudor rose is the heraldic floral emblem of England, and it carries a secret its creator very much intended to keep.
- House of TudorThe House of Tudor held the throne of England for 118 years, from 1485 to 1603, and produced some of the most dramatic, volatile, and consequential reigns in…
- Edward VIEdward VI was born on the 12th of October 1537 at Hampton Court Palace, and the entire realm erupted in celebration. Bonfires blazed across England.
- Mary Tudor, Queen of FranceMary Tudor entered the world at Shene Palace on the 18th of March 1496. She was the fifth child of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, yet the youngest to…
- Arthur, Prince of WalesArthur, Prince of Wales was born on the night of the 19th-the 20th of September 1486 at about one in the morning, and he was dead before he turned sixteen.