Curated category
Wives of knights
- Anne HooAnne Hoo entered the world in 1424 as the sole child of Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings. Her mother was Elizabeth Wychingham, a union that produced only…
- Lady Margaret ButlerLady Margaret Boleyn was born around 1454 at Kilkenny Castle in County Kilkenny, Ireland, the daughter of Thomas Butler, the 7th Earl of Ormond.
- Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of WiltshireElizabeth Boleyn entered the world around 1480 within the wealthy Howard family. Her father was Sir Thomas Howard, who later became the 2nd Duke of Norfolk.
- Vivien LeighVivien Leigh died on the night of the 7th of July 1967, alone on the floor of her Eaton Square flat in London. Her companion John Merivale had left her, as…
- Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (1502–1565)Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester, sat to the left of Anne Boleyn at the queen's coronation feast, close enough to hold a cloth before the queen's…
- Agatha ChristieAgatha Christie holds a record no living novelist can claim: more than two billion copies of her books sold, making her the best-selling fiction writer of…
- Catherine ParrCatherine Parr entered the world in 1512, likely during late July or August. Her father Sir Thomas Parr held the manor of Kendal in Westmorland, now part of…
- Elizabeth Cheney (1422–1473)Elizabeth Cheney was born in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire in April 1422, the eldest daughter of a High Sheriff. She would live for fifty-one years, marry…
- Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of SurreyElizabeth Tilney, Countess of Surrey, died on the 4th of April 1497 without knowing that two of her granddaughters would one day become queens of England.
- Linda McCartneyLinda McCartney was born Linda Louise Eastman in Manhattan on the 24th of September 1941, and by the time she died on the 17th of April 1998, she had been a…
- Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of BurmaEdwina Cynthia Annette Ashley entered the world on the 28th of November 1901 in London. Her father Wilfrid Ashley served as a Conservative member of…