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Women of the Tudor period

  • Lady Margaret ButlerKilkenny Castle in County Kilkenny, Ireland, served as the birthplace of Lady Margaret Butler around 1454. She entered the world as the daughter and…
  • Lady Joan FitzgeraldJoan Fitzgerald was born in 1514 within the rolling hills of Munster, Ireland. She stood alone as the only daughter and heiress to James fitz Maurice…
  • Wives of Henry VIIIKing Henry VIII of England had six wives between 1509 and his death in 1547. The first wife, Catherine of Aragon, married him on the 11th of June 1509 when…
  • Mary, Queen of ScotsOn the 8th of December 1542, a baby girl was born at Linlithgow Palace in West Lothian. Her father, King James V, died six days later on the 14th of December.
  • Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of SurreyElizabeth Tilney entered the world at Ashwellthorpe Hall before 1445. She was the only child of Sir Frederick Tilney and Elizabeth Cheney.