On This Day in Tudor History:
On June 28th, 1491 Henry Tudor was born at Greenwich Palace, the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. As such, Henry was never supposed to take the throne, but was destined for a life in...
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January 15, 1559, Queen Elizabeth I was crowned at Westminster Abbey and anointed by the Catholic bishop of Carlisle. She was then presented for the people’s acceptance, amidst a deafening noise of...
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On February 18, 1516, Princess Mary Tudor (Queen Mary I) is born at Greenwich to King Henry VIII and Queen Katherine of Aragon. Mary would be the only child from their tumultuous marriage to survive...
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A long lost painting–believed to be one of the earliest of Henry VIII–has been discovered at the National Library of Wales. It’s one of 34 pictures within a manuscript that was donated to the...
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