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Two Days Before Her Death: Kateryn Parr

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At the end of her life, dowager queen Kateryn Parr was married to Thomas Seymour, Lord Admiral; She had just given birth to her only child, a daughter named Mary, on the 30th of August, 1548. Unfortunately, as happened often in Tudor England, Kateryn Parr got an infection after giving birth causing puerperal fever. The infection occurs when bacteria infect the uterus and surrounding areas after a women gives birth. Elizabeth Tyrwhit was a lady-in-waiting and friend of [More]

A Group of Ladies and Henry VIII

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This letter was written sometime between 1537 and 1547. We can determine that since it is written to King Henry VIII, who died in 1547, and also mentions Prince Edward, who was born in 1537. The letter, in my opinion, sounds like this may be the time between the death of Queen Jane and Henry's marriage to Anne of Cleves - when he was looking for a new wife. While researching the ladies in the letter below it was brought to my attention that this letter was written after [More]