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Elizabeth, Queen of England (Part Two)

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In the last article of this series we ended with the death of Thomas Seymour in 1549, but before we move forward I'd like to step back a bit to get a bigger picture of what was to come in Elizabeth's future.  Listen to Part One Here: Read Part One Here: Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England – Part One When King Henry VIII died on the 28th of January 1547, Elizabeth and her brother Edward were both at Ashridge when they received the news. The children clung to one [More]

The Life of Anne of Cleves (Part Three)

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She has gone down in history as the lucky fourth wife of Henry VIII...but as we've discovered in the first two parts of this series, Anne of Cleves was anything but lucky. Anne was patient, intelligent and kind. She was human, like you and me. Unlike her predecessors Anne was able to maneuver through a failed marriage to become the longest surviving of all of Henry's wives. READ PART ONE - CLICK HERE READ PART TWO - CLICK HERE At the end of Anne of Cleves, Part Two - [More]

Heroines of Plantagenet Embers (Guest Post)

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Heroines of Plantagenet Embers By Samantha Wilcoxson for Tudors Dynasty A writer puts a little bit of themselves into every character they create. Maybe we are not as adventurous, devout, or charismatic as our beloved characters, but we wish we were, and somewhere deep inside us the potential is there. Same goes for the darker sides of our characters. Both the best and worst of us gets poured into our characters. I find it to be a satisfying release of emotions to [More]

Book Review: “Before the Reign Falls” by David Black

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The life and story of the Lady Jane Grey is one that I have not often read about. I've posted a couple of articles about Jane including her wardship to Thomas Seymour and her letter to Queen Mary I. When I was approached by?Austin Macauley to read and review this book I was very excited to learn more about Jane. The book is called, "Before the Reign Falls - The Lost Words of Lady Jane Grey" by David Black.   During the renovation of a decrepit old barn by several [More]

Mary and Reginald: What could have been?

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Guest post by Samantha Wilcoxson for Tudors Dynasty Queen Mary I has gone down in history as ‘Bloody Mary’ thanks to her persecution of Protestants and rebellions against her choice of husband. We may think that marrying the man of her choice is the lesser crime through our modern worldview, but sixteenth century Englishmen were far more concerned about having a Spanish ruler than returning to Catholicism. What if Mary had made a different choice? When Mary beca [More]

Thomas Seymour: Prisoner to Greed

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Thomas Seymour had a way with women - his charisma so great and his looks so good that even Katherine Parr couldn't help but fall for him. He was described as "...fierce in courage, courtly in fashion, in personage stately, in voice magnificent."  Yet with all those wonderful attributes he did not marry until he was nearly forty years old. In 1547, after the death of King Henry VIII, his son Edward succeeded him as King Edward VI of England. Young Edward's mother, Jan [More]