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Misremembering Mary I: History’s Largest Misconceptions about England’s First Crowned Queen

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Guest post written by Johanna Strong Mary I, England’s first crowned queen regnant (1553-1558), is often popularly remembered as either a tragic figure or as a tyrannical one. While traditional histories such as G.R. Elton’s focus on the religious persecution undertaken throughout Mary’s reign, others attempt to soften her character by narrating her phantom pregnancies and the frequent absences of her husband, Philip II of Spain. Both of these approaches and styles of [More]

Tudors to Windsors: 500 Years of British Royal Portraits

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Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.  Open 28th May to 31st October 2021. Written by Melanie V. Taylor for TudorsDynasty.com On Tuesday 25th May I got on a train to London for the first time in a year.  Suitably masked I was heading off to my favourite London museum for a preview of the Tudors to Windsors exhibition being held in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. For those who have never visited this museum, it is part of the Royal Museums [More]

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]