Tudor dynasty

For quite awhile now I’ve had this post in mind but didn’t have the time to dig into it as much as I would have liked. I still don’t have the time I would like to do this piece ju…

Oil painting: Queen Mary I of England (1516 - 1558), after Anthonis Mor (Antonio Moro), 17th century.

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“Elizabeth Littleton, probematic wife of Sir Francis Willoughby, builder of Wollaton Hall. Painted in 1573 by George Gower, whose day it is.”

(c) Palace of Westminster; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation

Six Wives with Lucy Worsley - Katherine of Aragon,Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour

Of all Henry VIII's wives, Catherine Parr is probably the closest to being a true role model. She was married very young, was widowed by 15, and played nurse to several of her husbands in their final days. She was pretty much forced to marry Henry, but fortunately her position was that of companion and nurse. Despite this busy life, she was a learned and erudite woman, and during her marriage to Henry she published a very successful book on religion. She was an advocate for religious reform…

Elizabeth I as Princess, c.1555. Artist Unknown. Private Collection.

“I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king." ~Queen Elizabeth I

Richard lll was always depicted as something of a hunchback, but when his body was discovered in 2012, buried beneath a car park, in Leicester,England, and his...