Queen Elizabeth I – A Tudor Princess (Part one)
On 7 September 1533 at 3 in the afternoon, Anne Boleyn gave birth to a daughter at Greenwich who would be named Elizabeth. Elizabeth’s father, […]
Anne of Cleves
Anne of Cleves – God send me well to keep (Part two)
Read part one here. Despite her marriage being on the rocks, Anne was popular in England, and she was actually good at being Queen. According […]
Anne of Cleves – God send me well to keep (Part one)
Anne of Cleves was born in 1515 – on either 22 September or 28 June – in Dusseldorf as the second daughter of John III, […]
Katherine Howard: Henry VIII’s Slandered Queen by Conor Byrne Book Review
Katherine Howard was still in her teens when she became the fifth wife of King Henry VIII. After the death of Jane Seymour, Henry remarried […]
Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King’s ‘Beloved Sister’ Book Tour – A new birthday for Anna
by Heather R. Darsie When I first began researching Anna, I questioned whether her name was indeed “Anne,” which would have a similar pronunciation in […]
Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII’s Unwanted Wife by Sarah-Beth Watkins Book Review
Anne of Cleves left her homeland in 1539 to marry the king of England. She was never brought up to be a queen yet out […]