We’ve been given a first look at Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr in the upcoming film “Firebrand.” First look at Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr in the Cannes-bound ‘Firebrand’. pic.twitter.com/rmMX6ZDdiV — ɴᴏᴛ ᴀʟɪᴄɪᴀ ᴠɪᴋᴀɴᴅᴇʀ ⊛ (@AliciaVikanderD) April 27, 2023 The film is based on the novel Queen’s Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle and focuses on her [read more]
Gytha of Wessex is probably one of the most unique wives of a Rus prince. Originally from England, she eventually became the wife of Vladimir II Monomakh. So what brought about this marriage of two people from opposite sides of Europe? Early Life Gytha was born around 1053, or perhaps a little bit later, to [read more]
Isabella of Valois was born on 9 November 1389 in Paris. Her parents were the King and Queen of France, Charles VI and his wife Isabeau of Bavaria. Isabella was the third child to be born to her parents, though her elder siblings both died as infants. A further nine children were born to the [read more]
This article was written by Carol. Judith of Flanders was the daughter of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders and his second wife, a daughter of the Duke of Normandy. Baldwin was thirty years older than his wife. Judith was born around 1031. Judith’s father died just a few years later in 1035, and she was [read more]
On 30 April 1662 at one in the morning, the Duchess of York gave birth to a daughter, the future Queen Mary II. Samuel Pepys noted the birth of a royal daughter “at which I find nobody pleased.” Mary’s elder brother Charles had died the year before at the age of seven months. At the [read more]
Read part one here. A new contender now rose to the stage, and his name was Henry Tudor. It was decided that if he should invade and win, he would marry Cecily’s elder sister Elizabeth – uniting the houses of Lancaster and York. For Cecily, the loss of her status and knowing that her brothers [read more]
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