Catherine Parr – The reluctant Queen (Part two)
Read part one here. Their wedding took place on 12 July 1543 at Hampton Court, and Catherine was now Queen of England. Always a practical […]
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Catherine Parr – The reluctant Queen (Part one)
Catherine Parr was born in 1512 as the daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal and Maud Green. She was their second child but the […]
Queen Isabella and Bury St Edmunds Abbey
The Abbey Church of St Edmund was built between the 11th and 12th century, and the body of the martyred King Edmund was interred there […]
Jacquetta of Luxembourg – Mother of the White Queen
Jacquetta of Luxembourg was born around 1416 as the daughter of Peter I of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Conversano and Brienne, and his wife Margaret […]
Edith of Wilton – King Edgar’s saintly daughter
Edith of Wilton was born in 962 as the daughter of King Edgar the Peaceful and Wilfrida. Wilfrida had been living in the nunnery at […]
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 […]
