Queen Mary II – A royal daughter (Part one)
On 30 April 1661 at one in the morning, the Duchess of York gave birth to a daughter, the future Queen Mary II. Samuel Pepys […]
England
Cecily of York – A banished Princess (Part two)
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 […]
Cecily of York – Daughter of York (Part one)
Cecily of York was born on 20 March 1469 as the third daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. As the third […]
Queen Elizabeth I – Queen against the odds (Part three)
Read part two here. One of Elizabeth’s first acts was to appoint Sir William Cecil as her Principal Secretary of State, and they would form […]
Isabel Neville – The forgotten Duchess
Isabel Neville was born on 5 September 1451 at Warwick Castle as the elder daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (the Kingmaker), and […]
Queen Elizabeth I – The years of waiting (Part two)
Read part one here. Roger Ascham replaced William Grindal as Elizabeth’s tutor when William died in 1548, and he remained as her full-time tutor for […]