Margaret of France – The flower of the French
Margaret of France was born around 1279 as the youngest child of Philip III of France and his second wife, Marie of Brabant. She was […]
England
Margaret Douglas – The legacy of Royal Tudor blood (Part three)
Read part two here. In early 1557, Margaret lost the father she had not seen for at least three years. He left Margaret nothing in […]
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 […]
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 […]