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HomeQueen Elizabeth I

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Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I – The body of a weak and feeble woman (Part four)

September 28, 2020 Moniek 0

Read part three here. The trouble with Mary, Queen of Scots, was not over yet. The Babington Plot of 1586 saw Elizabeth’s spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham beginning to assemble a case against her. Following a letter in which Mary incriminated herself in the plot, she was put on trial. However, putting a sister sovereign to [read more]

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Catherine Parr

Catherine Parr – The reluctant Queen (Part two)

March 28, 2020 Moniek 1

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 woman, she tried to make the best of the situation and to make the most of the opportunities she now had. Catherine appointed close friends and family to her household, [read more]

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Catherine Parr

Catherine Parr – The reluctant Queen (Part one)

March 27, 2020 Moniek 0

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 eldest surviving one, as her elder brother did not long survive his birth. She was named for the Queen – Catherine of Aragon. The exact date of her birth is [read more]

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The Royal Women

Mary Stuart O’Donnell – An Irish Lady in exile (Part one)

February 27, 2020 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

On 14 September 1607, a French ship left Lough Swilly in County Donegal, Ireland and headed for Spain. On this vessel were 99 people, most of whom would never see Ireland again. On the ship were Hugh O’Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, Cú Chonnacht Óg Mag Uidhir of Fermanagh, and Rory O’Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell [read more]

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Mary Queen of Scots

Fotheringhay Castle and the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

February 8, 2020 Moniek 0

Some stone with a fence around it is now all that remains of Fotheringhay Castle. Three signs tell part of its story; one states the name of the former castle, a second that King Richard III was born there in 1452 and the third reminds the visitor that Mary, Queen of Scots was executed there [read more]

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Film Review – Mary Queen of Scots

February 4, 2019 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

It has been a month full of wonderful period drama releases, with The Favourite and Colette already in cinemas now being joined in the UK by Mary Queen of Scots. The film had been in planning stages on and off for twelve years and is long awaited by many. After a number of casting changes, [read more]

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