Elizabeth Cheney was born in April 1422 in Cambridgeshire to parents Lawrence Cheney and his wife, Elizabeth Cockayne. The couple were part of the gentry, and Lawrence held the position of High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire. The pair raised a family of eight children, including Elizabeth Cheney, who was the eldest. Elizabeth’s ancestors included Barons and [read more]
Before there were influencers, there was Cecilia Vasa. Meet history’s most underrated royal rebel, who lived to be 86 years old in Renaissance Europe. Cecilia of Sweden (Cecilia Vasa, 1540–1627) Cecilia of Sweden, known in Swedish as Cecilia Vasa, was born on November 6, 1540, at Stockholm Palace. She was the daughter of King Gustav [read more]
As Queen Elizabeth II marked an incredible 70 years on the throne in 2022, we take a look at the women who preceded her in the English and Scottish territories. Queen Elizabeth II was a so-called Queen regnant, a Queen in her own right. To learn more about the types of Queens there are, click [read more]
Many of you will not know the city of Leeuwarden in the north of the Netherlands, but its Fries Museum is currently home to the exhibition Icons: topstukken uit de National Portrait Gallery (or translated: Icons – Masterpieces from the National Portrait Gallery). They were able to borrow many masterpieces from the National Portrait Gallery [read more]
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* The Tudors are perhaps one of the most famous dynasties of all time, producing such famous figures as King Henry VIII and his daughters Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I. But, as public figures, their bodies and health were not their own. Medical Downfall of the Tudors by Sylvia [read more]
Penelope Devereux was born in January 1563 in Staffordshire to parents Walter Devereux, who later became the 1st Earl of Essex, and his wife, Lettice Knollys. Penelope’s siblings that survived infancy were Dorothy, Walter and Robert, who became a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I and was a high-ranking privy counsellor. Penelope came from a long [read more]
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