Margaret Tudor – The Thistle
Margaret Tudor was born on 28 November 1489 as the daughter of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York in Westminster Palace. Her christening took place […]
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Book News January 2019
Carolina of Orange-Nassau: Ancestress of the royal houses of Europe Paperback – 25 January 2019 (UK) & 5 February 2019 (US) Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743 1787) […]
Margaret Tudor: Queen of Scots by Sarah-Beth Watkins Book Review
Margaret Tudor was Henry VIII’s older sister and became the Queen of Scotland after her marriage to James IV in 1503. Her life was troubled […]
Book News April 2018
Cecily Neville: Mother of Richard III Hardcover – 30 April 2018 (UK) & 2 August 2018 (US) Wife to Richard, Duke of York, mother to Edward […]
Katherine and Joan: Being deaf in the Middle Ages
This is a guest series by Meghan. There’s no easy way to discuss disability, much less royals with some sort of disability. Surprisingly, there have been […]
Joan, Queen of Scots – A jilted bride
Joan is the bride whose mother took off with the groom. In this case, the frisky mother was Isabelle of Angoulême: a widowed queen on the look-out for a […]
