Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, married
King Louis XII of France on October 9th 1514 On this day, 501 years
ago, Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, married the French
king, Louis XII. The spectacular ceremony in Abbeville in
Northern France transformed Mary into the Queen of France. No
other English princess held that title after her. In fact,
only one other daughter of a King of England…
It may have been the site where King
Richard III lost his life, but Bosworth Battlefield has been
labelled as one of the world’s top 25 places to see before you die.
It makes the bucket list of the best sights in the 21st century put
together by the internationally…
Born on 6th February 1665, Anne is a
Queen whose reign is often overshadowed by her female forbear
Elizabeth I and one of her many successors, Queen Victoria. Both
Elizabeth and Victoria reigned for longer than Anne and, during
both their tenures, saw dramatic changes occur…
Though the sex to which I belong is
considered weak, you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to
no wind.” – Queen Elizabeth I. As the wife of King Henry II of
England, Eleanor of Aquitaine subsequently became Queen of England
in 1152. The couple would go on to have a very large and somewhat
dysfunctional family, which included two future Kings of England –
Richard I…
Within the walls of one of England’s most
picturesque castles, a queen gave birth to her only child and set
in motion a chain of events that would become one of Tudor
England’s most intriguing mysteries. The birth had been much
anticipated and much talked…
Portsmouth comes from the Old English
Portesm?ða, which translates to: “mouth of the harbour called
Portus.” It was a city founded in the year 1180 by John of Gisors,
a Norman lord. Before that, it was known to have been a Saxon fort
called Portus Adurni in the…
Maria of Modena was born in October 1658
and is the last queen consort, so far, to have celebrated a
birthday in that month When being a queen meant that you had
married a king, rather than being a ruler yourself, life stories
were told very differently. The queens of yesteryear might have
ended up as some of the best known personalities of their time but
the start of their stories were often as…
Most kings are born into regal families
and grow up with the knowledge that someday they will rule over a
country. However, when he was born in 1683, the future King George
II was nothing more than the heir to the heir to a small German
Duchy – a far cry from the…
October is truly the king of all the
autumn months as the leaves turn to gold and regal red and the
fading sun adds a gentle sparkle to all it touches. And it’s marked
the beginning of five royal roads that ended with a crown –
although all five monarchs had very…
Through the passage of time, every
important historical figure is identified by the mundane or
significant events of their lives. Unfortunately, some of these
facts may unfairly portray them in an unkind light and
obscure other interesting and overlooked details that shaped
their character and legacies. In the case of King George III, he is
known for losing the American colonies and for going…
