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Posted on January 21, 2019November 26, 2019 by Ann Foster

Marie de Guise: The Indominable French Queen of Scots

Marie de Guise was the mother of Mary Queen of Scots. She was also Tall, Glamorous, had her own bespoke armour, and lived an AMAZING LIFE.

Posted on August 16, 2018May 18, 2021 by Ann Foster

Lady Margaret Douglas: The Tudor Cousin Who Refused To Be Cast Aside

Lady Margaret Douglas was a ruthless survivor whose ambition and cleverness changed the course of English monarchy forever.

Posted on August 1, 2018August 24, 2019 by Ann Foster

Margaret Tudor: The Other Queen of Scots

Margaret Tudor loved dancing, music, fashion, and power, and she refused to let two terrible husbands (and one meh husband) stand in the way of getting what she wanted.

Posted on July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 by Ann Foster

Anne Askew: Renegade, Writer, Preacher, Feminist, Martyr

Anne Askew was one of the earliest-known female poets to compose in the English language, the first Englishwoman to demand a divorce, and wound up the only recorded woman to be tortured in the Tower of London, then burned at the stake.

Posted on May 16, 2018June 28, 2018 by Ann Foster

Elizabeth Woodville: More Than Just A Pretty Face

Elizabeth Woodville was a commoner whose stunning beauty and strength of character proved irresistable to King Edward IV. But winning over the rest of the royal court was more challenging.

Posted on March 26, 2018June 13, 2022 by Ann Foster

Queen Elizabeth I: Part One: Redheaded Stepchild

How circumstance, luck, and fate wound up giving England one of the country's greatest monarchs in the form of an unusually resilient young redheaded woman.

Posted on March 21, 2018March 28, 2018 by Ann Foster

Queen Mary I: Part Two: The Reign of Bloody Mary

Queen Mary I broke new ground as the first officially recognized female monarch of England. But her short reign is best remembered for bloodshed, tragedy, and her personal problems.

Posted on March 7, 2018October 1, 2018 by Ann Foster

Queen Mary I: Part One: Her Mother’s Daughter

sarah bolger as mary on the tudors

Before she was Bloody Mary, she was Queen Mary. And before that, she was Lady Mary. Before that she was Princess Mary, a young girl who had yet to learn just how terrible her father was.

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