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Tag: katherine of aragon

Posted on June 17, 2019November 26, 2019 by Ann Foster

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury: From Traitor’s Daughter to Traitor’s Mother to Beheaded Martyr

Margaret Pole's fortunes were a roller coaster of being in and out of royal favour, and unfortunately the final die roll ended with her executed for treason she didn't actually do.

Posted on June 10, 2019November 26, 2019 by Ann Foster

Juana of Castile: The Real Story Of Spain’s Mad Queen

Juana of Castile unexpectedly became a Queen, was gaslit and mistreated by men who wanted her throne, and wound up trapped in a castle for 46 years.

Posted on May 1, 2019March 28, 2020 by Ann Foster

Isabella of Castile: Part Two: Catholic Monarch, Warrior Queen

Isabella of Castile was a canny monarch with the tenacity and skill to create a colonial empire. In so doing, she ruthlessly brutalized her enemies, and left an indelible mark on world history.

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 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.

Posted on November 13, 2017July 12, 2019 by Ann Foster

Kathryn Parr: Professional Widow

Kathryn Parr lived through the lives and deaths of Henry VIII's previous five wives, which is likely how she learned to survive him.

Posted on October 11, 2017July 29, 2019 by Ann Foster

Catherine Howard: The Doomed, Damaged Child Bride

tamzin merchant as catherine howard in the tudors

Catherine Howard was elevated from obscurity, burned fire bright, and died for it.

Posted on September 6, 2017March 28, 2018 by Ann Foster

Jane Seymour: A Well-Behaved Woman History Too Often Forgets

Taking a closer look at the brief marriage and reign of a kind woman who is oven overshadowed by the drama of her predecessors.

Posted on August 27, 2017March 28, 2018 by Ann Foster

Anne Boleyn: Part Two: So Much For Her Happy Ending

It took seven years for Anne to become Queen. It only took four months for her to lose everything, including her head.

Posted on August 10, 2017May 19, 2019 by Ann Foster

Anne Boleyn: Part One: The Rise And Rise Of A Singular Woman

In which we learn how Anne Boleyn forced her way into history through sheer force of amazingness.

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