Catherine of Aragon was seen by the English people as being English in blood. Mary had red hair, which would stand to reason as she was the son of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She, like her mother, was considered a beauty as a child. As she grew older it turned more ashy, as …
Edward died in Paris in 1972 but was buried at Frogmore, on the grounds of Windsor Castle. In 1986, Wallis died and was buried at his side. Why did Elizabeth become queen and not her brother? Later that year, Edward abdicated, after his proposed marriage to divorced socialite Wallis Simpson provoked a constitutional crisis. Consequently, …
Elizabeth of York died in 1503, six years before her husband. Henry VII was devastated by the loss of his wife and neither remarried nor had any known mistresses. How many times did Henry VII marry? His radical political and religious upheavals reshaped the Tudor world. He is best known for his six marriages and …
By her remarkable beauty, with her tall, slender figure (she was about 5 feet 11 inches), her red-gold hair and amber-coloured eyes, and her taste for music and poetry, Mary summed up the contemporary ideal of the Renaissance princess at the time of her marriage to Francis, eldest son of Henry and Catherine, in April …
Henry VIII doted on his daughter and boasted to the Venetian ambassador Sebastian Giustiniani that Mary never cried. Mary had a fair complexion with pale blue eyes and red or reddish-golden hair. She was ruddy-cheeked, a trait she inherited from her father. Did Mary Queen of England have red hair? Today, there is much interest …
Sarah, Duchess of York The Duchess of York’s fiery red hair has solidified her place as one of the most famous redheads amongst the modern royal family. Mother to two other gorgeous royal redheads, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, it is clear where the Princesses get their similar stunning colour and complexion. Does Archie and …
The Duke of York is no longer a working royal, and according to protocol should not be permitted to wear uniform during the ceremonial events marking the Queen. However, he is being permitted to wear military dress at the vigil if he chooses to at Westminster Hall, as a “special mark of respect” for the …
Normally, the dukedom would descend to the duke’s eldest son. But if he has already died, the dukedom would pass to the eldest son’s eldest son. Can a daughter of a duke inherit the dukedom? All Dukedoms in the UK apart from the Duchy of Lancaster are inherited through the male line only, and the …
Occasionally, a peerage created by letters patent allowed a special remedy so that the peerage could pass to a brother or even a daughter if the new peer had no male heir. A famous example of this is the 1st Duke of Marlborough, whose dukedom was inherited by his eldest daughter. Can a daughter of …
On 25 June 1483, Gloucester had Elizabeth Woodville’s son Richard Grey and brother Anthony, Earl Rivers, executed in Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire. What happened to all of Elizabeth Woodvilles children? It is not entirely clear why Elizabeth, who had taken sanctuary, surrendered her younger son (on June 16) and later her daughters to Richard III. Soon …
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