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Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
Margaret Douglas, sometimes styled “Princess of Scotland”, was the daughter of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland and her second husband, Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus. Margaret enjoyed the affection of her uncle King Henry VIII of England and was witness … Continue reading
Posted in Medieval History, Queens and Rulers, Scandalous Women, Tudor Queens
Tagged Act of Succession, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Archibald Douglas, Cardinal Wolsey, Catherine Howard, Charles Howard, Countess of Lennox, Devonshire Manuscript, Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Angus, Earl of Lennox, Henry Stuart, Jane Seymour, Katherine Parr, King Henry VIII, King James I, King James V of Scotland, King James VI, Lady Jane Grey, Lord Darnley, Margaret Douglas, Margaret Tudor, Marie of Guise, Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Tudor, Matthew Stuart, Princess of Scotland, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Mary I, Queen of England, Queen of Scotland, Thomas Howard
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Mary Boleyn
Most people know the story of Anne Boleyn, the second of King Henry VIII’s six wives. Few people know that Anne had an older sister Mary who was the mistress of two kings. There’s a reason she’s not well known. … Continue reading
Lola Montez – “Countess for an Hour”
There are contradictions and unknown facts surrounding the fascinating life of Lola Montez. Many of these were generated by Lola herself through two small autobiographies. She also wrote several performance scripts about her own life. She claimed to have been … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th century, actress, Australia, Lola Montez, Ludwig I of Bavaria, women's history
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Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland
Margaret Tudor was the eldest daughter of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York. She was the elder sister of Henry VIII and Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk. Her marriage to the King of … Continue reading
Posted in Queens and Rulers, Scandalous Women, Tudor Queens
Tagged Archibald Douglas, Avondale, Battle of Flodden Field, Earl of Angus, Henry Steward, Henry VII, Henry VIII, James IV, James V, Lady Margaret Douglas, Linlithgow Castle, Margaret Tudor, Mary Tudor, Queen of Scotland, sister, Stirling Castle
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Aelfthryth, Queen of England
In researching medieval queens, I came across the story of a queen having all the elements of a fairy tale. Her name is Aelfthryth, the wife of King Edgar the Peaceable who was the great-grandson of Alfred the Great. Her … Continue reading
Posted in Female "Firsts", Medieval History, Queens and Rulers, Scandalous Women
Tagged Aelfthryth, AEthelred, Corfe, Dunstan, Edward the Martyr, Emma, England, King Edgar the Peaceable, Queen
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Catherine Howard, Queen of England
Of all of Henry VIII’s six wives, the most beautiful was probably the nubile Catherine Howard. Henry called her his “rose without a thorn”. But she was also a silly creature who had no idea how her behavior affected others … Continue reading
Posted in Queens and Rulers, Scandalous Women, Tudor Queens, Wives of Henry VIII
Tagged Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Queen, Thomas Cranmer, Tudor
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Fanny Wright – “or a goose that deserves to be hissed”
“It will appear evident upon attentive consideration that equality of intellectual and physical advantages is the only sure foundation of liberty, and that such equality may best, and perhaps only, be obtained by a union of interests and cooperation in … Continue reading
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England
We heard about Anne Boleyn in our post about Catherine of Aragon. Anne has the distinction of being the first Queen Consort to be beheaded and because of her, the course of ecclesiastical history in England changed forever. Anne’s exact … Continue reading
Posted in Queens and Rulers, Scandalous Women, Tudor Queens, Wives of Henry VIII
Tagged Anne Boleyn, beheaded, Cromwell, Elizabeth I, England, Episcopal Church, Marquess of Pembroke, Queen, Tudor, Wolsey
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