Mary, Queen of Scots' father was King James V of Scotland. Mary's mother was Mary of Guise. James V, born to James IV and Margaret Tudor, was a staunch Catholic. Later, this would make relations with his relative, Henry VIII, in England tenuous when he broke with the Catholic Church...
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Mary, Queen of Scots, was barely one week old when she succeeded to the throne in 1542. The murder 25 years later of Henry Lord Darnley, her consort and the father of the infant who would become King James I of England and James VI of Scotland, remains one of history's most notoriou...
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He did all the usual things that Tudor nobles did. He went to war in France in 1512 so was not on hand when James IV of Scotland took the opportunity to invade England. By 1522 he was back on the borders and indulging in some light feuding with the Dacre family. The problem was tha...
heart of the Tudor court, especially in the reign of her sister/cousin, Elizabeth I. Catherine was one of Elizabeth’s favourites and was loyal to the queen to the very end of her life. Wendy gives stunning insight into Catherine’s life and career, as well as her marriage and family....
He did all the usual things that Tudor nobles did. He went to war in France in 1512 so was not on hand when James IV of Scotland took the opportunity to invade England. By 1522 he was back on the borders and indulging in some light feuding with the Dacre family. The problem was tha...