King Charles I was executedin 1649 and the monarchy was abolished. Henrietta Maria spent the years of theCommonwealth of Englandwith her surviving children at the court of her nephew King Louis XIV. She formed a
Catherine of Aragon is an elusive subject.\nDespite her status as a Spanish infanta , Princess of Wales, and Queen of England, few of her personal letters have survived, and she is obscured in the contemporary royal histories. In this evocative biography, Theresa Earenfight presents an ...
Catherine of Aragon was King Henry VIII's first wife. Her refusal to agree to an annulment of their marriage led to the creation of the Church of England.
There were rumors of Catherine’s inability to have children, but the newly restored King Charles II was eager to have the £300,000 dowry. The marriage contract was signed on June 23, 1661. Catherine set sail for England in April 1662 and landed at Portsmouth, England on May...
Elizabeth's first governess, Margaret Bryan, wrote that she was "as toward a child and as gentle of conditions as ever I knew any in my life".[13][14] Catherine Champernowne, better known by her later, married name of Catherine "Kat" Ashley, was appointed as Elizabeth's governess in...
Queen Catherine invited the celebrated Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives to come to England and commissioned him to write a treatise on the general education of women, and an outline of studies for Mary. Her biographer, Ann Weikel, has pointed out: "Vives delivered a mixed message, for while ...
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, along with Queen Elizabeth II, during the final night of the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations at Windsor on May 15, 2016.1927 AP Princess Elizabeth is taken for a ride in the grounds of...
in May 1547, a few months after Henry's death. They were married for fifteen months. Catherine had a baby girl called Mary, but six days after the baby was born, Catherine died. After her death, Thomas Seymour tried to become Princess Elizabeth's lover. He was beheaded because of this...
Catherine, and second in theroyal line of succession— was in the procession behind is grandfather, helping to hold King Charles' long train. Prince William and his wife, Catherine, Princess of Wales, were behind the monarch, flanked by their two other children, Princess Charl...
the eldest surviving, of the twelve children ofKing Charles VI of FranceandIsabeau of Bavaria. Isabella’s younger sisterCatherinemarriedKing Henry V of Englandand was the mother ofKing Henry VI. Through her second marriage toOwen Tudor, Catherine was the grandmother ofKing Henry VII of England...