Queen Elizabeth’s mother and father both lay in state in Westminster Hall before her: King George VI in 1952, and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in in 2002. So did her grandfather George V in 1936 and her great-grandfather Edward VII in 1910 – the first royal lying-in-state. Winst...
King Edward was the first to be buried here in January 1066. From then until 1760, some 13 kings of England - including Henry V and Henry VII, four reigning queens including Elizabeth I, 11 queen consorts and two other queens, including Mary Queen of Scots - have ...
She was married to Sir Henry Cheyne (Cheyney or Cheney) of Shurland who was created Baron Cheney of Toddington by Queen Elizabeth. He was “the extravagant Lord Cheney” who tore down his ancestral home, Peivre, and built a mansion. Henry was born on 31 May 1540 to Sir Thomas Cheyne ...
In December 1602, the 69-year-old Queen Elizabeth I attended housewarming celebrations at the newly built London residence of her Principal Secretary, Sir Robert Cecil. Among the lavish entertainments Cecil provided for his mistress that evening was a dramatic dialogue between a Gentleman Usher and...
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, the badge of a white falcon within an open fetterlock the lock Edward forced to take the throne. Henry VII, who united the houses of York and Lancaster with his marriage to Elizabeth of York, often used a falcon symbol and it was said to be the favourite ba...
House of Tudor,Tudor- an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603) Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. ...
Through understandably furious at the child's inconvenient gender, Henry determined that Elizabeth should replace Mary as his heir, and it was this that brought Mary into the front line of the family warfare. Until now, Catherine had been the main target. Nagged on by the malicious Anne Boleyn...
DG REG FD is an abbreviation of the latin “Dei Gratia Regina Fidei Defensor” meaning; “Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith” and is a form of the Style of the British sovereign of Queen Elizabeth II common on coins of the Pound Sterling. The ...
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