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Showing posts with label Elizabeth I. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elizabeth I. Show all posts
Monday, July 17, 2017

Elizabeth I’s love life: was she really a ‘Virgin Queen’?

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History Extra Over the years, countless books, novels, plays and films have depicted Elizabeth I’s relationships with figures such as ...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Tudors

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History Extra 1) The Tudors should never have got anywhere near the throne When Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at the battle of Bo...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

The reluctant ambassador: the life and times of Tudor diplomat Sir Thomas Chaloner

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History Extra Sir Thomas Chaloner aged 28. (Private collection, courtesy of Richard Chaloner, Lord Gisborough. Photograph by Peter ...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

The Spanish Armada: England's lucky escape

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History Extra English ships clash with enemy vessels off Gravelines (now northern France) in a theatrical interpretation of the “...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

History Trivia - Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle

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June 16 1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland since she was perceived as a threat to Elizabeth I...
Thursday, May 19, 2016

9 of history's best quotes

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History Extra Queen Victoria, who reportedly said "We are not amused". (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Neil Armst...
Sunday, March 27, 2016

History Trivia - Robert Devereux becomes Lord Lieutenant General of Ireland

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March 27 1599 Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex and a favorite of Elizabeth I, became Lord Lieutenant General of Ireland during t...
Saturday, February 13, 2016

Robert Dudley: Queen Elizabeth I's great love

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History Extra Robert Dudley, 1560s. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images); Elizabeth I in coronation robes. (Photo ...
Monday, February 8, 2016

History Trivia - Mary, Queen of Scots, executed

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February 8 1587 After twenty years of captivity in England, Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringay Castle, Northamptonshire,...
Monday, November 30, 2015

5 surprising Tudor facts

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History Extra The family of Henry VIII, c1572. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images) 1)  The  Tudors wore spec...