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On 28 December 1694, Queen Mary II died at Kensington Palace. Mary died at just 32 years old from smallpox. Her death shocked the nation. She was laid to rest in Westminster Abbey.
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December 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
On 28 December 1694, Queen Mary II died at Kensington Palace. Mary died at just 32 years old from smallpox. Her death shocked the nation. She was laid to rest in Westminster Abbey.
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Katherine Cooke Killigrew died on 27 December 1583.
At around 41, Katherine went into labor & delivered a stillborn child. She died soon after from complications of childbirth. Katherine was buried at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in London.
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At around 41, Katherine went into labor & delivered a stillborn child. She died soon after from complications of childbirth. Katherine was buried at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in London.
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December 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Katherine Cooke Killigrew died on 27 December 1583.
At around 41, Katherine went into labor & delivered a stillborn child. She died soon after from complications of childbirth. Katherine was buried at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in London.
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At around 41, Katherine went into labor & delivered a stillborn child. She died soon after from complications of childbirth. Katherine was buried at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in London.
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The Other Tudors, a brilliant course by Claire Ridgway, explored the overlooked figures who shaped the dynasty. Highlights: Nathen Amin on the Welsh Tudors & Melanie Clegg on Margaret Tudor.
A reminder that the Tudors were far more than their greatest hits!
📸: Claire Ridgway
A reminder that the Tudors were far more than their greatest hits!
📸: Claire Ridgway
December 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The Other Tudors, a brilliant course by Claire Ridgway, explored the overlooked figures who shaped the dynasty. Highlights: Nathen Amin on the Welsh Tudors & Melanie Clegg on Margaret Tudor.
A reminder that the Tudors were far more than their greatest hits!
📸: Claire Ridgway
A reminder that the Tudors were far more than their greatest hits!
📸: Claire Ridgway
On 25 December 1483, in Rennes Cathedral, Henry Tudor made a public vow. Living in exile in Brittany and facing daunting odds, Henry swore that if he won the crown, he would marry Elizabeth of York, eldest daughter of King Edward IV.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
On 25 December 1483, in Rennes Cathedral, Henry Tudor made a public vow. Living in exile in Brittany and facing daunting odds, Henry swore that if he won the crown, he would marry Elizabeth of York, eldest daughter of King Edward IV.
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King John was born on 24 December 1166 at Beaumont Palace in Oxford, the youngest son of King Henry II of England and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Born on Christmas Eve, John’s life would be anything but holy or harmonious.
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Born on Christmas Eve, John’s life would be anything but holy or harmonious.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
King John was born on 24 December 1166 at Beaumont Palace in Oxford, the youngest son of King Henry II of England and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Born on Christmas Eve, John’s life would be anything but holy or harmonious.
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Born on Christmas Eve, John’s life would be anything but holy or harmonious.
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On 23 December 1688, King James II fled England into exile.
James II slipped out of England, bringing his reign to a quiet but decisive end. His flight followed weeks of unrest during what would soon be called the Glorious Revolution.
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James II slipped out of England, bringing his reign to a quiet but decisive end. His flight followed weeks of unrest during what would soon be called the Glorious Revolution.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
On 23 December 1688, King James II fled England into exile.
James II slipped out of England, bringing his reign to a quiet but decisive end. His flight followed weeks of unrest during what would soon be called the Glorious Revolution.
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James II slipped out of England, bringing his reign to a quiet but decisive end. His flight followed weeks of unrest during what would soon be called the Glorious Revolution.
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On 22 December 1476, Isabel Neville died at the age of just 25.
Isabel died at Warwick Castle, only days after giving birth to a son who did not survive. She was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, beside her father, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.
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Isabel died at Warwick Castle, only days after giving birth to a son who did not survive. She was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, beside her father, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
On 22 December 1476, Isabel Neville died at the age of just 25.
Isabel died at Warwick Castle, only days after giving birth to a son who did not survive. She was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, beside her father, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.
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Isabel died at Warwick Castle, only days after giving birth to a son who did not survive. She was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, beside her father, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.
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Marguerite of Angoulême died on 21 December 1549.
Her death marked the loss of one of the most remarkable women of 16th-century Europe: a queen who ruled with her mind, her pen, and her conscience.
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Her death marked the loss of one of the most remarkable women of 16th-century Europe: a queen who ruled with her mind, her pen, and her conscience.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Marguerite of Angoulême died on 21 December 1549.
Her death marked the loss of one of the most remarkable women of 16th-century Europe: a queen who ruled with her mind, her pen, and her conscience.
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Her death marked the loss of one of the most remarkable women of 16th-century Europe: a queen who ruled with her mind, her pen, and her conscience.
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On 20 December 1327, King Edward II was buried at Gloucester Cathedral.
In death, the King gained reverence, sympathy, and permanence - things largely denied to him during his reign.
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In death, the King gained reverence, sympathy, and permanence - things largely denied to him during his reign.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
On 20 December 1327, King Edward II was buried at Gloucester Cathedral.
In death, the King gained reverence, sympathy, and permanence - things largely denied to him during his reign.
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In death, the King gained reverence, sympathy, and permanence - things largely denied to him during his reign.
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King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine were crowned King and Queen of England at Westminster Abbey on 19 December 1154, marking the beginning of one of the most powerful partnerships of the Middle Ages.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine were crowned King and Queen of England at Westminster Abbey on 19 December 1154, marking the beginning of one of the most powerful partnerships of the Middle Ages.
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On 18 December 1559, Queen Elizabeth I intervened decisively in Scotland, sending aid to help expel French forces from the kingdom.
What followed would help reshape the balance of power in Britain.
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What followed would help reshape the balance of power in Britain.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
On 18 December 1559, Queen Elizabeth I intervened decisively in Scotland, sending aid to help expel French forces from the kingdom.
What followed would help reshape the balance of power in Britain.
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What followed would help reshape the balance of power in Britain.
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Henry Cavendish, born on 17 December 1550, was the eldest son of Bess of Hardwick - a woman who understood power, proximity, and survival better than almost anyone in Elizabethan England.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Henry Cavendish, born on 17 December 1550, was the eldest son of Bess of Hardwick - a woman who understood power, proximity, and survival better than almost anyone in Elizabethan England.
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On 16 December 1503, George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, died at Ampthill in Bedfordshire - a life which spanned the violent hinge between Yorkist and Tudor England. George was laid to rest at Warden Abbey.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
On 16 December 1503, George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, died at Ampthill in Bedfordshire - a life which spanned the violent hinge between Yorkist and Tudor England. George was laid to rest at Warden Abbey.
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1558: James Fleming refused to give Mary, Queen of Scots’ husband the Scottish crown.
On the journey home, he and three fellow envoys fell ill and died.
The crown question died with them—and the rumor followed: poison.
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On the journey home, he and three fellow envoys fell ill and died.
The crown question died with them—and the rumor followed: poison.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
1558: James Fleming refused to give Mary, Queen of Scots’ husband the Scottish crown.
On the journey home, he and three fellow envoys fell ill and died.
The crown question died with them—and the rumor followed: poison.
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On the journey home, he and three fellow envoys fell ill and died.
The crown question died with them—and the rumor followed: poison.
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On 14 December 1417, the trial and execution of Sir John Oldcastle, Baron Cobham, took place.
Condemned for heresy and treason, Oldcastle was executed at St. Giles Fields, where he was hanged and burned.
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Condemned for heresy and treason, Oldcastle was executed at St. Giles Fields, where he was hanged and burned.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
On 14 December 1417, the trial and execution of Sir John Oldcastle, Baron Cobham, took place.
Condemned for heresy and treason, Oldcastle was executed at St. Giles Fields, where he was hanged and burned.
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Condemned for heresy and treason, Oldcastle was executed at St. Giles Fields, where he was hanged and burned.
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Sir Roger Williams - Welsh soldier, adventurer, author, and one of the Elizabethan age’s boldest military minds - died on 12 December 1595.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Sir Roger Williams - Welsh soldier, adventurer, author, and one of the Elizabethan age’s boldest military minds - died on 12 December 1595.
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In Wittenberg on 10 December 1520, before a gathered crowd, Martin Luther ordered a fire to be kindled. Into the fire he cast the papal bull Exsurge Domine, the decree that summoned him to submit to Rome and abandon his teachings.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In Wittenberg on 10 December 1520, before a gathered crowd, Martin Luther ordered a fire to be kindled. Into the fire he cast the papal bull Exsurge Domine, the decree that summoned him to submit to Rome and abandon his teachings.
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7 December 1495 is the traditional birthdate of Henry Stewart, Lord Methven- soldier, nobleman, and the controversial third husband of Margaret Tudor, sister to King Henry VIII and Dowager Queen of Scotland.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
7 December 1495 is the traditional birthdate of Henry Stewart, Lord Methven- soldier, nobleman, and the controversial third husband of Margaret Tudor, sister to King Henry VIII and Dowager Queen of Scotland.
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On 6 December 1421, Henry VI was born at Windsor Castle - an infant destined for one of the most tumultuous reigns in English history. He would become King at just 9 months old, inheriting not only England but vast territories of France.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
On 6 December 1421, Henry VI was born at Windsor Castle - an infant destined for one of the most tumultuous reigns in English history. He would become King at just 9 months old, inheriting not only England but vast territories of France.
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On 5 December 1556, Anne Cecil was born. As the daughter of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, and Mildred Cooke - Anne’s life was shaped by power, intellect, and expectation from the start.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
On 5 December 1556, Anne Cecil was born. As the daughter of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, and Mildred Cooke - Anne’s life was shaped by power, intellect, and expectation from the start.
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On 4 December 1413, the remains of King Richard II were solemnly brought to Westminster Abbey for reburial - an act heavy with politics, symbolism, and late-medieval ideas of kingship.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
On 4 December 1413, the remains of King Richard II were solemnly brought to Westminster Abbey for reburial - an act heavy with politics, symbolism, and late-medieval ideas of kingship.
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On 3 December 1538, the Cistercian powerhouse of Rievaulx Abbey - once one of the wealthiest and most influential monasteries in the north of England - fell to King Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
On 3 December 1538, the Cistercian powerhouse of Rievaulx Abbey - once one of the wealthiest and most influential monasteries in the north of England - fell to King Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries.
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On 2 December 1586, the machinery of Tudor justice stirred into motion. Queen Elizabeth I’s councillors formally drafted the death warrant for Mary, Queen of Scots- the first step toward an execution that would echo across Europe.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
On 2 December 1586, the machinery of Tudor justice stirred into motion. Queen Elizabeth I’s councillors formally drafted the death warrant for Mary, Queen of Scots- the first step toward an execution that would echo across Europe.
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On 1 December 1135, King Henry I died.
Out of The Anarchy came a new dynasty. Matilda’s son, Henry, eventually secured a compromise. When King Stephen died, Henry ascended the throne as Henry II, the first Plantagenet king.
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Out of The Anarchy came a new dynasty. Matilda’s son, Henry, eventually secured a compromise. When King Stephen died, Henry ascended the throne as Henry II, the first Plantagenet king.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
On 1 December 1135, King Henry I died.
Out of The Anarchy came a new dynasty. Matilda’s son, Henry, eventually secured a compromise. When King Stephen died, Henry ascended the throne as Henry II, the first Plantagenet king.
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Out of The Anarchy came a new dynasty. Matilda’s son, Henry, eventually secured a compromise. When King Stephen died, Henry ascended the throne as Henry II, the first Plantagenet king.
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On 30 November 1529, Queen Catherine of Aragon challenged King Henry VIII over his cold neglect.
Henry left the room disconcerted & downcast. But the day’s confrontations weren’t over. Anne Boleyn soon found Henry and unleashed her own fury.
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Henry left the room disconcerted & downcast. But the day’s confrontations weren’t over. Anne Boleyn soon found Henry and unleashed her own fury.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
On 30 November 1529, Queen Catherine of Aragon challenged King Henry VIII over his cold neglect.
Henry left the room disconcerted & downcast. But the day’s confrontations weren’t over. Anne Boleyn soon found Henry and unleashed her own fury.
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Henry left the room disconcerted & downcast. But the day’s confrontations weren’t over. Anne Boleyn soon found Henry and unleashed her own fury.
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