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The Tudor Age
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Amateur historian, page for all things Tudor and 16th century.
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31st January 1515
Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, Nicholas West and Sir Richard Wingfield arrived in Paris.

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#CharlesBrandon #DukeofSuffolk #NicholasWest #SirRichardWingfield #MaryTudorDowagerQueenofFrance #Tudors #History
January 31, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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31st January 1597
The burial took place of Sir Hugh Cholmondeley, soldier, member of Parliament and Vice-President of the Council in the Marches of Wales, at Malpas Parish Church.

#SirHughCholmondeley #MemberofParliament #CouncilintheMarchesofWales #Tudors #History
January 31, 2026 at 6:12 AM
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31st January 1504
Under terms of Treaty of Lyon, King Louis XII of France handed over Naples to King Ferdinand II of Aragon after defeat in the Italian War of 1499–1504

#TreatyofLyon #KingLouisXIIofFrance #KingFerdinandIIofAragon #Trastámara #ValoisOrléans #History
January 31, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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30th January 1554
Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger and his fellow rebels besieged Cooling Castle, near Rochester in Kent as part of Wyatt's Rebellion.

#SirThomasWyattTheYounger #WyattsRebellion #CoolingCastle #QueenMaryI #Tudor #History
January 30, 2026 at 6:23 AM
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30th January 1593
Ippolito Aldobrandini was elected as Pope.
He took the name Pope Clement VIII.

#IppolitoAldobrandin #PopeClementVIII #PopeofRome #Pope #HolyFather #Pontiff #CatholicChurch #History
January 30, 2026 at 6:22 AM
#ThrowbackThursday
The Rainbow Portrait
Attributed to either Isaac Oliver or Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
c1600

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#Portrait #TheRainbowPortrait #ElizabethI #QueenElizabethI #HatfieldHouse #Tudors #History
January 29, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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29th January 1601
Louise of Lorraine, Queen of France, died at Château de Moulins.

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#LouiseofLorraine #QueenofFrance #KingHenriIIIofFrance #Lorraine #ValoisAngoulême #France #History
January 29, 2026 at 7:16 AM
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29th January 1536
Katherine of Aragon was buried in Peterborough Cathedral.

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#KatherineofAragon #QueenKatherineofAragon #PeterboroughCathedral #Tudors #History
January 29, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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29th January 1559
Sir Thomas Pope, founder of Trinity College, Oxford, member of Parliament & Privy Councillor in Mary I's reign, died at Clerkenwell.

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#SirThomasPope #TrinityCollegeOxford #MemberofParliament #PrivyCouncillor #Tudors #History
January 29, 2026 at 7:12 AM
January 28, 2026 at 6:24 AM
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28th January 1457
At Pembroke Castle, a young woman, who had yet to reach her fourteenth birthday, gave birth to a son & named him Henry.

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#HenryTudor #EarlofRichmond #KingHenryVII #HenryVII #MargaretBeaufort #PembrokeCastle #Tudors #History
January 28, 2026 at 6:22 AM
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28th January 1547
After a reign that spanned more than 37 years that was filled with success, controversy and six wives, King Henry VIII died aged 55 at the palace of Whitehall.
He was succeeded by his 9 year old son Edward.

#KingHenryVIII #HenryVIII #Tudors #History
January 28, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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28th January 1600
Giulio Rospigliosi, also known as Pope Clement IX, was born in Pistoia, Tuscany, to Giacomo and Caterina Rospigliosi.
He became Pope on 20th June 1667.

#GiulioRospigliosi #PopeClementIX #PopeofRome #Pontiff #CatholicChurch #Pistoia #Italy #History
January 28, 2026 at 6:17 AM
#TudorTuesday
Did you know….
From 1514 Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus grew increasingly aggressive towards his royal wife, Margaret Tudor

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#ArchibaldDouglas #EarlofAngus #MargaretTudor #Scotland #England #Tudors #Stewarts #History
January 27, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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27th January 1543
Cardinal David Beaton is arrested on a charge of inviting the French to Scotland.
He was then stripped of his position as Lord Chancellor of Scotland.

#CardinalBeaton #CardinalDavidBeaton #LordChancellorofScotland #Stewarts #Stuarts #Scotland #History
January 27, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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27th January 1547
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk attainted by statute.
King Henry VIII’s death the very next day saved him from the block.

#ThomasHoward #DukeofNorfolk #ActofAttainder #Tudors #History
January 27, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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27th January 1596
Sir Francis Drake, explorer, sea captain and pirate, died of dysentery in Portobelo harbour, Panama. He was buried at sea in a lead coffin.
#SirFrancisDrake #Explorer #SeaCaptain #Tudors #History
January 27, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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27th January 1510
Sir Thomas Brandon, soldier, courtier and diplomat died. He was the uncle of Charles Brandon (Duke of Suffolk from 1514)

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#SirThomasBrandon #MasteroftheHorse #Warden #ChiefJusticeoftheRoyalForests #Tudors #History
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Contemporary account of King Edward VI’s first state opening of Parliament in 1547. The House of Commons first met in St Stephen’s Hall.

Pictures via UK Parliamentary Archives on Facebook.

#StateOpeningofParliament #StStephensHall #KingEdwardVI #Tudors #History
January 26, 2026 at 9:06 PM
François, Dauphin of France
Jean Clouet
c.1526
Watercolour on vellum laid on card.

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#Miniature #MiniaturePortrait #FrançoisDauphinofFrance #JeanClouet #ValoisAngoulême #France #History
January 26, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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26th January 1568
Lady Katherine Grey, wife of Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford died aged only 27.

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#KatherineGrey #CountessofHertford #QueenElizabethI #ElizabethI #Tudors #History
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 AM
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26th January 1533
King Henry VIII appointed Thomas Audley as Lord Chancellor to replace Sir Thomas More, who had resigned the previous year. Audley had actually been carrying out the duties of Lord Chancellor since May 1532.

#ThomasAudley #LordChancellor #Tudors #History
January 26, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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26 Jan 1572
Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk is removed from the Order of the Garter, after his role in the Ridolfi plot, his coat of arms were then cast into the ditch at Windsor Castle.

#ThomasHoward #DukeofNorfolk #OrderoftheGarter #TheRidolfiPlot #Tudors #History
January 26, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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26 Jan 1545
Robert Holgate, Archbishop of York, renounces the Papal Supremacy during consecration at Mass.

#RobertHolgate #ArchbishopofYork #PapalSupremacy #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History
January 26, 2026 at 5:51 AM
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25th January 1533
A secret wedding to be had at Whitehall Palace?
There is speculation as to where and when the actual marriage took place between King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

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#AnneBoleyn #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History
January 25, 2026 at 6:26 AM