Tag: Mary I

Apologies for the rather inflammatory headline but I do like to be controversial! I’ve purposely used the misleading nickname that…

On this day in history, the 10th July 1553, Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen of England. Her predecessor, Edward…

“For I assure you neither they nor any other now in yonder hold or durance was privy of my rising…

As it is Mary I’s birthday today – Happy 494th Birthday Mary! – I thought it would be good to…

On this day in history, the 12th February 1554, Elizabeth’s cousin (once removed) Lady Jane Grey was executed on Tower…

This is part three of my series on Elizabeth I and Mary I and the relationship they had as half-sisters….

If you watched “The Tudors”, you may have been surprised by the scenes of the teenage Mary sharing a bed…

Today’s post is the first about two sisters (or rather half-sisters): Mary and Elizabeth, their relationship as children and what…

Elizabeth I was the third of Henry VIII’s children to reign over England, following in the footsteps of her step-siblings…