30 May 1536 – Henry VIII and Jane Seymour get married at Whitehall
On 30th May 1536, eleven days after his second wife, Anne Boleyn, had been executed, Henry VIII married…
Six Wives
23 May 1533 – Henry VIII finally gets his annulment!
On 23rd May 1533, Henry VIII's Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declared that the king's marriage to his…
The Fall of Anne Boleyn – 20 May 1536 – Henry VIII gets betrothed to Jane Seymour
On 20th May 1536, King Henry VIII got betrothed to the woman who'd become his third wife, Jane…
A Royal What If Tale of Jane Seymour – What if Jane Seymour had given birth to a daughter?
I do love what-iffing, particularly when it comes to Tudor history, and this was a wonderful "what-if" question…
Henry VIII and His Six Wives and their Descent from Edward I
16th Century Europe was rather a small world, but did you know that Henry VIII and his six…
The Rise and Tragic Fall of Henry VIII’s Third Queen : Jane Seymour
In the spring of 1536, the falcon was falling and the phoenix was rising. I am, of course,…
The Fate of Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon’s lost babies
Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII, suffered four stillbirths and lost a baby boy when he…