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Mary Tudor: English Princess, French Queen

November 2, 2015 by Rebecca Larson 1 Comment

Mary’s Motto: “La volenté De Dieu me suffit”  – The will of God is sufficient for me. Princess Mary Tudor was born on 18 March 1496 as the fifth of seven children to Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Mary became a beautiful young lady and was considered to be one of the most attractive women in Europe, … [More]

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Posted in: History Tagged: Charles Brandon, Dowager Queen, Duchess of Suffolk, Duke of Suffolk, Duke of York, Elizabeth of York, Francis I, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Mary Tudor, Queen of France

The Tower of London – the Most Haunted Castle in England

October 16, 2015 by Rebecca Larson 6 Comments

The Tower of London could be called the most haunted place in London as it has seen hundred of executions. Some justified, some not. Many of the prisoners who entered the Tower only left to go to their execution. Most executions were public events and were well attended. Seems a little morbid now. Traitors could … [More]

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Posted in: Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, History, House of York, Katherine Howard, Lady Jane Grey Tagged: Anne Askew, anne boleyn, Duke of Clarence, Duke of York, Edward V, george Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Jane Grey, Katherine Howard, Margaret Pole, Perkin Warbeck, Richard, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More

Wars of the Roses – Beginning to the Battle of Towton

October 7, 2015 by Rebecca Larson 2 Comments

When it comes to the Wars of the Roses I am most attracted to it because it’s cousins fighting over the throne of England. Richard, 3rd Duke of York attempted to take the throne from his cousin Henry VI but failed. Eventually his son, Edward, Earl of March would succeed as Edward IV, but not … [More]

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Posted in: History, House of Lancaster, House of York Tagged: Duke of York, Earl of March, Earl of Rutland, Edward III, edward IV, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VII, Margaret of Anjou, Richard II, wars of the roses, Warwick

Henry VII and the Princes in the Tower

August 29, 2015 by Rebecca Larson 15 Comments

In 1483 Edward V and Richard, Duke of York disappeared from the Tower of London. They were the sons of the late Edward IV and his queen, Elizabeth Woodville. Edward V was born 2 November 1470 in Westminster Abbey where his mother had taken sanctuary from the Lancastrians who had deposed his father during the Wars … [More]

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Posted in: History, House of Tudor, House of York Tagged: Duke of York, Edward lV, Edward V, Elizabeth Woodville, Henry Vll, Ludlow Castle, Margaret of Burgundy, Perkin Warbeck, Richard, Richard lll, Richard of Shrewsbury, The Pretender, The Princes in the Tower, Westminster Abbey

Letter from Perkin Warbeck

August 18, 2015 by Rebecca Larson Leave a Comment

Translated from Latin. [To Isabella of Castile, 1493: (British Library MS Egerton 616), as quoted by I. Arthurson in The Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy, P. 49-50] “I myself, then nearly nine years of age, was also delivered to a certain Lord to be killed, [but] it pleased Divine Clemency, that lord, having compassion on my innocence, … [More]

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Posted in: History, House of York Tagged: Duke of York, Isabella of Castile, Perkin Warbeck, Princes in the Tower, Richard, Richard Shrewsbury

The Legacy of the House of York

August 16, 2015 by Rebecca Larson Leave a Comment

Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York was the great-grandson of Edward III. He was next in line to the throne of Henry VI and often stepped in and ruled when Henry VI was incapacitated. Things would not turn out well for Richard, Duke of York and his son Edmund, Earl of Rutland – they were killed … [More]

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Posted in: History, House of York Tagged: Cecily Neville, Duke of Clarence, Duke of York, Edmund of Rutland, Edward lV, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Woodville, George, Henry Vl, Richard, Richard lll, Richard Neville, The Kingmaker

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