#tudorqueen

[lizzy-tudor]

From Princess, to Queen, to Duchess

Mary Tudor (March, c. 1496; London, England - June, 1533; Suffolk, England) was an English princess, the third wife of King Louis XII of France and one of the two sisters of King Henry VIII. Mary was also the grandmother of Lady Jane Grey, who would become titular queen of England for nine days in 1553.

Mary’s father, King Henry VII, betrothed her to Archduke Charles —later Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V — in 1507. In 1514, however, political tribulations caused King Henry VIII to renounce such engagement and arrange a match between his beautiful, charming and yound sister and Louis XII, the sick and french monarch of 52. Since Mary was already in love with Charles Brandon, the first Duke of Suffolk, she made Henry promise that after Louis died she would be allowed to choose her next husband.

The marriage with the french king took place on Octouber of 1514, and Mary performed her role as wife and royal consort with kindness and dedication until he died on January of the following year. Before Henry or the new King of France, Francis I, could use her as a pawn in another political arrangement, Mary secretly wed Suffolk in Paris, probably in late February. Henry VIII was infuriated at the news, but eventually the pair regained the king’s favour, with Suffolk paying him a large sum of money and perhaps with the help and intercession of Cardinal Wolsey.Mary and Charles had four children, two daughters and two sons: ⇒ Henry Brandon (11 March 1516 – 1522); ⇒ Lady Frances Brandon (16 July 1517 – 20 November 1559), married to Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, and mother to Lady Jane Grey; ⇒ Lady Eleanor Brandon (1519 – 27 September 1547), married to Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland; ⇒ Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln (c. 1523 – March 1534).

Mary had enjoyed unprecedented freedom during her teenage years at her brother's court. Just fourteen when her father, Henry VII died, she spent the next five years almost completely unchaperoned, encouraged to participate in every event, celebration and feast, each planned to display the opulence of the english royal family. She shared Henry's exuberance for spectacle and, for some time, was one of the central ladies of the court, admired and sociable. Like him, she loved dancing, masques, and parties; they were also very close, with the princess being the apple of the king's eye. It's rumored that Henry's famous warship, the Mary Rose, was named after both his favorite sister and his only daughter with Catherine of Aragon.

Upon her arrival in France, Mary was proclamed, by the Venetian Ambassador, to be "handsome and well favoured, grey-eyed; slight, rather than defective from corpulence, and conducts herself with so much grace, and has such good manners, that for her age of 18 years—and she does not look more—she is a paradise." She was particularly admired by her contemporaries for her long red hair, which she had inherited from the Plantagenet lineage through her mother, Elizabeth of York, who had also been an celebrated beauty.

After her second marriage, the Duchess of Suffolk lived a quiet life in the country, retired from court, although she had been know to have attended the famous Field of the Cloth of Gold at Guines, near Calais, in 1520. Often referred to as the French Queen, she was known to dislike Anne Boleyn and in defiance of her brother was to prove a firm supporter of her sister-in-law, Catherine of Aragon, in the matter of Henry VIII's annulment of his marriage to his first wife.

Mary visited London for the last time to celebrate the wedding of her eldest daughter, Lady Frances Brandon, to Henry Grey, Marquess of Dorset, in 1533. After suffering failing health for some years, Mary Tudor died on 25 June 1533 at the age of thirty-eight at Westhorpe Hall, Westhorpe, Suffolk, possibly of cancer. Henry VIII had requiem masses sung at Westminster Abbey for the repose of her soul and she was given a magnificent funeral, which her husband did not attend. Her body was interred at the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds. The Duke of Suffolk quickly remarried again, in that same year, to his fourteen-year-old ward, Katherine Willoughby (1519–1580), suo jure Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. Katherine had been betrothed to his eldest surviving son, Henry, Earl of Lincoln, but the boy was too young to marry, and Charles, to eager to add the heiress fourtune to his own.

[thebritishmonarchycouk]

On This Day In Royal History . 25 November 1487 . Elizabeth of York coronation . . [Elizabeth of York]….royally apparelled, in a kirtle of white cloth of gold of damask, and a mantle of the same suit, furred with ermine, fastened before her breast with a great lace, curiously wrought of gold and silk, and rich knobs of gold at the end , tasselled; her fair yellow hair hanging down plain behind her back, with a call of pipes over it, and wearing on her head a circle of gold, richly garnished with precious stones…… . - A Queen’s coronation, contemporary account by John Leyland . . About Elizabeth; . ◼ Elizabeth was queen consort of England from 1486 until her death, as the wife of Henry VII (married on 18 January 1486), she was the first Tudor queen. She was the daughter of Edward IV, sister of Edward V & niece of Richard III, & she married the king following Henry’s victory at the Battle of Bosworth which started the last phase of the Wars of the Roses. She was the mother of King Henry VIII. . ◼ Therefore, she was the daughter, sister, niece, wife, & mother of successive Kings of England. . ◼ Despite being a political arrangement at first, the marriage proved successful & both partners appear to have grown to love each other. . They had eight children; . ▪ Arthur, Prince of Wales (20 September 1486 – 2 April 1502) . ▪ Margaret, Queen consort of Scotland (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) . ▪ Henry VIII of England (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) . ▪ Elizabeth Tudor (2 July 1492 – 14 September 1495) . ▪ Mary, Queen consort of France (18 March 1496 – 25 June 1533) . ▪ Edward Tudor (c.1498 - d. 1499) . ▪ Edmund, Duke of Somerset (21 February 1499 – 19 June 1500) . ▪ Katherine Tudor (2 February 1503 – 10 February 1503) . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1487 #d25Nov #ElizabethofYork #QueenConsort #QueenofEngland #HouseofYork #TudorQueen #HouseofTudor #EdwardIV #EdwardV #RichardIII #HenryVII #HenryVIII #Coronation #Tudor #Tudors #TudorHistory #HistoricEngland #RoyalHistory #thequeen #royalfamily #otd #Onthisday #thequeen👑 #thequeen #EnglishMonarchy (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIBRoOIDWu0/?igshid=1sa25if5thde4

[morereigntoo]

Belated Happy Birthday Rachel Skarsten! Please forgive my tardiness. ❤️ #Queen #RachelSkarsten #Reign 👑 #ReignBirthdays #ReignEdit #QueenElizabethI #ElizabethTudor #TudorQueen #ReignS3 #ReignS4 #CWReign #Netflix https://www.instagram.com/p/CcwO-24AZ3C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[scuffedgrannysblog]

SOLD! This brass rubbing (and not breast rubbing as the lady at Canada Post thought I said) is off to a new home.#etsysuccess #scuffedgranny #etsysellers #tudorqueen #goodqueenbess (at Ottawa, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/COfsGKUD_rN/?igshid=7ek2dgiltvfv

[treacletiger]

New art by @joshuahaith_art. Thank you for entrusting your work to me! She’s arrived on the anniversary of her death, just as my first Mary gown arrived on her birthday last year. There’s something rather lovely about that, I feel. #maryI #marytudor #tudorqueen #englishroyalty #englishhistory #supportartists (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHuZa_6jJ8t/?igshid=1pq4z81tz5hp

[athousandtales]

[colinemill]

A few more shots of Good Queen Bess from last Sunday at @tutburycastle this is castle curator Lesley Smith channeling Queen Elizabeth I in the Great Hall. Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. Sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor. #reenactment #historical #historicalcostume #costume #houseoftudor #tudorqueen #queenelizabeth #cosplay #photography #potraitphotography #portraitphotographer #photographer @olympusuk #olympusuk #olympusphotography #olympusphotographer #omdem1markii #olympusportrait #olympusportraitphotography @googlesnapseed @snapseed.photo #snapseed #snapseededit #snapseedapp (at Tutbury Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-B3-pMjpW8/?igshid=1ct44egkppe7r

[thestrangegirl091200]

From Queen Elizabeth I of England’s Tilbury Speech

[tudorblogger]

Thanks to @thehistorypressuk for the chance to read this book by Conor Byrne in exchange for a review - looking forward to getting stuck in! #KatherineHoward #ConorByrne #SlanderedQueen #Tudors #TudorQueen #SixWives #HenryVIII #HistoryGirls #Review #NonFiction #Historical #History #Biography #TudorBlogger https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwy5CQPgcGT/?igshid=1h3j948p6l578

[lizzy-tudor]

La Peregrina, A Queen Among Jewels Pear-shaped and weighing in at a magnificent 223.8 grains of 55.95 carats, Phillip II of Spain's wedding gift surpassed every fantasy his bride, the newly crowned Mary I of England, could have imagined. Baptized La Peregrina (an expression from the groom's native language meaning "female wanderer"), the brilliant pearl was delivered directly to the queen, its priceless value reflecting the inestimable importance that a marriage treaty between England and Spain represented at the time. Found on the coast of Panama in 1513 by an African slave, the pearl went down in history as a fine adornment much appreciated by royalty. In her well-known official portrait of 1554, Mary is depicted adorned with her wedding present, dangling from a bejeweled brooch on her chest. Queen Margaret, wife of Phillip III of Spain, wore it during celebrations of a peace treaty with the English in 1605. Two of the wives of Phillip IV of Portugal and Spain also had the privilege of wearing it — but the jewel would still pilgrimage through Europe and the world, and would end up not just under the possession of princesses and queens, but of other distinguished personalities. After the end of the 16th and 17th centuries, La Peregrina would be mentioned in the annals of history again only in 1813, when Joseph, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, filched it along with a significant part of the Spanish Crown Jewels, in his flight from Spain back to France. After the fall of Napoleon in 1815, the pearl's new owner moved to the United States, where he would eventually die and leave it to his nephew, Charles Louis, the future Napoleon III. During his own exile, this time in England, the descendant of the Emperor of the French sold it to the second Duke of Abercorn, and it was actually during this period that the family heirloom received its infamous name. The pearl would remain in the Abercorn family for a century, being briefly lost by falling from its setting twice — first, disappearing between the cushions of a sofa in Windsor Castle; then, during a ball at Buckingham Palace. Fortunately, La Peregrina was found and returned to her owners in both occasions. In 1913 the jewel was cleaned and polished, and as a result, lost approximately 203 grams. Yet it still remains today the largest symmetrical pearl of its shape, and in 1969, after being auctioned at Sotheby's, it once again became a husband's gift to his wife. Richard Burton bought it for $37,000 for his wife, the iconic actress Elizabeth Taylor. Interestingly enough, Taylor decided to adorn her gift with a completely new design, one inspired by none other than the regal portrait of Mary I. Other smaller pearls, emeralds and rubies completed the piece, centering around the glorious Peregrina, now displayed as a Tudor styled choker.

[thebritishmonarchycouk]

On This Day In History 25 November 1487 Elizabeth of York coronation [Elizabeth of York]….royally apparelled, in a kirtle of white cloth of gold of damask, and a mantle of the same suit, furred with ermine, fastened before her breast with a great lace, curiously wrought of gold and silk, and rich knobs of gold at the end , tasselled; her fair yellow hair hanging down plain behind her back, with a call of pipes over it, and wearing on her head a circle of gold, richly garnished with precious stones…… - A Queen’s coronation, contemporary account by John Leyland About Elizabeth; ◼ Elizabeth was queen consort of England from 1486 until her death, as the wife of Henry VII (married on 18 January 1486), she was the first Tudor queen. She was the daughter of Edward IV, sister of Edward V & niece of Richard III, & she married the king following Henry’s victory at the Battle of Bosworth which started the last phase of the Wars of the Roses. She was the mother of King Henry VIII. ◼ Therefore, she was the daughter, sister, niece, wife, & mother of successive Kings of England. ◼ Despite being a political arrangement at first, the marriage proved successful & both partners appear to have grown to love each other. They had eight children; ▪ Arthur, Prince of Wales (20 September 1486 – 2 April 1502) ▪ Margaret, Queen consort of Scotland (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) ▪ Henry VIII of England (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) ▪ Elizabeth Tudor (2 July 1492 – 14 September 1495) ▪ Mary, Queen consort of France (18 March 1496 – 25 June 1533) ▪ Edward Tudor (c.1498 - d. 1499) ▪ Edmund, Duke of Somerset (21 February 1499 – 19 June 1500) ▪ Katherine Tudor (2 February 1503 – 10 February 1503) . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1487 #d25Nov #ElizabethofYork #QueenConsort #QueenofEngland #HouseofYork #TudorQueen #HouseofTudor #EdwardIV #EdwardV #RichardIII #HenryVII #HenryVIII #Coronation #Tudor #Tudors #TudorHistory #HistoricEngland #RoyalHistory #instaroyals #Instahistory #Onthisday #thequeen👑 #thequeen #EnglishMonarchy #History #britishmonarchy 📷 Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 (at Westminster Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5TnTRGA5BE/?igshid=1qv5x0p7suj6s

[fafaweng]

🎶 @Diana Damrau Facebook Watch： [ facebook.com/DianaDamrau/posts/10159024108314345 ] . 今晚東部時間 19：30點 至 明天東部時間東部時間 18：30，@The Metropolitan Opera 將在 @Gianandrea Noseda 舉辦的 [ Roméo et Juliette ] 中分享 2017年 首演的 Juliette 亮相。在 Met stage 上首映 Bartlett。Sher's 的美麗作品真是太棒了，很高興與大家一起重溫這一美好的回憶。希望大家 Enjoy 玩的開心！ . Tonight at 7:30pm EDT through tomorrow at 6:30pm EDT, @The Metropolitan Opera will share an encore broadcast of my 2017 debut as Juliette in Gounod's 'Roméo et Juliette' conducted by @Gianandrea Noseda. It was wonderful to premiere Bartlett Sher's beautiful production on the Met stage, and I am happy to revisit this great memory with all of you. Enjoy ! . The Metropolitan Opera： [ metopera.org ] . DianaDamrau Official Account： [ diana-damrau.com/en ] Twitter（@ dianadamrau）： [ twitter. com/dianadamrau ] Instagram（@ diana.damrau）： [ instagram.com/diana.damrau ] Facebook（@ DianaDamrau）： [ Diana Damrau ] . . 🎶 全新專輯發表， 開始線上與實體預購試聽： . Diana Damrau - Tudor Queens (October 2, 2020) Diana Damrau, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Antonio Pappano Classical · Pre-Release · October 2, 2020 . iTunes： [ music.apple.com/us/album/tudor-queens/1519897706 ] Spotify： [ open.spotify.com/track/1f7OOFILbjlyr76ltLcVZb ] Amazon： [ amazon.com/Tudor-Queens-Diana-Damrau/dp/B08BN86S9T ] . Soprano Diana Damrau assumes the crowns of three different Tudor queens, the central characters in operas by Donizetti: Anne Boleyn (Anna Bolena), Mary, Queen of Scots (Maria Stuarda), and Elizabeth I (Roberto Devereux). With Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra and Chorus of Rome's Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, she performs the substantial and climactic final scene of each work. When Damrau sang Maria Stuarda at the Zurich Opera, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung wrote: "She commands a voice that seems to have no limits . Her coloratura is stunning, her vocal range impressive, and her dynamic shadings are breath-taking. Damrau is in a class of her own." . . #DianaDamrau #TudorQueens #2020 #Orchestra #AccademiaNazionaleDiSantaCecilia #AntonioPappano #Classical #Opera #Voice #TheMetropolitanOpera #GianandreaNoseda #RoméoEtJuliette #CentralCharacters #Donizetti #AnneBoleyn #AnnaBolena #Mar https://www.instagram.com/p/CFCgsTKMKJD/?igshid=tinnl7gqobwd

[melissaholden94]

Auto-buy Author | #rfabjuly20 I used to love Philippa Gregory as a teenager, and I've recently fallen back in love with her books. My current selection is quite small, but the goal is to eventually own all her paperbacks! 📚 QOTD: who is your auto-buy author? #philippagregory #historicalfiction #tudorfiction #plantagenet #tudor #henryviii #anneboleyn #elizabethi #tudorqueens #wideacre #autobuyauthor #bookish #bookstack #bookstagram #booksaremylife #bookworm #ladyjanegrey #bookphotochallenge #bookphoto #tbr https://www.instagram.com/p/CCbQhkSAT63/?igshid=1d650a8jar79s

[con-libros]

Isabel I: Los últimos años de una leyenda

Isabel I - Margaret George

calificación: 4.5/5 ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

detalles: libro físico, ediciones B- ZETA, 832 pag

sinopsis: Isabel I de Inglaterra, imponente en su papel de soberana, desplegó una acción política sin precedentes en la Europa del siglo XVI. La reina protestante se enfrentó a católicos y calvinistas en su país y en buena parte de los estados vecinos; se midió con María Estuardo y Felipe II, a quienes se impuso con inteligencia y valentía, al mismo tiempo que desbarataba un complot contra su persona y armaba un gran ejército. En su lecho de muerte repasa las gestas por las que fue temida y reverenciada, pero entre sus recuerdos también hay lugar para sus seres queridos, como su fiel servidor Walsingham o su amante, Robert Dudley, caído en la batalla contra la Armada Invencible. Mucho tiempo después, Lettice, la esposa legítima de Dudley, cuenta a sus nietos, conmovida y sin rencor, la historia de la gran reina.

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Otro libro de Margaret George que leo en fin de año, y logre acabarlo antes de que el año termine, lo logré!

Con semejante biblia yo pensé que se trataría sobre la vida de Isabel desde su nacimiento o desde sus inicios como soberana, pero al comenzar se nos muestra a una reina muy mayor, una perspectiva bastante diferente a todas las ficciones sobre reinas que he leído hasta el momento.

Me arriesgaría en asegurar que este libro es la continuación de su otra obra ‘María, reina de Escocia’, pero no es necesario leer esa obra para apreciar esta.

Todo trata sobre los últimos años del reinado de Isabel I, desde el punto de vista de la misma reina y desde el punto de vista de su prima Lettice, exiliada de la corte. Básicamente muestran la cotidianidad y los conflictos del reino, sobre todo el cambio de la reina a medida que pasan el tiempo y ve como sus aliados y amigos van sucumbiendo a la edad, dejándole con una melancolía y mucha reflexión sobre su inevitable muerte. 

Aborda principalmente las facetas de la reina y una de sus debilidades: la atracción tentadora hacia sus favoritos, y mas que tentadora puedo decir que fue cegadora, porque casi toda la obra ella subestimaba el peligro por amor o terquedad. 

Sin embargo, así con errores, la reina priorizó siempre a su pueblo y excelentemente la historia muestra ese cariño y fidelidad.

Los capítulos de la perspectiva de Lettice fueron también entretenidas, no se sentía como un personaje malvado, si no como un personaje subestimado, calmado, libido y con mucha sensatez, sus aventuras y desventuras daban mucha información sobre lo que sucedía fuera de la corte, y también se entrelazaba con personajes super-importantes durante ese periodo.

Fue una grata sorpresa ver a personaje secundarios muy bien construidos.

Siendo sincera el libro no es enganchante pero sí bastante entretenido y debo decir que aunque el tamaño del libro intimida bastante, la prosa de Margaret George es hermosa y logra exitosamente dar datos históricos de forma simple, sin exageraciones, con la cuota adecuada de realismo, tensión, romance y melancolía que hace que la historia no sea pesada, la autora no me decepcionó.

Recomendable? Solo para los amantes de las novelas históricas y para quienes les interesa saber sobre la dinastía Tudor, es una aventura entretenida que te transporta muy bien a esa época isabelina.

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[treacletiger]

Excuse the hurried photos but I had to get this off before I cried on it. This beautiful gown is the work of Samantha Rees of @tudorqueenexperience. Her work and approach are absolutely of the highest standard. This is based on the very minimal description we have of Mary I’s wedding gown. We know only it was purple and likely of a rich brocade; certainly the Queen would have made certain that this all-important gown was sumptuous and befitting her status, with detailing in gold and silver threads. When I found this fabric I never imagined it would be crafted into such a stunning gown. It’s been on my wish list for so long and I cannot believe Samantha made this from what I gave her just a few weeks ago. Forever grateful and overwhelmed. 👑💜 #maryI #marytudor #tudorgown #tudorlegacies #tudorlegaciesofficial #tudors #tudorqueen (at Carshalton, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CF_i8XWDj7i/?igshid=ptz93hqcj4mz

[jesstherebel]

Elizabeth of York

The lonely white rose sits among the red victors

Torn between two houses

When a Tudor grows in her womb

But her house is hardly there.

York is scattered and Lancaster is close.

The union of the houses ends a war

But nothing changes with young Elizabeth's allegiance.

She was a York. Now a Tudor.

Torn between her husband and son and her house from which she was born.

When her time comes in 1503

It's clear a Tudor she will be.