Claire | January 10, 2023
On this day in Tudor history, 10th January 1480, Margaret of Austria, Princess of Asturias, Duchess of Savoy, was born. Margaret was the daughter of Maximilian of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor, and Mary of Burgundy, and, in 1507, her father appointed her as Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands as regent for her nephew, Charles. It […]
Claire | July 20, 2022
On this day in history, 20th July 1524, Claude of France, queen consort of Francis I, died at the age of just twenty-four at the Royal Chateau of Blois. She was temporarily laid to rest at Blois and then later moved to the Cathedral Basilica of Saint-Denis just outside Paris. Brantôme declared that Claude’s husband, […]
Claire | June 29, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 29th June 1537, Henry Algernon Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, died at around the age of thirty-five. It was just over a year after he’d collapsed at the trial of his former sweetheart, Queen Anne Boleyn, But who was Henry Percy and what happened between him and Anne? Find […]
Claire | February 21, 2022
It’s only a week to go before my online event “Anne Boleyn, the Woman who Changed England” kicks off and only 4 days until the doors close. Here are trailers for another of our wonderful talks, this time from Sarah and Natalie. REGISTER TODAY DOORS CLOSE 25th FEBRUARY Have you ever wanted to know more […]
Claire | February 19, 2022
I can’t think of a better person to talk about Anne Boleyn’s relationship with France, which, of course started in 1514, than Dr Estelle Paranque. I’m so happy to have Estelle speaking at my 10-day Anne Boleyn event, “Anne Boleyn, the Woman who Changed England” which starts soon. It’s not too late to sign up! […]
Claire | February 18, 2022
One of my very favourite books on the Boleyns is Dr Lauren Mackay’s “Among the Wolves of Court”, a dual biography of Thomas Boleyn and George Boleyn, so I’m very excited to have Lauren as a speaker at my “Anne Boleyn, the Woman who Changed England” online event. REGISTER TODAY DOORS CLOSE 25th FEBRUARY Here’s […]
Claire | February 17, 2022
I am so very excited to have Gareth Russell talking at my online event, “Anne Boleyn, the Woman who Changed England”. Gareth is an excellent historian and a very gifted speaker – I could listen to him all day! Gareth’s talk is on Anne Boleyn’s Irish ancestry. For too long, Anne Boleyn’s aristocratic Irish ancestry […]
Claire | December 23, 2021
Today’s featured speaker from the “Anne Boleyn, the Woman who changed England” online event is Dr Estelle Paranque, who many of you will recognise from the recent docudrama “The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family”. I loved her enthusiasm for her subject in that series and I really could listen to Estelle talking about Tudor history all […]
