Conor Byrne’s Katherine Howard Blog Tour and Giveaways
Just to let you know that Conor Byrne, author of Katherine Howard: A New History, is doing a…
Six Wives
24 October 1537 – The Death of Queen Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour by Lucas HorenboutOn 24th October 1537 Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII and mother of…
Catch Gareth Russell talking about Jane Seymour!
Historian Gareth Russell, who is also the author of the The Emperors: How Europe's Greatest Rulers Were Destroyed…
12 October 1537 – A Son At Last!
At two o'clock in the morning on Friday 12th October 1537, St Edward’s Day, Jane Seymour finally gave…
29 September 1528 – Cardinal Campeggio Lands at Dover
On 29th September 1528 Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio, papal legate, landed at Dover on the Kent coast. He had…
27 September 1501 – Catherine of Aragon sets sail from Spain
The present day port of LaredoAt 5pm on 27th September 1501, fifteen year-old Catherine of Aragon, daughter of…
22 September 1515 – Birth of Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg, known commonly as Anne of Cleves
On this day in history, the 22nd September 1515, Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg, or Anne of Cleves, was born…