Claire | September 24, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 24th September 1486, in a lavish ceremony at Winchester Cathedral, Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales and son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was christened. In this video, I share details from Lady Margaret Beaufort’s “Ordinances” regarding her grandson’s christening. Margaret had carefully choreographed the birth of a […]
Claire | September 20, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 20th September 1486, Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, was born at Winchester. Arthur was the first child of King Henry VII and his queen consort, Elizabeth of York. He was named after the legendary King Arthur and there were high hopes for him. Henry VII believed that Arthur would […]
Claire | September 21, 2021
Catherine of Aragon and Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, were married from 14th November 1501 until Arthur’s death on 2nd April 1502, but did they consummate their marriage? They certainly slept in the same bed, but did Catherine of Aragon and Arthur Tudor have sex? Find out what people said at the Legatine court hearing […]
Claire | September 20, 2017
On this day in history, Elizabeth of York, wife of King Henry VII, did her duty as queen consort and gave the king a healthy son. She did if first time too! Yes, on 20th September 1486, just “afore one o’clock after midnight”, Elizabeth gave birth to a baby boy at St. Swithun’s Priory in […]
Claire | November 6, 2016
6th November was quite a busy day in Tudor history! We have Mary Tudor’s entry into Paris, following her coronation on this day in 1514; we have the first meeting of Catherine of Aragon and Arthur Tudor, on this day in 1501; and then we have Henry VIII abandoning Catherine Howard at Hampton Court Palace […]
Claire | September 20, 2016
On this day in history, just “afore one o’clock after midnight” on 20th September 1486, Elizabeth of York, queen consort of King Henry VII, gave birth to her first child. The baby boy was born at St. Swithun’s Priory in Winchester and was baptised in a lavish ceremony at Winchester Cathedral on 24th September 1486. […]
Claire | November 6, 2015
On this day in history, 6th November 1501,1 Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, met Arthur, Prince of Wales, the man she would soon marry, at Dogmersfield in Hampshire, a palace that belonged to the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Fifteen year-old Catherine had left her home, […]
Claire | September 24, 2015
On 24th September 1486, four days after his birth, Arthur, Prince of Wales and son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was christened at a lavish ceremony at Winchester Cathedral. During Elizabeth of York’s pregnancy, Arthur’s grandmother, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, had written a set of ordinances for the birth of […]
