4 June 1536 – Queen Jane Seymour
On 4th June 1536, following her marriage to Henry VIII on 30th May, Jane Seymour was proclaimed Queen…
Jane Seymour
30 May 1536 – Henry VIII Marries Jane Seymour at Whitehall
Detail from the Family of Henry VIII Portrait On Tuesday 30th May 1536, just eleven days after Anne…
20 May 1536 – The Betrothal of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
At 9am on 20th May 1536, the day after his second wife had been executed, Henry VIII became…
28 and 29 April 1536 – Something is going on
Something was definitely brewing at King Henry VIII's court in late April 1536. Two commissions of oyer and…
Jane Seymour – Guest Post by Lauren Johnson
Lauren Johnson as Jane Seymour On this day in 1537, Jane Seymour died of puerperal fever at Hampton…
The Six Wives of Henry VIII and their Labels
Back in early 2011, I wrote a series of posts on the "six wives' stereotypes", the various stereotypes,…
7 June 1536 – A River Pageant in Honour of Jane Seymour, the New Queen
Three days after Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife, was proclaimed Queen at Greenwich Palace, a river pageant…