Claire | April 9, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 9th April, Catherine of Aragon, who’d been banished from the royal court after opposing her husband King Henry VIII’s plans to annul their marriage, received a visit from a delegation of the king’s councillors. They were there to inform her that she was no longer queen. Catherine was a […]
Category: Anne Boleyn General |
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Claire | September 19, 2016
On this day in history, 19th September 1580, Katherine Bertie (née Willoughby and previous married name Brandon), Dowager Duchess of Suffolk, died after a long illness. She was laid to rest at St James’s Church, Spilsby, Lincolnshire and visitors to the church can see the beautiful alabaster tomb of Katherine and her second husband, Richard […]
Category: Tudor Characters |
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Tags: Catherine Bertie, Catherine Brandon, Catherine Willoughby, Katherine Bertie, Katherine Brandon, Katherine Willoughby, Katherine Willoughby memorial, Richard Bertie
