Latest posts tagged with #ElizabethI on Bluesky
💙📚 He was the father of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIll, and was thus the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I. He died at Hever Castle on 12 March
1539 and was buried in St. Peter's Church, Hever in Kent.
#thomasboleyn #boleyn #hevercastle #anneboleyn #elizabethi
💙📚 On 13th of March 1591, William Tyrwhitt attempted to escape from the Tower of London. He was quickly recaptured and remained imprisoned for several more years.
#TudorHistory #TowerOfLondon #ElizabethI #HistoryFact #booksworthreading
Before Elizabeth I became queen… a scandal nearly destroyed her reputation.
She was just a teenager when Thomas Seymour began entering her chamber at dawn. Servants whispered. Rumours spread. The government investigated.
How did Elizabeth survive?
Watch the full story on YouTube.
#ElizabethI
Elizabeth I wasn’t born secure. She was declared illegitimate.
Imprisoned in the Tower.
Suspected of treason.
Before she ruled England’s Golden Age… she had to survive Tudor politics.
Watch Elizabeth I Before the Crown now on YouTube.
#ElizabethI
#TudorHistory
#MaryI
#AnneBoleyn
#HenryVIII
An unwanted daughter who became England's greatest Queen...
Elizabeth #Tudor
The Bastard Princess
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In Feb 1601, Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, was executed for treason after his failed uprising. Contemporary reports say the Queen withdrew from view after Essex’s death.
#TudorHistory #ElizabethI #EssexRebellion #HisFic #Elizabehan
On this day in 1570, Elizabeth I was excommunicated by Pope Pius V, a move that intensified the religious tensions of her reign. #OTD #TudorHistory #ElizabethI #History #historicalfiction
#OTD 25 Feb 1601
#RobertDevereux 2nd Earl of Essex met with the 🪓for treason
Having amassed a following he attempted to force an audience with #ElizabethI
Like his step-father #RobertDudley he had been her favourite but fell from grace & placed under house arrest for desertion
#Elizabethan
#History
#OTD
25th February 1570
Excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I by Pope Pius V.
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#PopePiusV #QueenElizabethI #ElizabethI #excommunication #Tudors #History
👑 #OTD in #History 25 February 1570, Pope #PiusV excommunicated Queen #ElizabethI of England, through the papal bull 'Regnans in Excelsis,' for heresy and persecution of English Catholics during her reign. Her subjects were also absolved from allegiance to the crown.
#OTD 24 Feb 1603
Katherine Howard (no, not that one) Countess of Nottingham died at Arundel House
Eldest daughter of #HenryCarey 1st Baron Hunsdon & Anne Morgan
#MaryBoleyn's granddaughter & cousin to #ElizabethI whom she served as Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber
#Elizabethan
#History
#OTD 24 Feb 1580
Henry Fitzalan 12th Earl of Arundel died
At court from 15 probably the only English nobleman to serve
#HenryVIII
#EdwardVI
#MaryI
#ElizabethI
What amazing tales he could tell being at the centre of #TheTudors for 65yrs
But DYK he introduced passenger coaches to the UK?
#History
#OTD 13 Feb 1608
The 4 times wed Elizabeth Talbot, #BessofHardwick died at Hardwick
She lay in state until her funeral at Derby Cathedral on 4 May
Considered 2nd in wealth to only #ElizabethI, her legacy being her building projects Chatsworth House & Hardwick & her embroidery
#Elizabethan
Elizabeth I loved the lively, whirling volta a Tudor dance full of spins and little lifts. A queen with serious moves. #ElizabethI #historicalfiction #Dance #Elizabethan #KU #books
#OTD
12th February 1590
Blanche Parry, chief Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber, died at the age of 82.
She was buried in St Margaret's, Westminster.
#BlancheParry #gentlewomanofthebedchamber #QueenElizabethI #ElizabethI #Tudors #History
Tilbury Fort in Essex, originally built by Henry VIII and enlarged in the 1670s. It was famously near here that Elizabeth I addressed her troops in August 1588 as the Spanish Armada approached #tilburyfort #elizabethi #spanisharmada #queenelizabeth
An unwanted daughter who became England's greatest Queen...
Elizabeth #Tudor
The Bastard Princess
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#Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #KU #Books #Kindle #ElizabethI #Tudor #booksky 💙📚💙📚💙
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For heaven’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings.
🎭 #OTD in #Theatre 7 Feb 1601, a performance of #Shakespeare's "Richard II" was held at The Globe, commissioned by allies of the Earl of Essex's planned revolt against Queen #ElizabethI.
Anne Boleyn’s portrait gets a forensic close-up, and the fingers tell the story of “witchcraft” defiance. #AnneBoleyn #ArtHistory #TudorHistory #ElizabethanEra #ElizabethI community.designtaxi.com/topic/23057-...
Read Love Letters From Royals and Romantics Across 500 Years of British History: A new exhibition at Britain's National Archives features a letter to Elizabeth I, Jane Austen's will and a plea to free Oscar Wilde from… @SmithsonianMag #BritishHistory #RoyalLetters #JaneAusten #ElizabethI #OscarWilde
#OTD 1 Feb 1587
#ElizabethI summoned her secretary, William Davison to bring #MaryQueenofScots death warrant
Signing it she made it clear it not be issued without her permission!
Did she know it would be acted upon regardless?
Who made that final decision?
Answers on a postcard!
#History
#ThrowbackThursday
The Rainbow Portrait
Attributed to either Isaac Oliver or Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
c1600
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#Portrait #TheRainbowPortrait #ElizabethI #QueenElizabethI #HatfieldHouse #Tudors #History
#OTD 26 Jan 1568
Lady Katherine Grey, 27 died at Cockfield Hall Suffolk
The granddaughter of #MaryTudor, sister of #LadyJaneGrey & potential successor to cousin #ElizabethI
Her secret marriage to Edward Seymour saw them kept apart imprisoned in the Tower of London yet they had 2 sons in captivity!
#OTD
26th January 1568
Lady Katherine Grey, wife of Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford died aged only 27.
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#KatherineGrey #CountessofHertford #QueenElizabethI #ElizabethI #Tudors #History
The Tudors ruled from 1485 to 1603, a period marked by Henry VIII’s break with Rome, violent religious shifts, and the cultural confidence of Elizabeth I’s reign. All this helped to define early modern England.
#Elizabethan #HenryVIII #Tudor #ElizabethI #MaryI #EdwardVI #LadyJaneGrey #HenryV
@the-independent.com features @drowenemmerson.bsky.social research on this portrait of #AnneBoleyn: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... #TudorArt #TudorQueens #ElizabethI
#OTD 16 Jan 1585
Edward Fiennes de Clinton Earl of Lincoln died
Tudor Courtier & Lord High Admiral under #EdwardVI & #ElizabethI
You are more likely to know his 1st wife, Elizabeth (Bessie) Blount #HenryVIII's mistress & mother to #HenryFitzroy
PTLH TV: youtu.be/Qc9HDSZ6M2U
#Tudor
#History
#OTD 16 Jan 1572
Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk was convicted of treason for his part in the unsuccessful Ridolfi Plot to replace #ElizabethI with #MaryQueenofScots - he'd formed an attachment to the ill-fated Queen
His legacy though is he commissioned Tallis' Spem in Alium
#Elizabethan
#History
#OnThisDay (15 Jan) in 1559, #ElizabethI was crowned Queen of England and Ireland, in a ceremony held at #WestminsterAbbey. #Tudors #History
👑 On this day in 1559: Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England and Ireland in Westminster Abbey, London.
📝 Article by Mark Cartwright.
🖼️ Portraits by Nicholas Hilliard, William Segar, and Isaac Oliver or Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger.
#History #OnThisDay #ElizabethIOfEngland #ElizabethI
