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Mistresses Of Henry VIII
The mistresses of Henry VIII included many notable women between 1509 and 1536. They have been the subject of biographies, novels and films. Confirmed mistresses * Elizabeth or Bessie Blount, mother of his illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, to whom Henry VIII gave the dukedoms of Somerset and Richmond. Fitzroy, which means ''son of the king'' was acknowledged by Henry and there was talk in the 1530s that the King, who then had no male heir, would legitimise Fitzroy. *Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn. It was rumoured that one or both of Mary's children were fathered by the King, although no evidence exists to support the argument that either of them was the King's biological child. Mary is often considered to be Henry's favourite mistress. * Margaret "Madge" Shelton, first cousin of Anne Boleyn. According to Imperial ambassador Eustace Chapuys, the King had an affair with 'Mistress Shelton' in February 1535, for around six months. *In 1534, a woman named "The Imperial Lady" bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Boleyn
Mary Boleyn, also known as Lady Mary, (Antonia Fraser, ''The Wives of Henry VIII'' (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1992), p. 119 – 19 or 30 July 1543) was the sister of List of English royal consorts, English queen consort Anne Boleyn, whose family enjoyed considerable influence during the reign of King Henry VIII. Mary was one of the mistresses of Henry VIII for an unknown period. It has been rumoured that she bore two of the King's children, though Henry did not acknowledge either. Mary was also rumoured to have been a mistress of Henry VIII's rival, King Francis I of France, for some period between 1515 and 1519. Mary Boleyn was married twice: in 1520 to William Carey (courtier), William Carey, and again, secretly, in 1534, to William Stafford (courtier), William Stafford, a soldier from a good family but with few prospects. This secret marriage to a man considered beneath her station angered King Henry VIII and her sister, Queen Anne, and resulted in Mary's banishment from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Bassett
Anne Basset (1520 – before 1558) was an English lady-in-waiting of the Tudor period, reputed to have been the mistress of King Henry VIII. Biography Anne was born in 1520, the fourth child of Sir John Basset and Honor Grenville (daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville of Stowe in Kilkhampton, Cornwall and his wife Isabella). As her father died when she was young, Anne was brought up by her mother and stepfather, Arthur Plantagenet, Lord Lisle, in the English enclave of Calais. Lord Lisle was the illegitimate son of Edward IV of England, and thus Henry VIII's uncle. Anne Basset to ''Madame de Lisle ma bonne mere a Calleys'' on 24 March 1536: Thanks her for all her kindness. Begs her to send her some cloth for shirts, not so thin as she sent before; and some hose, and a little money for her devotions. I have tried to find out, as you desired, what my Lady would like. She would like some needle-cases. While Lady Lisle drafted her reply to Anne Basset, as she was wont to do:I send yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Weir
Alison Weir ( Matthews) is a British author and public historian. She primarily writes about the history of English royal women and families, in the form of biographies that explore their historical setting. She has also written numerous works of historical fiction. Her first work, ''Britain's Royal Families'' (published in 1989), was a genealogical overview of the British royal family. She subsequently wrote biographies of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France, Katherine Swynford, Elizabeth of York, and the Princes in the Tower. Other focuses have included Henry VIII and his family and England's Medieval Queens. Weir has published historical overviews of the Wars of the Roses and royal weddings, as well as historical fiction novels on English queens, including each wife of Henry VIII. Early life Weir was brought up in Westminster, London. She has been married to Rankin Weir since 1972,GRO Register of Marriages: DEC 1972 5d 1846 PANCRAS Rankin Weir=Alison Matthews a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Anne Stafford
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. In arts, a portrait may be represented as half body and even full body. If the subject in full body better represents personality and mood, this type of presentation may be chosen. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer, but portrait may be represented as a profile (from aside) and 3/4. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period. They represent some of the oldest forms of art in the Middle East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethelreda Malte
Ethel(d)reda Malte (sometimes referred to as Audrey; ) was an English courtier of the Tudor period who was reputed to be an illegitimate daughter of King Henry VIII. She was the wife of poet and writer John Harington, prior to Isabella Markham. Contemporary reports claim she was fathered by Henry VIII. Almost nothing is known about her mother, a woman identified as Joan Dingley, alias Dobson; under the circumstances, Joan would have been a member of the lesser nobility, not well-connected at court. One theory is she was a laundress. Though he never openly acknowledged Etheldreda, Henry VIII did give his tailor, John Malte, land and properties, including St Catherine's Court, when Malte recognised her as his illegitimate daughter. When he died in 1547, her putative father (Malte) left her money in his will and, in 1548, the reasonably well-endowed heiress became the first wife of John Harington, an eligible court official who served Lord High Admiral Thomas Seymour (eviden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Willoughby
Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, ''suo jure'' 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby ( Willoughby; 22 March 1519 – 19 September 1580), was an English noblewoman living at the courts of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI and Queen Elizabeth I. She was the fourth wife of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, who acted as her legal guardian during his third marriage to Henry VIII's sister Mary. Her second husband was Richard Bertie, a member of her household. Following Charles Brandon's death in 1545, it was rumoured that King Henry had considered marrying Katherine as his seventh wife, while he was still married to his sixth wife, Catherine Parr, who was Katherine's close friend. An outspoken supporter of the English Reformation, she fled abroad to Wesel and later the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the reign of the Catholic Queen Mary I, to avoid persecution. Family Katherine Willoughby, born at Parham Old Hall, Suffolk, on 22 March 1519 and christened in the church there fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Somerset, Countess Of Worcester (died 1565)
Elizabeth Somerset may refer to: * Elizabeth Herbert, Marchioness of Powis, née Lady Elizabeth Somerset * Elizabeth Somerset, Baroness Herbert Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert (c. 1476 – 27 August 1507) was the sole heir and daughter of William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and his first wife, Mary Woodville. Her father died on 16 July 1491, and she inherited extensive ..., wife of Charles Somerset, Baron Herbert * Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (1502–1565), wife of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester * Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (1546–1621), wife of Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester * Elizabeth Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (née Berkeley; c.1713–1799) {{hndis, Somerset, Elizabeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Shelton
Mary Shelton (1510/15 – 1570/71) was one of the contributors to the Devonshire manuscript. Either she or her sister Madge Shelton may have been a mistress of Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII. Family Both Margaret and Mary were daughters of Sir John Shelton and his wife Anne Shelton (courtier), Anne, the sister of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire. Thomas Boleyn was the father of Anne Boleyn, Wives of Henry VIII, second Queen consort to Henry VIII of England. Margaret and Mary were thus first cousins of the Queen. Mary I of England, Princess Mary sent her New Year's Day gifts of a sum of money, 7 shillings 6 pence, in January 1537 and 1540. Mary wrote poems, and it was said she was chided "for writing 'ydill poesies' in her prayerbook". She was part of a social group which included the poets Thomas Clere, Sir Thomas Clere (d. 14 April 1545), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Thomas Wyatt (poet), Thomas Wyatt, with all of whom she was romantically linked. In an epita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Amadas
Elizabeth Amadas (née Bryce) (died 1532) was a lady at the royal court of King Henry VIII of England who was accused of treason, and who claimed to have been the target of the King's advances. Life Elizabeth Bryce was the daughter of James Bryce by his wife, Elizabeth Chester (d.1504), and the granddaughter of Sir Hugh Bryce (d. 22 November 1496), Goldsmith, and Lord Mayor of London in 1485. She married a London Goldsmith, Robert Amadas, whose talents quickly made him the richest goldsmith in England. By Robert Amadas she had two daughters, Elizabeth and Thomasine. Elizabeth Amadas married Richard Scrope of Castle Combe, Wiltshire, and is said to have left as her sole heir a daughter, Frances Scrope (d.1566), who married Martin Bowes. Thomasine Amadas was the first wife of Sir Richard Stapleton (d. 11 January 1585), by whom she had a son, Brian Stapleton (d. 13 December 1606), who married Eleanor Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland. After Eleanor Neville's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hutchinson (historian)
Robert Hutchinson, OBE FSA, is a British historian from Arundel. Hutchinson is specialized in the history of the Reformation, especially church archeology. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA). Hutchinson earned a PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ... degree in 2010.Hutchinson, Robert: ''Young Henry: The Rise of Henry VIII''. (2011) p. ii Works *''The Last Days of Henry VIII: Conspiracy, Treason and Heresy at the Court of the dying Tyrant'' (2005) *''Elizabeth's Spy Master: Francis Walsingham and the Secret War that saved England'' (2006) *''Thomas Cromwell: The Rise and Fall of Henry VIII's most Notorious Minister'' (2007) *''House of Treason: The Rise and Fall of a Tudor Dynasty'' (2009) *''Young Henry: The Rise of Henry VIII'' (2011) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke Of Buckingham
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (3 February 1478 – 17 May 1521) was an English nobleman. He was the son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham, Katherine Woodville and nephew of Elizabeth Woodville and King Edward IV. Thus, Edward Stafford was a first cousin once removed of King Henry VIII. He frequently attended the courts of Henry VII of England, Henry VII and Henry VIII. He was convicted of treason and executed on 17 May 1521. Family Edward Stafford, born 3 February 1478 at Brecon Castle in Wales, was the eldest son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham, Katherine Woodville (the daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, by Jacquetta of Luxembourg, daughter of Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol) and was thus a nephew of Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV. By his father's marriage to Katherine Woodville, Stafford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Hastings, Countess Of Huntingdon
Anne Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (''née'' Anne Stafford) (c. 1483–1544) was an English noble. She was the daughter of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and Catherine Woodville, sister of queen consort Elizabeth Woodville. She was first the wife of Sir Walter Herbert and then George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, and served in the household of King Henry VIII's daughter, the future Queen Mary I. Life Born around 1483, Anne Stafford was the daughter of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and Catherine Woodville. Catherine was a sister of Elizabeth Woodville, Consort of Edward IV, making Anne a first cousin of Elizabeth of York. Anne had two brothers, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, and Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire; and a sister, Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex. In 1483, Richard III executed her father for treason, following his part in the uprisings which became known as Buckingham's rebellion. Anne's mother remarried in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
