The Other Tudors, a brilliant course by Claire Ridgway, explored the overlooked figures who shaped the dynasty. Highlights: Nathen Amin on the Welsh Tudors & Melanie Clegg on Margaret Tudor. A reminder that the Tudors were far more than their greatest hits! 📸: Claire Ridgway

On 25 December 1483, in Rennes Cathedral, Henry Tudor made a public vow. Living in exile in Brittany and facing daunting odds, Henry swore that if he won the crown, he would marry Elizabeth of York, eldest daughter of King Edward IV. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

King John was born on 24 December 1166 at Beaumont Palace in Oxford, the youngest son of King Henry II of England and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Born on Christmas Eve, John’s life would be anything but holy or harmonious. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 23 December 1688, King James II fled England into exile. James II slipped out of England, bringing his reign to a quiet but decisive end. His flight followed weeks of unrest during what would soon be called the Glorious Revolution. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 22 December 1476, Isabel Neville died at the age of just 25. Isabel died at Warwick Castle, only days after giving birth to a son who did not survive. She was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey, beside her father, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Marguerite of Angoulême died on 21 December 1549. Her death marked the loss of one of the most remarkable women of 16th-century Europe: a queen who ruled with her mind, her pen, and her conscience. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 20 December 1327, King Edward II was buried at Gloucester Cathedral. In death, the King gained reverence, sympathy, and permanence - things largely denied to him during his reign. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine were crowned King and Queen of England at Westminster Abbey on 19 December 1154, marking the beginning of one of the most powerful partnerships of the Middle Ages. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 18 December 1559, Queen Elizabeth I intervened decisively in Scotland, sending aid to help expel French forces from the kingdom. What followed would help reshape the balance of power in Britain. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Henry Cavendish, born on 17 December 1550, was the eldest son of Bess of Hardwick - a woman who understood power, proximity, and survival better than almost anyone in Elizabethan England. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 16 December 1503, George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, died at Ampthill in Bedfordshire - a life which spanned the violent hinge between Yorkist and Tudor England. George was laid to rest at Warden Abbey. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

1558: James Fleming refused to give Mary, Queen of Scots’ husband the Scottish crown. On the journey home, he and three fellow envoys fell ill and died. The crown question died with them—and the rumor followed: poison. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 14 December 1417, the trial and execution of Sir John Oldcastle, Baron Cobham, took place. Condemned for heresy and treason, Oldcastle was executed at St. Giles Fields, where he was hanged and burned. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Sir Roger Williams - Welsh soldier, adventurer, author, and one of the Elizabethan age’s boldest military minds - died on 12 December 1595. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

In Wittenberg on 10 December 1520, before a gathered crowd, Martin Luther ordered a fire to be kindled. Into the fire he cast the papal bull Exsurge Domine, the decree that summoned him to submit to Rome and abandon his teachings. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

7 December 1495 is the traditional birthdate of Henry Stewart, Lord Methven- soldier, nobleman, and the controversial third husband of Margaret Tudor, sister to King Henry VIII and Dowager Queen of Scotland. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 6 December 1421, Henry VI was born at Windsor Castle - an infant destined for one of the most tumultuous reigns in English history. He would become King at just 9 months old, inheriting not only England but vast territories of France. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 5 December 1556, Anne Cecil was born. As the daughter of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, and Mildred Cooke - Anne’s life was shaped by power, intellect, and expectation from the start. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 4 December 1413, the remains of King Richard II were solemnly brought to Westminster Abbey for reburial - an act heavy with politics, symbolism, and late-medieval ideas of kingship. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 3 December 1538, the Cistercian powerhouse of Rievaulx Abbey - once one of the wealthiest and most influential monasteries in the north of England - fell to King Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 2 December 1586, the machinery of Tudor justice stirred into motion. Queen Elizabeth I’s councillors formally drafted the death warrant for Mary, Queen of Scots- the first step toward an execution that would echo across Europe. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 1 December 1135, King Henry I died. Out of The Anarchy came a new dynasty. Matilda’s son, Henry, eventually secured a compromise. When King Stephen died, Henry ascended the throne as Henry II, the first Plantagenet king. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 30 November 1529, Queen Catherine of Aragon challenged King Henry VIII over his cold neglect. Henry left the room disconcerted & downcast. But the day’s confrontations weren’t over. Anne Boleyn soon found Henry and unleashed her own fury. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 29 November 1330, Roger Mortimer, the most powerful noble in England, met his end at Tyburn - hanged as a traitor on the orders of King Edward III, a stark warning that even kingmakers could fall. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 28 November 1290, Queen Eleanor of Castile, beloved wife of King Edward I, died at Harby near Lincoln. She was around 49 years old. Eleanor was buried at Westminster Abbey, where Edward ensured her tomb matched her dignity and their bond. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 25 November 1120, the White Ship tragedy reshaped the future of England. William’s death plunged England into a succession crisis and into civil war, pitting his sister Matilda, mother of the first Plantagenet king, against Stephen. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 24 November 1487, Queen Elizabeth of York processed from the Tower of London to Westminster Palace on the eve of her coronation. As she emerged to enter her litter, her train was carried by her sister Cecily. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 23 November 1503, Margaret of York, the formidable Duchess of Burgundy, died at just 57 years old in Mechelen. A remarkable life - and a woman I fully intend to honor in the historical fiction book I’m writing. I hope I do her justice! ☺️ Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On the night before the Battle of Bosworth, according to poetic tradition, Henry Tudor, an exile returning to claim a doubtful throne, held the horn before the gathered men as the son of destiny. 📸: Representation of a Hirlas Horn Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

James Bassett died on 21 November 1558. Upon his death, James Bassett was laid to rest at Blackfriars in London, closing the life of a courtier whose fortunes were shaped by family loyalty, religious conviction, and Tudor politics. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 20 November 1459, the Parliament that would later be branded by contemporaries as the Parliament of Devils opened in the city of Coventry. The Parliament had left the Yorkists with nothing to lose and everything to avenge. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Lord John Grey died on 19 November 1564. John spent the last months of his life at Pyrgo, the Grey family estate in Essex. He reportedly died of gout and was laid to rest in the estate’s chapel. 📸: Grey Coat of Arms via Wikipedia Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Roberto di Ridolfi was born in Florence, Italy, on 18 November 1531. By 1570, Ridolfi began orchestrating the conspiracy that would bear his name: the Ridolfi Plot. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

As night settled over the river, Cardinal Reginald Pole, the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, breathed his final breath on 17 November 1558, the very same day as Mary I. England would wake to a new ruler - Elizabeth I. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

William Stafford died on 16 November 1612. In 1587, William found himself entangled in the so-called Stafford Plot. William was sent to the Tower of London, yet was released the following year. He spent the remainder of his life in Norfolk. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

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According to the chronicler Edward Hall, King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn were secretly married on 14 November 1532. No official record survives - yet the date gained significance after Anne’s unmistakable signs of pregnancy in early 1533. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

King Edward III was born on 13 November 1312, at Windsor Castle. He & his queen, Philippa of Hainault, produced a large family, including Edward the Black Prince and John of Gaunt - figures whose descendants would shape the Wars of the Roses. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 12 November 1554, Queen Mary I - England’s first crowned queen regnant - opened her third Parliament. The bill introduced during this session paved the way for the return of Cardinal Reginald Pole. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 11 November 1470, a young Henry Tudor was returned to the care of his uncle, Jasper Tudor. It was likely at Henley-on-Thames that Henry was formally placed back into Jasper’s care. From there, uncle and nephew journeyed to South Wales. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

I read Little Bean and Little Egg’s Historical Day Out: The Collection by Gary Pitty and Heather Rowe to my niece, and we both absolutely loved it! It’s the perfect mix of education and imagination! Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Just finished @TudorPlaces Magazine, Issue 19 - a journey through Henry VIII’s gardens at Hampton Court, a focus on Rievaulx Abbey, & the beauty of Penshurst Place. @tudorfoodrecipe Tudor frieze mural is pure artistry - now I want one myself! Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 8 November 1528, at Bridewell Palace, King Henry VIII first publicly declared the troubled state of his conscience regarding his marriage to Queen Catherine of Aragon. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

In the waning years of the Wars of the Roses, a quiet yet significant union took place - Jasper Tudor married Katherine Woodville. Their marriage, traditionally dated 7 November 1485, was a symbol of reconciliation and royal consolidation. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Catherine of Aragon first met Arthur, Prince of Wales, on 6 November 1501. This was her first encounter with the husband she would outlive - and whose death would alter the course of English history. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 5 November 1520, Sir Robert Poyntz of Iron Acton died at about seventy years old - a veteran of Bosworth and a steadfast servant of the Tudor crown. He was laid to rest in the Poyntz Chapel of St. Mark’s Church, Bristol. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

Nearly 5 centuries after Henry VIII’s break from Rome, this moment carried profound historical & spiritual significance. Can moments like this heal centuries of division?👇🏼 Read more on IG! @allthingstudors 📸: © AP/Andrew Medichini. Used here for comm. & ed. purposes only.

Sir John Perrot, died on 3 November 1592. He was found guilty of treason & condemned to die. Returned to the Tower to await execution, Perrot succumbed to illness. But was he the illegitimate son of King Henry VIII? Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors

On 2 November 1470, within the walls of Westminster Abbey, Queen Elizabeth Woodville gave birth to a son - Edward. He would be known as King Edward V - the boy who was born in sanctuary, destined to become one of the Princes in the Tower. Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors