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Bess of Hardwick Bess of Hardwick is perhaps the most famous Tudor woman, outside of the extended Tudor royal family. A friend of Queen Elizabeth I, and confidant of Katherine Grey, she was also gaoler to Mary, Queen of Scots. An accomplished needlewoman, she is probably best known having built Chatsworth House and Hardwick Hall... |
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Book Corner: Venus in Winter by Gillian Bagwell transports you to Tudor England in this fabulous retelling of the life of Bess of Hardwick |
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A short while ago I wrote about Isabel de Warenne, Countess of Surrey and then her first husband, William of Blois (youngest son of King Stephen). So, I think it's about time I finished the story by looking at Isabel's second husband, Hamelin Plantagenet, the other 4th Earl of Surrey. The illegitimate son of Geoffrey,... |
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12215 Magna Carta, British Library Other than the Queen of England, Isabelle d'Angoulême, only two women who can be clearly identified in Magna Carta itself. Though they are not mentioned by name, they are two Scottish princesses. The older sisters of King Alexander II had been held hostage in England since 1209, when John forced... |
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