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The third season of The Tudors premiered on 5 April 2009, and attracted 726,000 viewers in the United States, which was a five per cent decrease from the previous season's premiere. The premiere bested HBO 's In Treatment season two premiere which drew 657,000 viewers, and marks one of the few times that a Showtime original received more ...
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert KG PC (1506 – 9 June 1563), was an English statesman and accountant who held prominent positions in the service of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I. He was the patriarch of the Paget family, whose descendants were created Earl of Uxbridge (1714) and Marquess of Anglesey (1815).
The Tudors premiered on 1 April 2007; it was the highest-rated Showtime series in three years. [3] In April 2007, the show was renewed for a second season, [ 3 ] and in that month the BBC announced it had acquired exclusive broadcast rights for the series in the United Kingdom , which it started to broadcast on 5 October 2007.
The Duke of Buckingham's daughter is briefly the lover of Charles Brandon, and a catalyst for her father's attempted usurpation of the throne. She later becomes the common law wife of William Compton, and dies in the dreaded sweating sickness epidemic along with him. William Compton: Kristen Holden-Ried (2007) William Compton: Episode 1.01 ...
Along with Sir William Paget, the Principal Secretary, Denny is suspected of having fixed the choosing of the "Progressive" appeals, headed by Edward Seymour. [citation needed] In 1549, during the Seymour affair, Denny was sent to Hatfield House to arrest the Lady Elizabeth's cofferer Thomas Parry and his sister-in-law Kat Ashley. [12]
The House of Tudor (/ ˈ tj uː d ər / TEW-dər) [1] was an English and Welsh dynasty that held the throne of England from 1485 to 1603. [2] They descended from the Tudors of Penmynydd, a Welsh noble family, and Catherine of Valois.
Young Bess is a 1953 Technicolor biographical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer about the early life of Elizabeth I, from her turbulent childhood to the eve of her accession to the throne of England.
Sadler was replaced by William Paget as Secretary of State in April 1543, owing to his frequent absences on diplomatic missions, but was appointed Master of the Great Wardrobe. He was treasurer for the war against Scotland with the Earl of Hertford during his punitive expedition to Edinburgh in May 1544. Sadler accompanied Hertford into ...