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Detail of the Queen Alexandra Memorial, situated opposite St James's Palace in London. Queen Alexandra's Memorial Ode, otherwise known as "So many true Princesses who have gone", is an ode written by John Masefield and set to music for choir and orchestra by Sir Edward Elgar for the occasion of the unveiling of Sir Alfred Gilbert's memorial to Queen Alexandra on 8 June 1932 [1] outside ...
Six (stylised in all caps) is a British musical comedy in the style of a pop concert. Its music, book, and lyrics were written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss . [ 1 ] It is a modern retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII , presented in the form of a singing competition.
Eleanor Clifford, Countess of Cumberland, also known as Elyanore Clifford [1] (née Lady Eleanor Brandon; b. 1519 – d. 27 September 1547) was the third child and second daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Princess Mary Tudor, the Dowager Queen consort of France. [2]
The Lives of the Seven Bishops Committed to the Tower in 1688. Enriched and Illustrated with Personal Letters, Now First Published, from the Bodleian Library. 1866; Lives of the Tudor Princesses, Including Lady Jane Gray and Her Sisters. 1868; Lives of the Last Four Princesses of the Royal House of Stuart. 1872
Chart showing descent and progeny of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox. Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (8 October 1515 – 7 March 1578), born Lady Margaret Douglas, was the daughter of the Scottish queen dowager Margaret Tudor and her second husband Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and thus the granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and the half-sister of King James V.
Joan was born in about 1463, the daughter of Sir William Vaux and Katherine Penyston. She had a brother, Sir Nicholas Vaux.In 1471, her father died. On an unknown date, she became a lady-in-waiting and protégée of Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, and later entered the service of Queen consort, Elizabeth of York, wife of Margaret's son, Henry Tudor.
A Tudor bed valance decorated with the insignia of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was kept by her family and is now held by the Burrell Collection. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] John Shelton (1500 – November 1558), 22nd Lord of Shelton, married Margaret Parker, daughter of Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley and elder sister to Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford .
At the time, the House of Trastámara was the most prestigious in Europe, [12] due to the rule of the Catholic Monarchs, so the alliance of Catherine and Arthur validated the House of Tudor in the eyes of European royalty and strengthened the Tudor claim to the English throne via Catherine of Aragon's ancestry. It would have given a male heir ...