Past-Times Living History

#OTD 9 Mar 1566

#DavidRizzio musician & secretary to #MaryQueenofScots was murdered in front of her

Pregnant, she narrowly escaped harm in the frenzied stabbing by a gang of Lairds led by her jealous husband #HenryDarnley

His body then thrown down the staircase at Holyrood Palace

#History

#OTD 8 Mar 1702

William III died of pneumonia at Kensington Palace

His sister in law, Princess Anne, succeeded him as Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland

During Queen Anne's short reign, England & Scotland united to become Great Britain

Anne was the last Stuart monarch

#History
#KeepitStuart

#internationalWomensDay

With so many amazing, kind, supportive & inspiring women in our lives - too many to mention we would like to celebrate the talented beautiful sisterhood of @past-times-lh.bsky.social

But remember we are all amazing💖👑💖

Who is your most admired woman?

#WomenSupportingWomen

#OTD 7 or 9 Mar 1578 source dependant-her tomb says 10th!

#MargaretDouglas Countess of Lennox died

Daughter of Dowager #ScottishQueen #MargaretTudor & 2nd husband #ArchibaldDouglas her legacy was pivotal to #England & #Scotland

Her grandson #JamesVIandI would wear both Crowns👑

#Tudor
#History

#OTD 7 Mar 1530

#PopeClementVII forbade #HenryVIII marrying #AnneBoleyn until the validity of his marriage to #KatherineofAragon was decided

If he ignored it he would be #excommunicated
It was hoped he'd tire of Anne & return to Katherine .... BUT

... Henry didn't like being told what to do!

#OTD 6 Mar 1547

#ThomasWriothesley (call me Risley #WolfHall) incurred Regency Council wrath for alleged abuse of his authority placed under house arrest & forced to give up his Lord Chancellor's Great Seal

Or maybe it was simply because of his opposition to #EdwardSeymour as Lord Protector!

#OTD 5 Mar 1549

The Bill of Attainder was passed against #ThomasSeymour of Sudeley Castle for attempted kidnap of his nephew #EdwardVI & plotting to marry Princess Elizabeth

Much liked by his contemporaries, our 21stC values label him a cad or was he simply misguided?

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#OTD 4 Mar 1526

#HenryCarey 1st Baron Hunsdon was born

#ElizabethI's cousin, he became her trusted aide

Son of #MaryBoleyn & legally William Carey (although she had been the King’s mistress until sister Anne caught his eye)

But who was the Daddy? What do you think?

@mistressboleyn.bsky.social

#OTD 4 Mar 1522

1st record of #AnneBoleyn attending court was at a feast at Thomas Wolsey's London home, York Place followed by the Chateau Vert Masque

Whilst no evidence to confirm, Anne is thought to have portrayed 'perseverance' 1 of 8 ladies needing rescue by 8 lords including #HenryVIII

#OTD 3 Mar 1528

Dowager Scottish Queen & Countess of Lennox
#MargaretTudor married a 3rd time to #HenryStewart

Another unwise choice like her 2nd husband #ArchibaldDouglas

Unhappy, Margaret sought a divorce, but her son King #JamesV refused to grant it!

@visit-scotland.bsky.social

#OTD 2 Mar 1619

#AnneofDenmark 1st #Stuart Queen Consort, wife of #JamesVIandI died at Hampton Court Palace with her son, future #CharlesI by her side

CoD cited as Dropsy (oedema) she was 44

Her burial at @westminsterabbey.bsky.social was delayed until 13th May!

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#OTD 28 Feb 1518

François, son of #FrançoisI & Claude, Duchess of Brittany was born at Château d'Amboise, remarkably #LeonardodaVinci designed his christening decorations!

Briefly betrothed to #MaryTudor as an infant he become #FrançoisIII of Brittany but died aged just 18

#French
#History

#OTD 26 Feb 1577
Erik XIV of Sweden died

He had been an ardent suitor to #Elizabeth_I

Whilst intelligent, artistic & politically ambitious early in his reign he suffered mental instability

Regarded as insane he was deposed in 1569 by his brother, imprisoned & probably murdered

#Swedish
#History

#OTD 26 Feb 1564

Christopher 'Kit' Marlowe mysterious & fascinating #poet #playwright was baptised at St George’s Canterbury

Son of shoemaker John & Katherine Marlowe
born within months of #WilliamShakespeare

His life was cut short in 1593 when he was stabbed!

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#OTD 26 Feb 1547
(some sources Mar 1548)

Grandson of #MaryBoleyn, #GeorgeCarey 2nd Baron Hunsdon was born

Eldest of 10 children to #HenryCarey & Anne Morgan he was #ElizabethI's cousin (or nephew if his Dad was #HenryVIII thoughts?)

He died Sept 1603 from VD & mercury poisoning!

#Tudor
#History

#OTD 25 Feb 1601

#RobertDevereux 2nd Earl of Essex met with the 🪓for treason
Having amassed a following he attempted to force an audience with #ElizabethI
Like his step-father #RobertDudley he had been her favourite but fell from grace & placed under house arrest for desertion
#Elizabethan
#History

#OTD 24 Feb 1603

Katherine Howard (no, not that one) Countess of Nottingham died at Arundel House

Eldest daughter of #HenryCarey 1st Baron Hunsdon & Anne Morgan

#MaryBoleyn's granddaughter & cousin to #ElizabethI whom she served as Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber

#Elizabethan
#History

#OTD 24 Feb 1580
Henry Fitzalan 12th Earl of Arundel died

At court from 15 probably the only English nobleman to serve
#HenryVIII
#EdwardVI
#MaryI
#ElizabethI
What amazing tales he could tell being at the centre of #TheTudors for 65yrs

But DYK he introduced passenger coaches to the UK?

#History

@janegreyrevisited.bsky.social

#OTD 23 Feb 1554

11 days after his daughter #9daysqueen #LadyJaneGrey, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk met with the 🪓

Not for conspiring with John Dudley to put Jane on the throne (he was pardoned!) instead for his part in the Wyatt Rebellion

The Grey girls & his disputed mummified head!

#History

#OTD 22 Feb 1540

#MarieofGuise, 2nd wife of #JamesV of Scotland was crowned Queen at Holyrood Abbey
A 30 gun salute & fireworks at Edinburgh Castle marked the occasion
Of their 3 children only 1 survived, #MaryQueenofScots

Marie famously turned #HenryVIII down twice - very wise!
#Stuarts
#History

#OTD 22 Feb 1511

The Infant Henry Duke of Cornwall, son of #HenryVIII & #KatherineofAragon died at Richmond Palace just 52 days after his birth, buried @westminsterabbey.bsky.social

The death of the young prince was not their only loss
England was to be denied another Henry on the #Tudor throne

#OTD 21 Feb 1590

Died Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick the older brother of Elizabeth I's favourite Robert Dudley

Despite being married 3 times (including to a daughter of Bessie Blount, Elizabeth, 4th Baroness Tailboys), he left no heir

He is buried at St Marys Warwick

#Tudor
#History

#OTD 20 Feb 1552 ...

died a woman every #Tudor fan would love to meet but perhaps not heard of; The Countess of Pembroke #AnneHerbert - #KatherineParr's sister

Lady in waiting to 7 Queens [all #SIX of #HenryVIII's wives then going on to serve #MaryI]

... the stories she could tell ..

#History

#OTD 20 Feb 1547

9yr old Edward Tudor, only legitimate son of #HenryVIII was crowned King #EdwardVI @wabbey

His reign (albeit steered by his uncle #EdwardSeymour) suffered economic & social unrest

The 1st protestant raised monarch, the Reformation progressed under his tenure

#Tudor
#History

The Osmonds ~ Crazy Horses 1972 (w/lyrics) [4K] YouTube video by Donna Michelle 🎸

I make no apology @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social , this is a total classic 😁
#ShakespeareSunday
#Horse

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#OTD 19 Feb 1594

Henry Frederick Stuart, #PrinceofWales was born

Eldest son of #JamesVIandI & #AnneofDenmark,
he was intelligent, accomplished & popular but never realised his full potential, he died aged 18, the King that never was!

His younger brother succeeded as #CharlesI

#OTD 18 Feb 1564

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni died in Rome

#Michelangelo, a multi-disciplined talent; revered in his lifetime & considered by many the greatest artist of all time

He left us the Sistine Chapel Ceiling & the Statue of David among other gifts

#Italian
#Art
#History

#OTD 18 Feb 1516

Mary Tudor was born to Katherine of Aragon & Henry VIII his 1st surviving legitimate child
Despite losing her place in succession at times she became England’s 1st Queen Regnant in 1553 on the death of Edward VI
Much maligned, we forget her importance to successive female monarchs