Her father's grandmother and his two queen-consort sisters (Margaret, Queen of Scotland
, and Mary, Queen of France
) were all remarkable writers, if only of letters.
Literary Setting
Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson
The Eventful History of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk
, The Flower of English Chivalry, and the Princess Mary of England
: An Original Romance Founded on Historical Facts is a historical novel in miniature...
Textual Production
Jean Plaidy
Also in this year, JP
published another Tudor novel: The Thistle and the Rose (1963), about the English-Scottish union of Margaret Tudor
, sister of Henry VIII, and her husband James IV of Scotland
....
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Charlotte Guest
The historical anecdotes concentrate on exploits in battle, with which they begin and end, but at least one female ancestor, Mary Queen of France
, is mentioned as honourably as the warriors.
Timeline
By 1514: Mary, daughter of Henry VII (sister of Henry...
Building item
By 1514
Mary
, daughter of Henry VII
(sister of Henry VIII
and later Queen of France), had her own schoolmaster.
Orme, Nicholas. From Childhood to Chivalry: The Education of the English Kings and Aristocracy, 1066-1530. Methuen, 1984.
161
10 July 1553: Lady Jane Grey (who descended through her...
National or international item
10 July 1553
Lady Jane Grey
(who descended through her mother from Henry VIII
's sister Mary
) acceded to the throne of England.
Guy, John. “The Tudor Age (1485-1603)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 223-85.
261
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.