Maria, filliae Edwardus Rex

blog dedicated to alternative universes in general, though more focused in history. main blog: @mary-tudor

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AU: Mary I of England finally finds happiness in her domestic affairs. Her marriage to Philip of Spain is successful, he loves her and she gives him plenty of children who survive infancy.

These are:

1. Henry IX, King of England, who married a cousin of Spain, Isabella of Austria. Had issue.

2. Charles II, King of Spain, married to Eleanor of Portugal, a cousin. Had issue.

3. Ferdinand, Holy Roman Emperor. Married to a princess of France. Had issue.

4. Catalina, Queen of Portugal. Married to the King of Portugal. Didn’t have issue.

5. Elizabeth, Archduchess of Austria. Married to the the Archduke of Austria. Didn’t have issue.

6. Edward, Duke of York. Married to a cousin of Spain. Had issue.

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“Tragedy intervened to prevent the fruition of another of Edward’s alliances when on May 23, 1482 the Thursday before Whitsunday, Elizabeth’s sister Mary died at Placentia at Greenwich, aged just fifteen.

The following Monday her body was carried to the nearby church of the Observant Friars, founded by her father, where James Goldwer, Bishop of Norwich, sang a dirge over it.

Elizabeth and her younger sisters were not present, nor did they or their parents attend a second service the following morning, at which many high-ranking ladies were present, including Joan, Lady Dacre, Princess Mary's lady mistress.

Dinner was served at the palace afterward, then the mourners returned to the church to attend the coffin as it was laid on a chariot adorned with Mary's arms and drawn by horses trapped with sables to Windsor and burial in St. George's Chapel.

There, Mary was laid to rest beside “my lord her brother” (George), the Prince of Wales present as chief mourner. The loss of her sister must have affected Elizabeth deeply, for they were only seventen months apart in age, and had been brought up together from infancy.”

— “Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World”, by Allison Weir.

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[AU: what if the Union of the Crowns had happened... centuries earlier before James VI of Scotland became King of England?] 

Margaret, Maid of Norway, becomes Queen of Scotland by right. In an accordance with Edward, King of England, she keeps the independence of the realm to a certain degree if she marries his son, the prince of Wales. Eventually, she is espoused by Edward of Caernarfon, but the marriage is complicated in the beginning. However, Edward and Margaret eventually settle together and their marriage produce the following children:

1. Edward III of England and I of Scotland. He takes as wife Philippa of Hainault, by whom he has 13 children. Edward is the responsible for splitting the realms again... He makes Lionel, his favourite son, the king of Scotland, whilst appointing Edward, his oldest son, heir to England. Lionel takes as wife a granddaughter of the powerful nobleman Robert the Bruce.

2. Margaret, Queen of Norway. She marries Margaret’s nephew, her first cousin, by whom she has at least three children.

3.Eric, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor. He takes as wife a daughter of the duke of Burgundy.

4.Eleanor, Duchess of Brittany. Named after Margaret of Scotland’s grandmother, this princess is espoused by the duke of Brittany, by whom she has at least 5 children. 

5.Henry, Duke of Albany. He takes as wife a daughter of the king of France. They have issue.

6. William, Earl of Cornwall. He takes as wife a granddaughter of Alfonso X of Castille. 

7. Mary, Countess of Guelders. She is espoused by the Earl of Guelders, but they don’t have issue.

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AU: Where all the children of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York live to adulthood. 

1. Arthur II, King of England (tenure: 1509-1550). Married to Katherine of Aragon. Father of Henry VIII, King of England; Edward, Duke of York; Elizabeth, Queen of Spain; Mary, Archduchess of Austria; Isabella, Queen of France. 

2. Margaret, Queen of Scots. Married to James IV, King of Scotland. Mother of Arthur I, King of Scotland; Henry, duke of Rothesay; Elizabeth, duchess of York. 

3. Henry, Duke of York. Married to Margaret of Austria. Father of Elizabeth, marchioness of Pembroke; Mary, duchess of Rothesay; Henry, duke of York. 

4. Elizabeth, Queen of France. Married to François I, King of France. Mother of Henri II, King of France; Louise, Queen of Navarre; Élisabeth, Queen of Portugal; Marguerite, Duchess of Ângouleme; Charles, duke of Valois.

5. Mary, Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Spain. Married to Charles V. Mother of Philip II, King of Spain; Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor; Enrique, King of Sicily; Elizabeth, Duchess of Ferrara; Juana, Archduchess of Austria. 

6. Edmund, Duke of Somerset. Married to Lucrezia D’Este. Father of Henry, duke of Somerset; Edmund, earl of Worcester; Owen, earl of Richmond; Lucrezia, duchess of Northumberland; Margaret, duchess of York; Eleonor, countess of Westmorland.

7. Katherine, Queen of Navarre. Married Henri II of Navarre. Mother of Henri III of Navarre; Marie, viscountess of Rohan; Jeanne, duchess of Savoy.

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AU: Edward, prince of Wales, becomes King Edward V of England when his father dies in 30 April 1487. Although nearly reaching majority, the new king has yet to deal with a council mounted by his father in order to govern the realm on his behalf until his 18th birthday.

Led by his paternal uncle, the duke of Gloucester, the council is forced to deal with Edward’s maternal family. There are tensions between Richard of York and Anthony Wideville, but thankfully they are not materialized. Edward proves to be mature for his age and with a sharp wit. The new king is the essential key to keep things at ease, in spite of the Dowager Queen’s suspicious concerning the rule of her former brother-by-law. 

Nonetheless, any shadow bet-ween the two parties is solved when Edward himself makes certain when and where he is crowned. A month after he is acknowledged as King of England, he is crowned according to the traditional rites at Westminster Abbey. But nothing is really clear until a dispute is seen between uncle and nephew. Soon, before he reaches 18 himself, Edward secures his power by deposing Richard. The duke is put on household arrest in Middleham Castle.

But Edward is careful by not delegating too much power in his maternal relatives’s hands. He tries to be just and good, hoping to emulate his ancestor and namesake Edward III. That way, Edward V’s reign is marked by domestic security and a strong sense of chivalry. Renaissance court in the models of Italy and Burgundy are thus established. Arts, literature and music flourish. Jousts are popular and never again was seen such glamour being paraded ever since Edward III’s reign. It cannot be even compared to that of his father.

However, there are some rebells to deal with. Edward defeats Henry and Jasper Tudor, but being a merciful king, does not execute neither of them. He instead marries Henry to his sister Elizabeth and Jasper to his maternal aunt, Jacquetta Wideville. He also reinstates Henry Tudor to his earldom of Pembroke. All seems settled then.

In personal affairs, Edward V marries Anne of Brittany as accorded between his father and the duke Franz II. Soon, the king of England is also the duke of Brittany. They share time between the courts of Bretagne and England. The union proves successful and to many is a great surprise that Edward is, unlike his father, faithful to his wife. By her side, they have eight children:

1. Edward, Prince of Wales. [b.1490-d.1550]. Becomes King Edward VI in 1515 and is married to Infanta Katherine of Aragon. They have issue. Edward is succeeded by his son, also named Edward, who becomes Edward VII in 1550. 

2. Elizabeth, Queen of France. [b.1491-d.1548]. Marries King François I and has issue.

3. Richard, duke of Brittany. [b. 1493-d.1547]. Marries Claude de France with whom he has issue.

4. Anthony, duke of York. [b. 1495-d.1555]. Marries Lady Margaret of Clarence. Has issue.

5.Mary, Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Spain. [b. 1497-1558]. Marries Karl V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. Has issue.

6. Twins: Margaret and James [b. 1498-1498]. Both died in infancy.

7.Cecily, Queen of Scots. [b. 1500-1547]. Marries James IV and has issue. 

8. Joan, Countess of Pembroke. [b. 1502-1553]. Marries Arthur, son of Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York, Earl and Countess of Pembroke.

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AU: Lady Cecily of England, styled princess of Scotland upon her betrothal to James of Scots, son and heir to King James III, is sent to Stirling to marry him. Their relationship, though difficult in the beginning due to Lady Cecily’s homesickness, evolves to a loving and loyal one. As a queen, Cecily proved to be a good and appropriated consort, despite the early disapproval coming of the noblemen of her adoptive land. In spite of this, she became known for her piety, wife and mother duties besides being a skillful and tactic politician. Cecily was very active, promoting bards, artists and musicians at the court, bringing thus the Renaissance to Scotland. Cecily was initially resistant to Henry Tudor’s rise to the England’s throne, but thanks to the efforts of her sister, Elizabeth, who became the queen consort of Henry VII, diplomacy was resolved by the arrangement of an union between Cecily and James’s heir and a daughter of the newly established Tudor dynasty. Peace flourished thus and the reign of James IV was very popular between his subjects.

In due time, Cecily gives birth to the following children:

Elizabeth, duchess of Brittany. (b. 1489-d.1540).

Mary, archduchess of Austria. (b. 1490-d. 1535).

Edward, duke of Rothesay (b. 1492-d. 1500), died in infancy.

James, duke of Rothesay and future King James V (b.1494-d.1547)- took as wife Margaret Tudor, daughter of Elizabeth of York and Henry VII. Had issue.

Richard, duke of Ross. (b. 1496-d. 1550)- took as wife Margaret of Austria, daughter of Mary of Burgundy and Maximilian of Austria. Had issue.

Margaret (b.1497-d.1498), died in infancy.

David (b. 1500-d.1558), earl of Mar--took as wife Anne of France, daughter of Anne of Brittany and Charles VIII of France. Had issue.

[Fan cast: Florence Pugh as Queen Cecily of Scotland; Laoise Murray as teenage Lady Cecily of England]

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Charlotte of Valois, princess of France, died on this day [18 september 1516], but what would have happened had she lived? Here, we can only but speculate... 

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On a day like this, 9 september 1545, Charles d’Orléans died. The third son of King François of France and Queen Claude, he was once the duke of Angoulême and later duke of Orléans... But what if he lived? What if the French king, his father, had chosen as his son’s bride a daughter of the king of England, Lady Elizabeth Tudor? What could have been changed in French’s history?

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𝐴𝑈: 𝑊𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑐𝘩𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑑𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 (𝑏𝑦 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠) 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒. (𝐼𝐼)

𝐵𝑦 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒 (𝐼𝐼):

𝟷. 𝐵𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑜𝑛𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑒𝑢, 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒. 

𝟸. 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘, 𝐷𝑢𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑦. 

𝟹. 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘, 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑦.

 𝟺. 𝐹𝑒𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑜𝑛, 𝟷𝑠𝑡 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑘. 

𝟻. 𝐸𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑡𝘩 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝘩𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑎𝑛, (𝟷) 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑; (𝟸) 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑.

𝟼. 𝐸𝑑𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑜𝑟, 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙. 

𝐵𝑦 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑒 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒: 

𝟽. 𝑇𝘩𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑜𝑛, 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑘. 

𝟾. 𝐸𝑑𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘, 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐾𝑒𝑛𝑡. 

𝟿. 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝘩𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑎𝑛, 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑢𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠.

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𝐴𝑈: 𝑊𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑐𝘩𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑑𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 (𝑏𝑦 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠) 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒. (𝐼) 

𝐵𝑦 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒 (𝐼): 

𝟷. 𝐸𝑢𝑝𝘩𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑜𝑛𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑒𝑢, 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑. 

𝟸. 𝐾𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑜𝑟, 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛. 

𝟹. 𝐽𝑜𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘, 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒. 

𝟺. 𝐽𝑜𝘩𝑛, 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠. 

𝟻. 𝐻𝑒𝑛𝑟𝑦 𝐼𝑉, 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 & 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑. 

𝟼. 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑜𝑟, 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑎𝑟. 

𝟽. 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑐𝑟𝑒, 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑢𝑙𝑡. 

𝟾. 𝐽𝑜𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑐𝑟𝑒, 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝑖𝑐𝘩𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑑 (𝟷), 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 (𝟸). 

𝟿. 𝐴𝑙𝑝𝘩𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒, 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝘩𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑒𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟. 

𝟷𝟶. 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑜𝑟, 𝐷𝑢𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑡.

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AU:  where Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England, gives King Richard II six children, proving to be fertile and giving thus continuity to the Plantagenet dynasty.

1. Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales: “Became King Edward IV of England upon his father's sudden demise in 1402. Queen Anne acted as regent until his majority, at 16. Edward proved to be a strong king, much like his grandfather and great-grandfather were. Unlike the "Black Prince", though, Edward knew well where to rule wisely and where to lay an iron hand. Some say he inherited the kindness and good spirits of his mother. He took as wife the French princess, Isabella of Valois, by whom he had six children.”

2. Henry of Winchester, Prince of Aquitaine: “It is usually said that at the birth of another son, King Richard was overjoyed by the turns in God’s favour. In this, he believed his children should be richly awared. Thus it was that Henry was bestowed with the principality of Aquitaine, to which he was sent to rule once he reached majority. There, it is said, he took as wife a sister to the duke of Burgundy and ruled well over his years, although the couple never had any children of their own.”

3. Charles of Eltham, Duke of Buckingham. “The chronicles regard this prince as very bright man, of gentle and chivalric manners. Seen as a general favourite, it’s said that he married Lady Joan Beaufort out of love. He was also renowkned for fighting in crusades, responsible also for subduing France in Agincourt by his brother’s side, King Edward IV, years later.”

4. Joan of Eltham, Countess of Westmorland. “From her birth, her father thought wise to articulate an alliance with  the powerful lords of the North. Thus it was that Joan, named after her paternal grandmother, was betrothed to Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland. Chronicles report the arrange was successful. There seemed to have been a loving match, but the countess, reknowned for being feisty like her father, did not lsurvive her 10th childbirth."

5. Elizabeth of Sheen. Did not survive childbirth.

6. Mary of Eltham, Queen of France. “According to the chronicles, the betrothal of lady Mary to the king of France was arranged still in her early years. However, it was not fully arranged until the queen’s regency. But it was only after the victory of the English over the French that lady Mary was married to the new king of France, Charles VII. At first, this was not a peaceful union: the king loathed his bride due to the enmity between the two realms, and even settled with a mistress, Agnés Soarel. However, Lady Mary had Plantagenet blood running in her veins. She arranged the fall of her enemy by accusing the woman of witchcraft, which her supporters were more than keen to help her cause. Like her sister Joan, Mary too was not one to bow her head. There was much talk in England because of this and the king Edward had to write to his sister in order to remember her that “being a queen is not being willful”. The advice seemed to have worked as no other scandal was heard and the marriage became very harmonious, turning even to love. Charles and Mary had a total of thirteen children and the queen lived long enough into the reign of her grandson, Charles VIII.”

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𝐴𝑈: 𝐸𝑑𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑉𝐼 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝘩 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝐸́𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑡𝘩 𝑑𝑒 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑖𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑇𝑢𝑑𝑜𝑟 𝐺𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝐴𝑔𝑒... 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝐸𝑑𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑'𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑠' 𝑟𝑒𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠𝘩𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛. 𝑇𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠, 𝘩𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑦𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑐𝘩 𝑜𝑓 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑓𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠...

[Camille Rutherford as young queen Elizabeth of England/ 

Maria Doyle Kennedy as older queen Elizabeth.

Toby Regbo as young King Edward VI.

Jeremy Irons as older King Edward.] 

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{𝐴𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦: 𝐶𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑌𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝐽𝑢𝑎𝑛, 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑠. 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑜-𝑆𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝘩 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑚 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑒𝑎𝑐𝘩 𝑜𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟. 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑆𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑤𝘩𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡, 𝑤𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑡𝘩𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦.}

[Fancast: Charlotte Hope as Princess Catherine/ Infanta Catalina. Daisy Ridley as Queen Catherine/Reina Catalina. Samantha Morton as older Queen Catherine.]

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Mᴏᴅᴇʀɴ Tᴜᴅᴏʀs﹐ ᴘᴀʀᴛ III.

[𝐴𝑟𝑡𝘩𝑢𝑟 𝑇𝑢𝑑𝑜𝑟'𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑜𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑇𝑢𝑑𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦. 𝐴𝑙𝑡𝘩𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩 𝘩𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝘩𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛, 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝘩𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝐴𝑟𝑡𝘩𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑎𝑢𝑔𝘩𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝘩𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝐵𝑖𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔𝘩𝑎𝑚 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡. 𝐻𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑐𝘩𝑜𝑜𝑙-𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡, 𝐾𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛, 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔𝘩𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝘩 𝑑𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑠 𝐼𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝑑𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑎. 𝑇𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝐾𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠𝘩𝑖𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝐴𝑟𝑡𝘩𝑢𝑟'𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟, 𝐻𝑎𝑙. 𝐻𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝘩𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑟𝑡𝘩𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑. 𝑇𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑥 𝑐𝘩𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛: 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑚, 𝐹𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒, 𝐸𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑡𝘩, 𝐽𝑢𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑛.]

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Mᴏᴅᴇʀɴ Tᴜᴅᴏʀs﹐ ᴘᴀʀᴛ II.

[𝐻𝑎𝑙 𝑇𝑢𝑑𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑡 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑑𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑇𝑢𝑑𝑜𝑟. 𝐴𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝘩𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠𝘩 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑚𝑜𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡𝘩 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝘩𝑒 𝘩𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑡 "𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝑇𝑢𝑑𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦". 𝐻𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑥 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝘩𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩 𝘩𝑒'𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝐽𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑦𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑟. 𝐻𝑒 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑐𝘩𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠: 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝐸𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑡𝘩 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑑𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑.]

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Mᴏᴅᴇʀɴ Tᴜᴅᴏʀs﹐ ᴘᴀʀᴛ I.

[ 𝐻𝑒𝑛𝑟𝑦 𝑇𝑢𝑑𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝘩𝑖𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝘩𝑒 𝘩𝑎𝑑 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑗𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡𝘩 𝑜𝑓 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑔𝑒. 𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝘩𝑒'𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝘩𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑠𝘩 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑠. 𝑌𝑒𝑡, 𝘩𝑒'𝑠 𝘩𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐸𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑡𝘩 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑌𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠𝘩𝑖𝑟𝑒. 𝑇𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝘩𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛: 𝐴𝑟𝑡𝘩𝑢𝑟, 𝑀𝑒𝑔, 𝐻𝑎𝑙, 𝐿𝑖𝑧𝑧𝑖𝑒, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝐸𝑑𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐾𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒.]