On the second day of Lady Jane’s reign, a sermon was preached in favour of Jane’s reign at St. Paul’s. Mary was gaining followers in East Anglia. They were risking a great deal, as rebellions not often succeeded. But for them, Mary was their rightful Queen, and her Catholicism was inextricably linked with her and [read more]
Maria of Montferrat was born in the summer of 1192 as the daughter of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem and her first husband, Conrad of Montferrat. She never knew her father as he died before she was born. Maria had six half-siblings from her mother’s two subsequent marriages. Of those six half-siblings, four sisters survived, [read more]
King Edward VI had died on 6 July 1553, but his device for the succession was not implemented until 9 July when Jane was informed she was now Queen. Her reply was, “The crown is not my right, and pleaseth me not. The Lady Mary is the rightful heir.” She was proclaimed Queen the very [read more]
Helena was born on 3 February 1428 as the daughter of Theodore II Palaiologos (Despot in the Morea) and Cleofa Malatesta at the Castle of Mistras in Greece. She was to be their only child. She was just five years old when her mother died, but not much else is known of her youth. On her 14th birthday, she married [read more]
Edward VI was just a young boy when he died, and so he never married and fathered heirs. He was a staunch Protestant, and he knew that the Third Succession Act left the crown to his half-sister Mary, who was a Catholic. In order to prevent her succession in the event of his childless death, [read more]
Christina of Sweden was born on 18 December 1626 as the daughter of King Gustav II Adolf and his wife Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg. She was their third daughter, but the only one to survive to adulthood. She was first thought to be a boy as she was hairy and screamed in a strong voice. Despite [read more]
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