Author: Kyra Kramer

On January 15, 1554 the marriage treaty between Mary I and Phillip of Spain was ratified. Mary was thrilled, Philip was resigned, and half the population of England was livid.


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Author:  Kyra Kramer

The newly ascendant King Henry VII of England, having won the crown by ‘right of conquest’ wed Elizabeth of York, eldest daughter of King Edward IV and his queen, Elizabeth Woodville, on 18 January 1486 in Westminster Abbey.


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