Queen of Scots. It's erected by hoodie-wearing stage crew as we chatter quietly, unsure whether things have started properly or not, becoming a strangely arresting backdrop for Mary's return to ...

Now, English Heritage says a Tudor-era ... older sisters Mary and Elizabeth, and named Lady Jane his heir to prevent the realm reverting to Catholicism. On July 10, Jane became queen but was ...

From hand-carved temples and 9th-century stairwells to Raj-era monuments and fortresses dating back to the Mughal dynasty, ...

During the 16th century there were occasional calls for union between England and Scotland. Some believed that the marriage ...

King Frederik and Queen Mary faced a bittersweet day on Thursday ... as he fled to his chateau in Caix, France after his Frederik was appointed host in Margrethe's absence at a New Year's reception.

Treason, tyranny, and terror are fabled words of King Henry VIII, one of history’s most controversial autocrats and ...

and was proclaimed Queen as part of an unsuccessful bid to prevent the accession of her Catholic cousin, Mary Tudor. English Heritage said research including dendrochronology (tree ring dating ...

Choosing a name for your little girl is one of the most exciting and meaningful decisions you'll make as a parent. If you’re ...

We can skip over the names from before AD 1066, when William the Conqueror came over from France and took over ... He was the husband of Queen Mary (Tudor) and, by law, shared her title.

It has three illuminations of coronation scenes (the king alone, queen alone and king and queen together). In 1396 Richard married the 7 year old Isabelle of France as his second ... The Virgin Mary ...

Henry VIII's early military campaigns began when he joined Pope Julius II's Holy League against France in 1511 ... with the latest guns including the Mary Rose, which sank in 1545.