Anne Boleyn

A 퀸 who 로스트 three kingdoms. A wife who 로스트 three husbands. A woman who 로스트 her head.

This is the tagline of the European produced movie Mary 퀸 of Scots 의해 director Thomas Imbach. And it sums up the life of Scotland's tragic 퀸 perfectly.

Director Imbach wrote the film based on a biography 의해 Stefan Zweig, a biographer and playwright, who's approach to Mary's story was told with 더 많이 dramatic flair than the average biography. One of the main viewpoints from Zweig was that Mary had been in a position of power and command for so long that it drained her; when Bothwell caught Mary's...

Today when we think of being a princess we imagine a romantic adventure reminiscent of 신데렐라 who lives happily ever after in a fantastical castle. The reality was that life for a woman was precarious at best; with intrigue, war and disease rife throughout the centuries. The prospects for a princess were no different, but sometimes these royal women proved to be 더 많이 resourceful than the average 디즈니 heroine in their strength of will to survive the harshest obstacles. One of these princesses was Elizabeth Stuart.

Early Life:

Born into Scottish royalty, Elizabeth Stuart was the daughter...

Upon finishing Giles Tremlett's biography of Katherine of Aragon, I've come away with an even deeper respect for Henry VIII's first Queen.

In this 일 and age, there has been so much written on the six wives of Henry VIII, and many 더 많이 that declare Anne Boleyn as the greatest of them all, while the others have been neglected. Indeed, Tremlett's biography was the first since the early seventies to focus solely on Henry's first Queen. And it proved long overdue. Tremlett gives us the portrait of a woman who was not merely a matronly wife who defied a king; she was a strong willed and highly intelligent...

On 22 February 1540 a 퀸 was crowned. She was Marie de Guise, mother of Mary 퀸 of Scots, one of the most famous women in Scottish history. Sadly, Mary's failures eclipse the successes of her mother, a far better politician and leader in her own right. Qualities that were useful in everyday life but proved crucial in dealing with the Scottish nobility upon the death of her husband, King James V.

King James was an intelligent, if emotionally insecure, monarch who was loved 의해 his people if not 의해 his nobility. And after losing the battle of Solway Moss, he is said to have died of a broken...

Hi everyone, since I had 게시됨 about my favourite Historical Figure. I would like to write about 2 famous monarchs during the 18th century, and they are Maria Theresa of the Holy Roman Empire and her Russian counterpart, Catherine the Great.

Maria Theresa

She was unexpectedly ascended to the 왕좌, 왕위 when her father, Emperor Charles VI died of probably 버섯 poison. Initially, she had great difficulties during her first 년 of her reigns.
She also participated for the War of the Austrian Succession against King Frederick II of Prussia, also known as Frederick the Great.
However, under her...

On 14 July 1486, 퀸 Margaret of Denmark died at Stirling Castle. 의해 her side was her son James, Duke of Rothesay, the future King James IV of Scotland. One 출처 claimed that on her death 침대 Margaret said to her son, 'I pray you, through your obedience as my son, to 사랑 and fear God, always doing good, because nothing achieved 의해 violence, can endure.' If indeed Margaret did speak such words then they would prove tragically prophetic for within two years her son would depose his father, King James III of Scotland, dying in mysterious circumstances; twenty five years later James IV would...