#OnThisDay in #history - The She-Majesty Generalissima of the English Cavaliers, Henriette Marie, died at the age of 59. She had been married to Charles I, king of #England when she was 15 years old. Henriette Marie was a loyal wife and queen, fundraising on the Continent during the English Civil Wars. Profoundly determined, she survived being shot at and escaped sharing in her husband's execution by protecting their children and taking them to France. #OTD#histodons@histodons@royalhistory
Henry VIII’s Book of Psalms Reflects His Quest for Legitimacy—and His Fear of Death
“It’s really the man behind the monarch. It’s such a small and intimate item,” Clarke tells Smithsonian. “It’s Henry VIII behind closed doors: It’s him sitting in his bedchamber studying the words of God, as we see him doing in the first illustration.” #Tudor@royalhistory
#OnThisDay in #history - Elizabeth I was born in 1533. The only surviving child of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII, Elizabeth was generally not raised as an heir to the throne - her little brother was born in 1537, and she had an older sister, Mary. The unlikely queen came to the throne in 1558. Elizabeth had the longest reign (44.5 years) of the Tudors, and one of the longest in English history. She is remembered as the Virgin Queen for never having married. #OTD#histodons@histodons@royalhistory
These days we celebrate the anniversary of one wedding that took place in Speyer 713 years ago.
I think this cathedral is beautiful. And if we imagine that Albert of Germany is buried next to Adolf of Nassau…this place is full of interesting stories
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1858, Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Empress of Haiti, died at c. 100. Félicité was born to a freed but poor family. She was renowned for her kindness, that reputation born during the siege of Jacmel, when she worked on behalf of the starving people inside. She convinced those conducting the siege to let in supplies and married one of the leaders. She became Empress of Haiti in 1804, and was universally beloved. #OTD#histodons@histodons@royalhistory