Mary tudor portrait

The Property of the Rt Hon. The Earl of JerseyAttributed to Master Johnactive in England 1544–1545Por

Mary Tudor, attributed to Jan Gossaert,1515

'Mary' Christmas everybody! From spectacular festive parties to tragedy and imprisonment, drama was never far away at a Christmas with Mary Queen of Scots.

Mary I by the English School after Hans Eworth, c. 1550s-Though the later Tudor Era gowns, those we see in portraits from the Elizabethan Period, capture much of our attention, it is the form of this earlier style I find so pleasing.The classic mid-16th century English look is created in large part by the farthingale: an inverted small triangle of the bodice over a larger one of the skirt.

Mary Tudor wearing what could be the "Mirror of Naples" stone. The pearl teardrop suspended from the jewel was a gift from her husband, Prince Philip II. Since the original "Mirror of Naples" (A wedding gift to Mary Rose Tudor, and sent to Henry VIII to soften his anger at her marriage to Charles Brandon) was reputed to have a large, teardrop pearl, as well. That pearl could be the mysterious "Mary Tudor" pearl acquired by Bond Street.

Queen Mary I of England, Daughter to King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She is known to posterity as "Bloody Mary" for the large number of protestant burnings during her reign.

Although this image was also wrongly identified as Lady Jane, it is now known to be Katherine. The face is very similar to the iconic Scrots portrait and the sitter is wearing the same jewels as the Master John portrait. Formerly in the collection of the Earl of Jersey--the original appears to have been destroyed.

On November 28, 1489, Margaret Tudor was born. She was Henry VII's second child and first daughter, making her the perfect politically tool. It was because of Margaret's marriage to James IV of Scotland that England and Scotland united in 1603. However, it was during the reign of her great-great-great-great-granddaughter, Anne, that the two countries officially became part of Great Britain.

Anne Boleyn, Date Unknown

Mary Tudor was the daughter of Henry VIII and his wife Katherine of Aragon. She was born in 1516 and was their only surviving child. After many years of

Marie Stuart, best-known as Mary, Queen of Scots has more images available of her than any other monarch I’ve searched in the past few years. I was blown away at the number of different portr…

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A biography of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I. A divisive figure during her life time and for centuries afterwards.

Mary I was the only child of Henry III and his first queen, Katherine of Aragon.