Tudor kings and queens

Portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. (Photo by Ken Welsh/Design Pics/Corbis via Getty Images)

Princely pleasures at Kenilworth: Robert Dudley’s three-week marriage proposal to Elizabeth I

Jane Seymour – HistoryExtra podcast. (Image by Getty Images)

Jane Seymour: Henry VIII’s favourite queen

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Video: 3 of the most famous royal weddings in history

A portrait of Elizabeth I, who, says Susan Doran, “confounded her Catholic enemies, imposed her will on the political scene, turned England into a strong Protestant state and presided over a glittering court culture”. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Elizabeth I: the great unifier

A portrait of Edward VI. The young monarch’s support for a trade venture through the North-East Passage laid the foundations for the Elizabethan age of exploration. (Photo by GeorgiosArt/Getty Images)

Edward VI: boy king and religious zealot

Hans Holbein the Younger’s portrait of Henry VIII, c1537. Henry’s clash with the church was, says George Bernard, the most significant episode of the Tudor era and transformed England’s relationship with continental Europe. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Library Henry VIII and the scourge of papal power

The execution of Charles I. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Murder, conspiracy and execution: six centuries of scandalous royal deaths

Podcast FB Nicola Tallis

Elizabeth’s love rival

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A Tudor love triangle: Elizabeth I, Lettice Knollys and Robert Dudley

An 1864 illustration depicts King Henry VI and the Dukes of York and Somerset, after York's return from Ireland in 1450. Artist James William Edmund Doyle. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Wars of the Roses: York v Beaufort?

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What are Henry VIII powers?

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The hidden story of Elizabeth I: 60 seconds with Tracy Borman

Portrait depicting Mary, Queen of Scots.

History quiz – surgeons and Mary, Queen of Scots

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How did Henry VII spend his money?

Anne Boleyn in the Tower

Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I in their own words: 5 fascinating letters from Tudor monarchs