Painting of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castille

Kings and queens

Frogmore Cottage and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Victorian

Your history guide to Frogmore Cottage: who has lived there before?

A painting showing a man dressed in armour, with a blue and red flag over him, riding a white horse amongst a busy battlefield

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5 things you (probably) didn't know about the Tudors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A collaged picture shows a marble statue of Elizabeth I wearing a large crown on the left, and a portrait of King James I, dressed in a red and white robe and crown on the right

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The lie of succession: did James I steal Elizabeth I's crown?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration showing a king dressed in green and orange, sitting on a blue throne made out of books. He is reading from a long scroll

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Love learning like Æthelstan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry shows a group of men sitting at a high

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Why you should avoid hair-pulling, and cannibalism, at royal banquets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of a king dressed in a green and orange robe. He is wearing a crown and holding a sceptre

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King Æthelstan: England's colossus. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A drawing of a king holding a crown on his head, against a black and white image of a church

Anglo-Saxon

Far away from England, the mystery of Harold Godwinson's lost crown might have just been solved

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What if Harold died at Stamford Bridge, not Hastings?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A man in a grey T shirt and blue jeans sits with his arms crossed, facing the camera. He has dark curly hair and wears glasses

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Jonathan Healey: “A connection was made between the rarefied world of the royal court and the politics of the street”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Juliet Stevenson as Emma of Normandy in BBC drama King and Conqueror (Photo via BBC)

Anglo-Saxon

Emma of Normandy: not just a two-time queen consort of England

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William the Conqueror in BBC Norman Conquest drama King and Conqueror

Norman

How historically accurate is King and Conqueror? Here’s the real history that should have happened

This posthumous portrait of William I, known as the Conqueror, was painted c.1590–1610 and is held by the National Portrait Gallery, London. Though created centuries after his death, it reflects early modern interest in the legacy of England’s first Norman monarch. (Photo by Getty Images)

Norman

Meet the real William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy who reshaped England

A medieval manuscript illustration depicting two crowned men, one holding a large upright sword. The figures, dressed in brightly coloured green and orange robes, represent William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson.

Anglo-Saxon

How well did Harold Godwinson and William the Conqueror know each other prior to the battle of Hastings?

A composite illustration of four contenders for the English throne around the time of the Norman Conquest. From left to right are Harold Godwinson, Edgar Ætheling, Harald Hardrada and William the Conqueror, with Harold shown enthroned and William on horseback.

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1066: who was the rightful king?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woman dressed in a ruffled dress and spotted robe holds a young child in a white, lacy dress and cap

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Maria of Modena: The queen who started a revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

To the left, there is a black and white image of Queen Victoria. She is dressed in dark clothing and has her hair partially pulled back by a black fastening. Facing her, on the right is an image of John Brown, a bearded man wearing military uniform and a hat. Over them, there is a pink treatment with a rip in it

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How I uncovered Victoria's secret love: Historian Fern Riddell explains all. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

John Brown, here with Queen Victoria

Victorian

Queen Victoria and John BrownThe controversial relationship between sovereign and servant

Two green hearts are sideways, facing each other. In each there is an image: one has a painting of Elizabeth I and the other has a painting of the Duke of Anjou

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The Virgin Queen? Elizabeth I's forbidden love. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Reshaping narratives, repatriation and Richard III : 25 lessons we've learnt from history in the last 25 years. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two men dressed in Tudor clothes stand next to one another against a green curtain backdrop. Between them are several items, including a globe, a hymnbook and a lute

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Tudors in turmoil: deciphering Hans Holbein’s masterwork The Ambassadors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Plague, famine and chivalry: a human history of the 14th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of James III of Scotland

Medieval

This medieval king was hunted down and brutally murdered — and we still don’t know who killed him

by Anthony van Dyck

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"Tyrant, traitor, murderer and public enemy": was Charles I really that bad?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Richard III. (Photo by Getty Images/Alamy)

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The final mystery of Richard III: how 21st-century science cracked a 500-year-old cold case. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 6Caernarfon Castle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 5Buckingham Palace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Aethelred II, known as Aethelred the Unready

Anglo-Saxon

Aethelred: why was the Anglo-Saxon king called ‘the Unready’?

King James III of Scotland (Photo by Hi-Story/Alamy Stock Photo)

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The murder of James III: who killed the king of Scots?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Maria Theresa

General Early Modern

The incredible Habsburg empress you’ve never heard of: who was Maria Theresa?

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“The reverberations lasted for generations” | Matthew Gabriele and David M Perry on the civil war of Charlemagne's grandsons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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