Although the Tudor period is dominated by Elizabeth I and Anne Boleyn, there are so many fascinating women from the period. Women in and around the Tudor court continuously navigated a complex and oftentimes dangerous world where they were forced to make incredibly difficult decisions. […]

Consort of the Month is a monthly series (…duh…) where I turn the spotlight on a different royal consort, a position that has largely been ignored by historians everywhere despite often playing a major role in their husband’s reign. For Women’s History Month this year, […]

As the world is once again enthralled with the Regency period with a new season of Bridgerton freshly released, there is no better time better time to dive into a Regency biography. (Let’s be honest, the Regency isn’t ever unpopular as a time period but […]

Windsor Castle is the largest occupied castle in the world, and I believe the oldest continuously occupied castle in the world. King Henry I was the first monarch to live at the castle, with every subsequent English/British monarch living there. It is actually one of […]

I originally started this series to highlight the royal consorts who have largely been forgotten from our collective memory- they are in the records, but beyond that, they are rarely ever mentioned. This also applies to royal daughters and sisters. The consort for this month […]