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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 10h

Pendant Cross
1550-1600

Spanish or South German

Gold, enamel, emeralds, and pearls

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#Pendant #Cross #PendantCross #Gold #Enamel #Emeralds #Pearls #Jewellery #Elaborate #European #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 22h

#OTD
8th October 1549
Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector and uncle of King Edward VI, was proclaimed a traitor by the King's Privy Council.

#EdwardSeymour #DukeofSomerset #LordProtector #PrivyCouncil #KingEdwardVI #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 1d

#TudorTuesday
Jewel
c.1450-1500
Europe

Gold, spinel, enamel

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#Jewel #Flower #Gold #Spinel #Enamel #Jewellery #European #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD
7th October 1515
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox was born at Harbottle Castle, Northumberland.

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#MargaretDouglas #CountessofLennox #Scotland #England #Stewarts #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 2d

#OTD
7th October 1577
George Gascoigne, author, poet and courtier died in Stamford, Lincolnshire.

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#GeorgeGascoigne #Poet #Courtier #ADiscourseoftheAdventuresofMasterFJ #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 2d

Letter to Annabella Murray, Countess of Mar by King James VI of Scotland
c. 1572

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#Letter #YoungKing #KjngJamesVIofScotland #AnnabellaMurrayCounttessofMar #Stuarts #Scotland #History

The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 2d

#OTD
6th October 1536
The reformer, scholar and Bible translator, William Tyndale was executed at Vilvoorde, Duchy of Brabant (in modern day Belgium)

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#WilliamTyndale #Reformer #Scholar #BibleTranslator #Reformation #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 2d

#OTD
6th October 1600
Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, written by Jacopo Peri with additional music by Giulio Caccini had its first performance at the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.

#Euridice #Opera #Italian #JacopoPeri #GiulioCaccini #Florence #Italy #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 3d

#OTD
5th October 1600
The proxy Marriage took place of Marie de Medici and King Henri IV of France in Florence

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#ProxyMarriage #KingHenriIVofFrance #MariedeMedici #Bourbon #Medici #France #Florence #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 3d

#OTD
5th October 1528
Richard Foxe, Bishop of Winchester and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, died in Wolvesey, Winchester.

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#RichardFoxe #BishopofWinchester #CorpusChristiCollegeOxford #LordPrivySeal #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 5d

#OTD
4th October 1581
Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, died at Itchel in Hampshire.
He was the son of Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton & Jane Cheney.

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#HenryWriothesley #2ndEarlofSouthampton #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 5d

#OTD
4th October 1550
King Charles IX of Sweden was born at Stockholm Castle to King Gustav I of Sweden and his wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud.

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#KingCharlesIXofSweden #KingGustavIofSweden #MargaretLeijonhufvud #KingofSweden #Sweden #Vasa #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 6d

#OTD
3rd October 1554
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, was born at Beauchamp's Court, Alcester to Sir Fulke Greville and his wife, Anne Neville.

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#FulkeGreville #BaronBrooke #Tudors #Stuarts #History

The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 6d

#OTD
3rd October 1568
Elisabeth de Valois, Queen of Spain, died, aged only 23 after suffering a miscarriage at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez in Spain.

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#ElizabethdeValois #QueenofSpain #KingPhillipIIofSpain #France #Spain #Valois #Hapsburg #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 6d

#OTD
4th October 1539
A treaty was signed by King Henry VIII for his marriage to Anne, sister of the Duke of Julich-Berg-Cleves.

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#AnneofCleves #KingHenryVIII #England #Cleves #Tudors #LaMarck #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 6d

I think it was an ITV series

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 6d

No it’s from the 2003 series Henry VIII.

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 6d

#ThrowbackThursday
Ceremonial gauntlet
c.1540

On display at Hever Castle

Photos © The Tudor Age

#Gauntlet #CeremonialGauntlet #Embroidery #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 6d

#OTD
2nd October 1536
A rising began in Lincolnshire that was the start of the most potentially damaging rebellion of King Henry VIII’s reign.

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#PilgramageofGrace #RobertAske #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 6d

#OTD
2nd October 1514
Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII left Dover for France at two o’clock in the morning.

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#MaryTudor #QueenofFrance #KingLouisXII #England #France #Tudors #ValoisOrléans #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 6d

#OTD
2nd October 1528
William Tyndale’s “The Obedience of the Christian Man and How Christian Rulers Ought to Govern” was published.

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#WilliamTyndale #TheObedienceoftheChristianManandHowChristianRulersOughttoGovern #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 8d

#OTD
1st October 1526
Dorothy Stafford, Lady Stafford, was born to Henry Stafford, 10th Baron Stafford & his wife, Ursula Pole.
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#DorothyStafford #LadyStafford #HenryStaffordBaronStafford #UrsulaPole #SirWilliamStafford #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 8d

#OTD
1st October 1570
Frans Floris, Flemish artist, died in Antwerp.
His works included:
The Fall of the Rebellious Angels (1554)
The Awakening of the Arts (1560)

#FransFloris #Artist #Flemish #Antwerp #TheFalloftheRebelliousAngels #Art #Renaissance #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 8d

#OTD
1st October 1553
Mary Tudor was crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony conducted by Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.

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#QueenMaryI #QueenMaryIofEngland #QueenRegnant #Tudors #England #History

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 8d

#TudorTuesday
The Ansidei Madonna
Raphael
1505

Raphael painted this altarpiece for the chapel of the Anside family in the church of San Fiorenzo in Perugia.

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#TheAnsideiMadonna #Raphael #Altarpiece #Italy #History

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