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Scandalous women in British history

Isabella of France - one of history's most famous femme fatales, Edward II's French queen famously overthrew her husband with the aid of her lover, Roger Mortimer, in 1326. After her son, Edward, wrested back power, Mortimer was executed, but Isabella was allowed to live.

Young Queen Elizabeth

The day the Queen threw a tantrum and tipped a pot of ink over her own head

Queen Elizabeth visiting the Royal Tournament at Olympia in 1932

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These U.S. records could contain your immigrant ancestor's birthplace | Blog

Guide to finding the birthplace of your Irish & British ancestors. These steps will work for an ancestor who has immigrated from somewhere else too.

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This very rare image of the ‘nine day Queen’ by Lucas de Heere was owned by Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Lady Jane is shown as a girl in her family home of Bradgate, in Leicestershire, before her ascension to the throne. Caught up in the scheming of various factions at court, the teenaged Lady Jane was used as a puppet to block the claims of the Catholic Mary Tudor. Ousted from the throne, Lady Jane was executed at the Tower of London in 1554.

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The British Isles, Explained

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Archaeology in Europe Blog - excellent!

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Henry Carey, Husband of Mary Boleyn, Brother in law of Anne Boleyn

Henry Carey, Husband of Mary Boleyn, Brother in law of Anne Boleyn Carey died of the sweating sickness in the same outbreak that nearly killed Anne Boleyn.

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Weird Houses

Beautiful Settings

Library London

Background Inspiration

Natural History Museum London

Magic Places

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Natural History Museum

London Town

Unnatural halls of history, London

Natural Museum of History, London

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Religious Architecture

Tartarian Architecture

Rosslyn Chapel

Rosslyn Chapel in Midlothian, Scotland. Founded in the mid-15th century by William Sinclair who was descended from a noble family of Norman knights. It is said to have many Knights Templar symbols, and the chapel was featured in Dan Brown's novel 'The Da Vinci Code'. Very interesting!!!

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Secret Passageways In Houses

PRIEST HOLES

priest hole at Harvington Hall.

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Anne Boleyn The Tudors

Waxwork of Anne Boleyn at Hever Castle

Waxwork of Anne Boleyn at Hever Castle | «I am resolved to have him [the King] whatsoever might become of me», Anne Boleyn. In the history of England Anne was the second woman of non-royal blood that became The Queen. The first was Elizabeth Woodville.

Blood of the Irish: What DNA Tells Us About the Ancestry of People in Ireland

One of the oldest texts composed in Ireland is the Leabhar Gabhla. It tells a semi-mythical history of the waves of people who settled in Ireland in earliest time, that first settlers to arrive were a small dark race called the Fir Bolg, and that the group that then came & fully established itself as rulers were the Milesians - the sons of Mil, a soldier from Spain. Modern DNA research has confirmed that the Irish are close genetic relatives of the people of northern Spain.

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