Susan Abernethy

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Jean-Baptiste de Lully, Italian/French composer, died on this day in 1687 thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2013/05/15/jea…

Fine Dining: Etiquette at the Georgian Table georgianera.wordpress.com/2024/06/24/fin…

Thomas Seymour was executed on this day in 1549 thetudorenthusiast.weebly.com/blog/the-execu…

Cecily of York, Viscountess Welles, was born on this day in 1469 thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2024/02/09/cec…

Article: Pocahontas in London: the Places and People she Knew londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2024/07/31/poc…

#OTD in 1555, François, Duke of Anjou and Alençon was born. In 1580, the rebellious Habsburg Netherlands appointed Sovereign Lord and Protector of the land, but his tenure in the Low Countries proved to be a massive disaster.

Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk, was born on this day in 1496 thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2012/06/12/mar…

François de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer, died on this day in 1680 thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2013/08/21/fra…

James IV, King of Scots, was born on this day in 1473 thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2013/01/04/kin…

Anne Neville, Queen of England, died on this day in 1485 thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2015/06/12/ann…

Tudor Courtiers Exchanged Portrait Miniatures as Love Tokens. Centuries Later, New Research Is Unlocking the Secrets of These Intimate Artworks smithsonianmag.com/history/tudor-…

What did Marie Antoinette Really Look Like? - Her Portraits and Death Mask Brought to Life royaltynowstudios.com/blog/marieanto…

Imagine being Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands and one of the most powerful men in 15th c. Europe who during a visit to Ghent wants to start a fistfight with some locals because someone shouted something.

After Elizabeth: Fear, Treason and the Dangerous Spring of 1603 aspectsofhistory.com/after-elizabet…

Is this the same person? - Comparing Hans Holbein sketches linked to Anne Boleyn thetudors.substack.com/p/is-this-the-…

‘She-intelligencers’ – nothing so simple as spying thehistoryjar.com/2026/03/09/she…

March 9, 1578 – Death of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox janetwertman.com/2026/03/09/mar…

Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of David Rizzio - March 9, 1566 thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2015/01/23/mar…

Read about a beautiful, courageous #Stuart queen, beacon to the #Jacobite cause— Mary of Modena! pen-and-sword.co.uk/Mary-of-Modena… by Lely

Meet the Forgotten Women of the Flemish Golden Age news.artnet.com/art-world/meet…