Queen Elizabeth I’s secret love affair with Lord Robert Dudley set the royal court buzzing and threatened to unravel her ...

Elizabeth Tudor was crowned Queen of England on January 15, 1559 – the day John Dee had determined was the most auspicious of the entire year. In case you are having trouble placing the name ...

However, as some of Elizabeth’s female relatives discovered, marriage could also prove to be dangerous in Tudor times. After the death of Edward VI, Elizabeth’s cousin Lady Jane Grey had been ...

Elizabeth I reigned from 1558 until her death in 1603 as the last Tudor monarch. Dubbed "The Virgin Queen," she never married — a decision shaped by both personal and political reasons.