Acknowledgements & Links

 

I would like to thank Lara E. Eakins (check out her site above) for her scanned images of Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr on the Stepmothers page, the image of Mary on the Teen Years page, the image of Mary in her twenties on the Elizabeth & Mary page, the image of Jane Grey on the Jane Grey & Mary page and the image of Jane Grey, Catherine Parr and Catherine Parr's jewel on the Case of the Three Portraits page.

Tudor England. A link to a very thorough and interesting site on the Tudors.

Elizabeth I - the most complete site about Mary's sister.

English Monarchs - beautiful, well-researched site on the history of the British monarchs.

The Lady Jane Grey Internet Museum - Very thorough site of all things Jane Grey.

Jane the Quene - Site dedicated to the life of Lady Jane Grey.

The Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide - A listing of reference sources on the life of Lady Jane Grey.

Nonsuch Palace - Discussion group focusing on Elizabeth I and broader Tudor Topics.

Suggested Reading:

Mary Tudor by H.F. M. Prescott, 1953, Macmillan Company

The Lady Mary, A Biography of Mary Tudor 1553-1558 by Milton Waldman, 1972, Charles Scribner's sons

The Life and Times of Mary Tudor by Jasper Ridley, 1973, Weidenfeld & Nicolson

The House of Tudor by Alison Plowden, 1976, Stein & Day

Bloody Mary by Carolly Erickson, 1978, Doubleday & Company

The Reign of Mary Tudor by D. M. Loades, 1979, Ernest Benn Limited

The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir, 1996, Ballatine Books

 

Picture Sources:

Home:

State Portrait of Mary by Hans Eworth, Society of the Antiquaries, London

Childhood:

Katherine of Aragon - Michael Sittow, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Henry VIII - Joos Van Cleve, Her Majesty the Queen

Mary age 9 -Lucas Horenbout, National Portrait Gallery, London

Supposed Portrait of Mary, "Portrait of a Young Woman", Metropolitan Museum of Art

Teen Years:

Detail of Mary from the "Family of Henry VIII" - Hampton Court Palace

Stepmothers:

Anne Boleyn - National Portrait Gallery, London

Jane Seymour - Holbein, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Anne of Cleves - Holbein, The Louvre

Catherine Howard -Holbein, Her Majesty the Queen's collection, Windsor

Catherine Parr - National Portrait Gallery, London

Mary - Master John, National Portrait Gallery, London

Elizabeth & Mary:

Elizabeth - Her Majesty the Queen's Collection

Sketch of Mary by Holbein - Her Majesty the Queen's Collection, Windsor

Mary & Elizabeth entering London,1553 - The House of Commons, London

Edward & Mary:

The black and white image on the Edward & Mary page from European Costume, 400 Years of Fashion by Doreen Yarwood, 1982 Bonanza Books

Edward - William Stretes, Her Majesty the Queen

Edward -Holbein, National Portrail Gallery

Jane Grey & Mary:                      (Miniature thought to be Mary, attributed to Holbein, Private Collection)

Supposed portrait of Jane Grey - collection The Lord Hastings 

Jane Grey - Syon House

Detail of the "Execution of Lady Jane Grey" by Paul Delaroche, National Gallery London

Mary the Queen:

Mary I - Hans Eworth, National Portrait Gallery, London

Mary I - Antonio Moro, The Prado

Philip & Mary:

Philip - Antonio Moro

Philip & Mary - Hans Eworth, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

The Case of the Three Portraits:

Catherine Parr - National Portrait Gallery, London

Supposed Portrait of Jane Grey - Collection the Lord Hastings

Supposed Portrait of Mary Tudor - Collection the Earl of Jersey (destroyed)

Portrait Gallery

Mary Tudor - after Antonio Moro, Apsley House

Henry, Mary and Will Somers - Radio Times Hulton Picture Library

Exchequer detail - HM the Queen

Elizabeth in coronation robes - National Portrait Gallery, London

Elizabeth of Valois - Fonthill House

Lady Mary Tudor - Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Princess Mary - M.J.H. Dent-Brocklehurst

Mary I, when princess - by Hans Eworth (?) Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

1893 engraving of Queen Mary by Antonio Moro

Mary I by Hans Eworth - Private Collection

Mary's Prayer Book - Westminster Cathedral Library

The family of Henry VIII: The Allegory of the Tudor Succession attributed to Lucas De Heere(on loan to Sudeley Castle)

(owned by Earl of Scarbrough)

Mary Tudor - based on Moro - Royal Collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

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