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16th Century history, Elizabeth I, Social history, The First Elizabethan Age, Tudor

Elizabeth I’s half-brother? Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon

It has long been known that Henry Carey, 1st Lord Hunsdon, was Elizabeth I’s closest living male relative. However, it is less widely known that he may also have been the queen’s half-brother. In this article, Dr Andrew Thrush, editor of the Elizabethan House of Lords project, re-examines some key evidence to suggest that this claim should not be lightly dismissed… Born in the mid-1520s, … Continue reading Elizabeth I’s half-brother? Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon

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The First Elizabethan Age, 16th Century history, Factions, Tudor

The other Elizabethan succession crisis: the fight to succeed the 1st Lord Burghley, 1592-1598

The long-running problem of who would inherit the English throne was not the only succession crisis of Elizabeth I’s reign. In the first of our series of blogs on faction in English politics, Dr Andrew Thrush, editor of the House of Lords 1558-1603 project, explores the bitter rivalry between the Cecils and Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex over the succession to Lord Burghley as … Continue reading The other Elizabethan succession crisis: the fight to succeed the 1st Lord Burghley, 1592-1598

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17th Century history, Stuart

The death of Prince Henry and the Succession Crisis of 1612-1614

Four hundred years ago last November a succession crisis hit England and Scotland, when the heir to the throne, Prince Henry, died from typhoid fever. James VI & I was left with one surviving son: Charles, Duke of York, who would become Charles I. Charles was a weak and sickly child, and many felt he would not survive long. The full story of the succession … Continue reading The death of Prince Henry and the Succession Crisis of 1612-1614

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