Mothers of English monarchs
2 episodes
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HistoryBurials at Westminster AbbeyPeople of the Elizabethan eraDaughters of kingsEnglish Roman CatholicsDeaths from cancer in EnglandHouse of TudorQueens consort of France16th-century English women16th-century queens regnantAnnulment, Regents of EnglandChild monarchsDaughters of queens regnantDauphines of France, Dauphines of ViennoisHouse of StuartMonarchs who abdicatedRemarried queens consort
Catherine of Aragon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Spanish Infanta so prized by the Tudors that, after her first husband the Prince of Wales died, she went on to marry his brother Henry VIII.
13 February 2025
Featuring: Lucy Wooding, Maria Hayward, Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer
Mary, Queen of Scots
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, who might have united the French, English and Scottish thrones.
19 January 2017
Featuring: David Forsyth, Anna Groundwater, John Guy