Portrait of King Henry VIII, Jane Seymour and Prince Edward. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Diane de Poitiers. As the mistress of Henry II of France, she had incredible and indescribable influence over the French king.

The French royal mistresses who made it about more than sex. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Closeup of Henry VIII's face

The slow death of Henry VIII

Princess Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour (Photos by Getty and Alamy)

Did Thomas Seymour sexually abuse the teenage Princess Elizabeth?

Disabled people in Tudor times. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Magellan: daring explorer or doomed failure?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Our collage shows three generations of the Dudley family

The Dudley dynasty: the family behind the Tudors

The Dudleys: power behind the Tudor throne. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra's Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy Borman

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Photo of Holy Trinity Church

Q&AWhere is William Shakespeare buried – and is there a curse on his grave?

Royal residences: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Elizabeth of York

Elizabeth of York: a Tudor of rare talent

Christopher de Bellaigue“Suleyman was just as bellicose as his father, if not as gratuitously cruel”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Suleyman the Magnificent: the 16th-century’s most powerful ruler?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 16th-century portrait of Bess of Hardwick. Bess's talent, ambition and eye for a well-connected husband elevated her to dizzying levels of wealth and power in Tudor England. (Photo by Bridgeman Art Library)

Bess of Hardwick: schemer, social climber, scourge of Elizabeth I

L to R: Marie Antoinette of France, Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Hurrem (also known as Roxelana)

Queens know best: survival lessons from powerful historical women. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rafaëlle Cohen as Anne Boleyn in BBC docu-drama The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family

The Château Vert pageant: 500 years since Anne Boleyn’s first recorded appearance at Henry VIII’s court. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Anne Boleyn

The three French queens who inspired Anne Boleyn. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A late 16th century portrait of Anne Boleyn (c.1500-1536)

Q&ADid Anne Boleyn have six fingers on one hand?

Philip II, king of Spain from 1556, seated with Queen Mary I of England. They married in 1554

When Mary met Philip: a Tudor queen in love

Lettice Knollys

A Tudor love triangle: Elizabeth I, Lettice Knollys and Robert Dudley

Portrait showing Mary, Queen of Scots with her hand on her hip

Mary, Queen of Scots: your guide to her life and times

Plan of the island of Utopia, from Thomas More's work of the same name depicting an ideal state

Thomas More's Utopia – what lessons did it have for Tudor England?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Goods & globalisation: merchants in Tudor & Stuart England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Spanish Armada which threatened England in July 1588. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Turning points1588: The Spanish Armada. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543). (Photo by: PHAS/UIG via Getty Images)

Turning points1534: Henry VIII declares his ‘empire’. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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