Painting of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castille

Kings and queens

Henry VIII. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Q&AHow many executions was Henry VIII responsible for?

Portrait of Mary I of England, from the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Mary I: a highly impressive queen cut off in her prime

A portrait of King Edward VI of England

Who was the real Edward VI?

Tudor dining: a guide to food and status in the 16th century

A portrait of Charles II, by 17th-century painter John Michael Wright

History explorer: The Restoration. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Richard III: latest DNA study ‘doesn’t prove bones belong to former king’

Q&AWhy were people of noble birth said to be ‘blue blooded’?

An illustration of the Peasants' Revolt

The Peasants’ Revolt: did Richard II side with the rebels?

Revolutions in Europe and forensics in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Berlin Wall and the return of Charles II. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Gunpowder Plot and the First World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A brief history of tattoos

Picture of a lion and tiger fighting

Q&AWhere was England's first zoo?

King Ecgfrith of Northumbria

The Anglo-Saxon who (almost) united Britain

Hunting the regicides and the Chartist movement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History quiz - Queens of England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fresh views on the Wars of the Roses. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George III and the art of anatomy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Archaeologist Howard Carter opens the coffin of Tutankhamun. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

How did Tutankhamun die?

Top 10 Plantagenet podcasts – from the Black Death to Richard III

Richard III had lavish diet of swan and wine, new forensic study reveals

A portrait of Janice Hadlow

Janice Hadlow"The picture of George III’s family is often sad – these are genuinely thwarted lives". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

5 facts about Caligula

Richard III and dirty Tudors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Alfred The Great's statue designed by Hamo Thornycroft and erected in 1899 stands at the eastern end of the Broadway in Winchester, Hampshire, England. (Photo by Tony Baggett/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Q&AHow many English kings were known as ‘the Great’?

A portrait of Richard III.

Inside the mind of Richard III

Portrait of Henry VIII

Q&AWhich of Henry VIII's wives was his best match?

BBC History Magazine

Richard I, the Falkland Islands and John Scott Russell: 3 things that happened On This Day 8 June

A caricature of George I

The delightfully dysfunctional Georgians

The princes in the Tower

Did Richard III murder the princes in the Tower? You debate