Kings and queens

An illustration from the first edition of John Foxe The Book of Martyrs. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

The Library Elizabeth I’s war with England’s Catholics

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Top 10 strange history stories

Portrait of King Henry VI by an unknown artist. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

The miracle of Henry VI: how the weak medieval king became a ‘saint’

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Top 10 photo galleries: kings and queens

Picture depicting the Articles of Union being presented to Queen Anne

Q&A Why did Scotland join the 1707 Union with England?

An illustration of King Henry VIII and his six wives

The hidden lives of Henry VIII’s six wives

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Alfred the Great

Michael Wood on Alfred the Great . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Louis VIII

Q&A Are there any rulers of England that don’t appear on the usual lists? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of a young Queen Victoria, c1850, by F Winterhalter

How the killing of Queen Victoria’s personal chef changed Anglo-German relations

The 11kg mask depicts an idealised portrait of the young king. The Egyptians thought that the flesh of gods was made of gold, and so fittingly used this metal to create the mask. The eyes were made of quartz.

Discovering Tutankhamun

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A stained glass depiction of Yolande of Aragon. (Creative Commons)

My history hero: Yolanda of Aragon (d1442) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Revealed: the tomb of Henry VIII’s forgotten son

Hamo Thornycroft's 1901 statue of King Alfred the Great in Winchester. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

Alfred the Great: do we overplay his ‘greatness’?

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Rebranding Rule: The Restoration and Revolution Monarchy, 1660-1715

The coffin containing the remains of Richard III. The skeleton of the king was discovered in 2012 in the foundations of Greyfriars Church, Leicester, 500 years after he was killed during the battle of Bosworth. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

The discovery of Richard III’s remains