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Katherine Willoughby Loses Both Sons to the Sweating Sickness, 14 July 1551
Katherine Willoughby had two sons. On the 14th of July 1551 she lost them both in the same afternoon.
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Catherine Willoughby: Sold at Seven, Married at Fourteen, Exiled for Her Faith
She was seven when her father died and the king sold her wardship to a man who would eventually decide to marry her himself. She was fourteen when that happened. She had no say in it.
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Catherine Parr, Thomas Seymour and the Young Elizabeth
History remembers her as the sensible one. The survivor. The wife who outlived Henry VIII and had the good sense to stay out of trouble.
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Mary Grey and Thomas Keyes: The Smallest Grey Sister's Secret Marriage
Her sisters had aimed at thrones and died for it. Mary Grey aimed at a palace gatekeeper and a quiet life. Elizabeth imprisoned them both anyway.
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Charles Brandon: The Friend Who Outlived Four of Henry VIII's Wives
His father died carrying the Tudor flag before Charles Brandon was old enough to walk. He spent the next sixty years making sure he never had to carry anyone else's.