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#OTD 9 Oct 1514

#HenryVIII's sister #MaryTudor 18 married French King #LouisXII 52 at Abbeville France

An arrangement designed to cement the 2 countries

Widowed within 3 months & when #CharlesBrandon arrived to escort her home, they secretly wed in March 1515

Chivalry. Betrayal. Forbidden love: Meet the man who rode beside Henry VIII — and changed history.

Brandon: Tudor Knight ⚔️

Chivalry. Betrayal. Forbidden love: Meet the man who rode beside Henry VIII — and changed history.

Brandon: Tudor Knight ⚔️

Chivalry. Betrayal. Forbidden love: Meet the man who rode beside Henry VIII — and changed history.

Brandon: Tudor Knight ⚔️

#OTD 19 Sept 1580

#KatherineBrandon Duchess of Suffolk died at Grimsthorpe Castle

She was considered the greatest heiress of her generation

When her Father died her wardship fell to #HenryVIII & then to #CharlesBrandon who married her in 1533

#OTD 18 Sept 1535

#KatherineBrandon, 16yr old Duchess of Suffolk, gave birth to her 1st son, Henry

He would inherit the Dukedom upon his father #CharlesBrandon’s death in 1545

Sadly dying of the sweat at 16, the same day as his younger brother Charles in 1551😥

Chivalry. Betrayal. Forbidden love: Meet the man who rode beside Henry VIII — and changed history.

Brandon: Tudor Knight ⚔️

#OTD 7 Sept 1533

Just months after the death of 3rd Wife #MaryTudor, 49yr old #CharlesBrandon #DukeofSuffolk married his 4th, his ward the heiress #KatherineWilloughby at Greenwich Palace

Despite the age gap, this was to be a happy marriage