and my name shall never be forgotten.

“the most happy”

Although throughout her reign Queen Elizabeth I never spoke publicly of her mother, the “treasonous” and beheaded second wife of Henry VIII,  upon Elizabeth’s death in 1603, this ring was removed from her finger. Within its secret compartment are two miniature enamel portraits, one of Elizabeth, the other, of a woman many believe to be Anne.

“Good Christian people, I have not come here to preach a sermon; I have come here to die. For according to the law and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak of that whereof I am accused and condemned to die, but I pray God save the King and send him long to reign over you, for a gentler nor a more merciful prince was there never, and to me he was ever a good, a gentle, and sovereign lord. And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to judge the best. And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me.” — Anne Boleyn

(2017)

Italian palace at dusk (Ferdinand Knab, 1893)

The Workworth's Chronicle

The Roses of Heliogabalus (detail) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1888.

↳ As portrayed by Rebecca Ferguson in Starz/BBC’s The White Queen

JODIE COMER as ELIZABETH OF YORK THE WHITE PRINCESS // Episode 7 Two Kings

♕ Queens Regnant and Queen Consorts who had twins

1.07 Two Kings

Private Collection

Easter, 1922 Joseph Christian Leyendecker

(Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum)

MERYEM UZERLI as HÜRREM SULTAN MAGNIFICENT CENTURY (2011-2014)