Tag: Mary Sidney
Mary Sidney, as foul a lady as the smallpox could make her
Happy anniversary to Mary (née Dudley) and Henry Sidney who got married on this day in Tudor history, 29th March…
Posted in Elizabeth I Early Life
10 October 1562 – Elizabeth I Contracted Smallpox
On 10th October 1562, the twenty-nine year-old Elizabeth I was taken ill at Hampton Court Palace, with what was thought…
