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Published Date: March 29, 2021 Leave a Comment on Mary Sidney, as foul a lady as the smallpox could make her
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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…

Published Date: October 10, 2012 10 Comments on 10 October 1562 – Elizabeth I Contracted Smallpox
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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…