On this day in 1937, Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor and the former King of England, married Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American. They lived in France for the next forty years, until the Duke died of cancer in 1977. As King of England, Edward was the head of the Church of England, so when he […]
Today, 412 years ago, the Tudor dynasty of England ended, when Elizabeth I (“the Virgin Queen”) died, leaving no heir. A distant cousin, who just happened to be the King of Scotland, stepped into the void, and James VI of Scotland became James I of England. The Tudor dynasty lasted for 118 years. The first
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