Episode 225: Tudor Royal Weddings

Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors

Heather Teysko

History

4.6 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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In this episode we're looking at some of the most famous Tudor royal weddings. Starting with Henry VII and his marriage to Elizabeth of York, and ending with James VI and his romantic journey to fetch his bride across the North Sea, we talk about the royal weddings the captivated the 16th century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, friend, and welcome to the Renaissance English History Podcast, the original Tudor
0:14.8	history podcast going since 2009. I am your host, Heather Tesco. I'm a storyteller who makes history accessible because I believe
0:23.2	it's a pathway to understanding who we are, our place in the universe, and being much more deeply in
0:29.0	touch with our own humanity. So today, this is episode 225, I believe, and we are talking about royal weddings because the tutors got excited
0:42.3	about royal weddings just like we do. We're going to be talking about some of the most
0:47.7	famous royal weddings of the 16th century. Just one quick note.
0:54.3	I haven't talked about it much on this podcast because I've done it in my email list and on my YouTube channel, but I am down to about 25 tickets to TudorCon left.
1:04.0	TudorCon is happening September 20th to 22nd at Hcroft Hall in Richmond, Virginia.
1:14.8	It's an actual Tudor home that was brought over by a wealthy tobacco farmer who wanted to live in a tutor house. So as one does, he sent his architect
1:21.8	to England to look for actual tutor homes that he could bring over. And they found Hcroft Hall
1:27.3	and brought it over
1:28.1	and reconstructed it piece by piece. So we're going to have TudorCon there. It's selling very
1:34.1	quickly. I have about maybe 25 tickets left as I'm recording this. So if you want to reserve your
1:40.9	spot, Englandcast.com slash TudorCon will get you all the information you need to know
1:45.9	about that. All right. Let's get right into it. Similarly to today, royal weddings in Tudor, England,
1:53.6	were not just celebrations of love, but they were political events that shaped the political
2:00.6	landscape of England and beyond.
2:04.1	These matrimonial alliances were strategic tools wielded to forge international partnerships,
2:11.0	secure peace treaties, and consolidate power within the realm.
2:15.8	As we delve into the opulent and intrigue-filled world of
2:20.3	tutor nuptials, we will uncover how these grand unions were instrumental in dictating the
2:26.3	course of English and European history, weaving together the personal and the political
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