Hey friend, this is another YouTube drop, a video that was on YouTube and I am releasing it on the podcast feed. Like I said yesterday, I've gotten requests for these from people who want to listen to the YouTube videos but don't go on to YouTube. So they would like it here. So I would like to know what you think. Do you enjoy having this content in the feed? Is it cluttering it up? I would love to know your feedback.

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Today's video was on illegitimate children, not just those of Henry the Eighth, but of other Tudor nobles. Thanks so much. We hear a lot about royal bastards in Tudor history.

Mostly maybe sons of Henry VIII swirling around in rumors and speculative genealogy charts.

But today we are going to skip past most of those usual suspects and really dig in to the lesser known, illegitimate children of the

powerful nobles. These are the kids who are tucked into the side notes of wills, the ones who

shared names with their legitimate half-siblings, the ones married off quietly or launched into

minor court careers, or in a few cases who may have shaped

tutor politics from behind the scenes. So grab a cup of coffee for your water and let's get right

into it.

Hey friend, welcome back to the YouTube channel for the Renaissance English History Podcast. I am your host, Heather. I've been podcasting on Tudor England since 2009 with my show, which makes it the original Tudor History podcast. I am so glad that you are here with me today talking about the illegitimate children of Tudor nobility.

Let's start with Charles Brandon, the Duke of Suffolk, who was many things.

Jamestor, court-favor, political survivor, and husband to Mary Tudor the King's sister.

He also had a knack for giving his children the same names, both the legitimate and

the illegitimate, which gets really confusing really quickly. So in addition to his eight

legitimate children, Brandon fathered at least three illegitimate ones, a son named Charles,

and two daughters named Francis and Mary.

Randomly, the same names as his legitimate children that he had with Mary Tudor and Catherine Willoughby.

Let's start with Charles, the illegitimate son.

Born around 1521, he had a solid military and political career.

He fought alongside his father in France. He was knighted at

Bologna and he became an MP for Westmoreland in 1547. He married an Elizabeth Strangeways,

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