At the end of November 1558, or early December 1558, shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I, recently-widowed Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, remarried; his new bride was eighteen-year-old Margaret Audley, herself having been widowed the previous year.

Around Christmas Time 1560, Katherine Grey, the younger sister of the ill-fated 'Thirteen Day Queen' Lady Jane Grey...

On This Day (11 Nov) in 1565, 16yo Anne Russell married 35yo twice-widowed Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick.

Elizabeth I had reigned as Queen of England for 44 years, when her health started to further decline in February 1603, whilst her court...