Charles Brandon: How to Survive in Tudor England

Today's video topic was highly requested in the comments of my video on Mary Tudor, Queen of France (   • Mary Tudor: Sister of Henry VIII  ); we're looking at her husband Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Was he a careless cad with the lives of a cat; or did he know exactly how far he could push the limits of taste, decency and Henry's temper to achieve the maximum reward? I hope you enjoy this video and find it interesting! Please subscribe and click the bell icon to be updated about new videos. Also, if you want to get in touch, please comment down below or find me on social media: Instagram:   / katrina.marchant   Twitter:   / kat_marchant   Email: [email protected] Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [   • Greenery – Silent Partner (No Copyright Mu...  ] SFX from https://freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx #Tudor #History #Suffolk Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated): Photograph of a stained glass window installed in St James Church, Sutton Cheney – the church was held by tradition to be where Richard III (left) had his last Mass before facing Henry VII (right) on the fields of Bosworth in 1485 – taken by John Taylor, retouched by Jappalang (2006). Drawing of Henry VIII dining in his privy chamber; interior scene with the King seated at a table at centre, beneath a canopy, being waited on, groups of figures at left and right, cupboard with vessels at right by the circle/school of Hans Holbein the Younger (c.1548). © The British Museum / Trustees of the British Museum Renaissance-era depiction of a joust in traditional or "high" armour, based on then-historical late medieval armour (Paulus Hector Mair, “De Arte Athletica”, 1540s). 16th-century woodcut of the coronation of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon showing their heraldic badges, the Tudor Rose and the Pomegranate of Granada. From Stephen Hawes, “A Joyfull Medytacvon to All Englande” (1509), printed Wynkyn de Worde, 4to, n.d. (Cambridge University Library). Photograph of Henry VIII’s tower also called sometimes “Grosse Tour” in Tournai (now Belgium, at the time France, built c.1515). Taken by Jean-Pol Grandmont in 2007. Coat of arms of Sir Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, KG. Based on Suffolk's stall plate which remains intact at St. George's chapel. This version created by Rs-nourse (2013). Portrait of Margaret of Austria attributed to Pieter van Coninxloo (c.1500). Held by the Royal Collection on display at Hampton Court Palace. Louis XII of France and his third wife, English princess Mary Tudor, from Pierre Gringoire’s “Pageants for the Reception of Queen Mary of France” (c.1514). Text held by the British Library. Double portrait of Princess Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, attributed to Jan Gossaert (c. 1516). Held by Woburn Abbey. “The Field of Cloth of Gold” by an unknown artist (c.1545). Held by the Royal Collection on display at Hampton Court Palace. Portrait of Katherine of Aragon by an unknown artist (early 18th century). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Portrait of Henry VIII after Hans Holbein (c.1540-1547). Held by the Walker Art Gallery. Portrait of Anne Boleyn by an unknown artist (late 16th century, based on a work of circa 1533-1536). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Watercolour miniature of Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk by Hans Holbein (c.1541). Held in the Collection of Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. Banner of the Holy Wounds, used during the Pilgrimage of Grace. An English counter-revolution in 1536 against schism from the Catholic Church and against the destruction of the monasteries. Original: Thomas Gun. Vector: Sodacan (2010) Portrait of Thomas Cromwell bu Hans Holbein (1532–1533). Held by The Frick Collection. Portrait of Anne of Cleves by Hans Holbein (1539). Held by Musée du Louvre, Paris.