Marriage Quote by Charles River Editors

“The Tudor rose was invented to symbolize the unity that had supposedly been brought about when Henry VII married Edward IV’s daughter Elizabeth of…

— Dan Jones

“Mary, throughout her life, sought her friendships with women. She was attracted to sisterly relationships where she, a queen since birth, was naturally deferred…

— Jane Dunn

“There was another matter which caused much disturbance in our mind: the viciousness of sibling rivalry. We knew that kingship knows no kinship. No…

— Khushwant Singh

“Some say the Tudors transcend this history, bloody and demonic as it is: that they descend from Brutus through the line of Constantine, son…

— Hilary Mantel

Most of the version of Tudor history we know is through the eyes of Henry VIII.

— Charlotte Hope

'The White Princess' follows Princess Lizzie, who was forced into marriage with Henry Tudor. It's kind of about how their marriage united the Yorks…

— Jodie Comer

“By the time of Mary’s second French betrothal, Henry was already beginning to doubt the validity and the usefulness of his marriage to Catherine…

— Charles River Editors

“As a precursor to this, he oversaw the 1536 Act of Succession, which excluded both Mary and Elizabeth from the royal succession in favor…

— Charles River Editors

“King Henry—have exchanged her son’s inheritance for”

— Helen Castor

The wives of Henry VIII are too big to be left to chick lit. Their importance is the impact they have on the broad…

— David Starkey

“Marriage is hardly a thing that one can do now and then, Harry. Except in America, rejoined Lord Henry, languidly.”

— Oscar Wilde

“The counts of Anjou and their lovely, but wicked wives gained such an unsavory reputation over the centuries that the people of England were…

— Thomas B. Costain