Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 12.
Today in 1574 Anne of Denmark was born. She would become the Queen Consort of James VI/I and would become Queen of England. She was born at Skanderborg Castle in Denmark, and she married James in 1589. While there has been much speculation on the state of her marriage with James, she did her Queenly duty, and bore him seven children. After coming to England she patronized the arts, including the architect Inigo Jones, and his famous banqueting hall in Whitehall.
One interesting thing to note about her was that in Denmark they didn’t have the same tradition of royal mothers not breastfeeding their children, and princes and princesses were raised with their parents. When she bore her first child, Henry, in Scotland, she was sorely disappointed in having to send him off to his own household, and she was surprised and disappointed that she wasn’t allowed to breastfeed him.
That’s your Tudor Minute for today. Remember you can dive deeper into life in 16th century England through the Renaissance English History Podcast at englandcast.com where there is an episode on Anne of Denmark.
Links:
Episode 059: Tudor Times on Anne of Denmark
Heather Teysko is the creator, writer, and producer of The Renaissance English History Podcast, the original Tudor history podcast, started in 2009. She's been writing about history online for over 25 years, since her first site on Colonial American history became number one in history on Yahoo in 1998. In 2019 she created Tudorcon, which is now a yearly event, in addition to writing books, and running TudorFair.com - a whimsical Tudor Merch shop.
She has been passionate about Tudor England since she first read Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII 30 years ago, and subsequently moved to London after college to spend her time immersed in Tudor history (how exciting when she got to interview Alison for the first time!). In addition to history, she is passionate about travel, and has lived in 3 countries and 4 states (not counting her perpetual state of confusion), and her family (who help her host her YouTube channel occasionally).
