Latest additions and revisions made 8/14/10
INDEX
to
A WHO’S WHO OF TUDOR WOMEN
compiled by
Kathy Lynn Emerson
to update and correct
her very out-of-date
WIVES AND
DAUGHTERS, THE WOMEN OF SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND (1984)
The material on these pages, as of the end of February 2010, is now also available at the A Writer's Work web store.
Women included in A Who's Who of Tudor Women lived at least part of their lives between 1485 and 1603. Each must have done something during her lifetime that I find interesting. In some cases, that something was simply having her portrait painted or an effigy made in her likeness. Just making multiple marriages and having children usually isn't enough on its own to qualify a woman for inclusion here.
Entries are arranged alphabetically by the maiden name of the subject. They are cross referenced by married surnames. To find a subject by her husband's title, consult the list of Titles Used in Tudor Times. I add new entries and make additions to existing ones regularly, so please visit often to see what's new. To reach the section you are looking for, click on the appropriate letter of the alphabet.
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These pages are not meant to be scholarly or all-inclusive. They are set up to help identify women of the sixteenth century and the information has been accumulated primarily from a footnote here and a paragraph there in the histories and biographies dealing with better known people and events. I have also consulted online genealogies and the online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. I write the entries myself and make additions and corrections as needed. I don't mind sharing this information. In fact, I'm happy to have it reach the widest audience possible. But I would appreciate being identified as the author of individual mini-biographies appearing on other websites, preferably with a link to this webpage, when my words appear in substantially the same form as they do here. All material included in this Who's Who is ©2008-10 by Kathy Lynn Emerson (all rights reserved). 
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