Reading the Bible, breeding greyhounds, watching my children grow and marry, dancing, music-playing, hunting
My husband Henry! My children - Arthur, Henry, Margaret and Mary! My dear departed father, Edward IV and mother, Elizabeth Woodville! My sisters, and my poor brothers! Who will ever know for sure what had happened to those sweet, innocent boys!? For interest, my sisters were Mary of York, Cecily of York, Margaret Princess of York, Anne of York, Catherine of York and Bridget of York. Mary was born at Windsor Castle and was to marry John of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, but nothing came of it. Cecily was born at Westminster Palace and originally betrothed to James IV of Scotland, but also came to nothing, along with Alexader Stewart (brother of James III of Scotland)who was killed in battle. She was also rumoured to be considered a wife to Richard III. When my husband came to the throne, she married Viscount Welles, and had two children with him, only to die in infancy. She married again to Thomas Kyme, a Lincolnshire squire without the knowledge of my husband, and was sent from court. She died around 1507. Margaret was born in Winchester Castle, but died eight months later. Anne was born at Westminster, and was supposed to marry Philip the Handsome (son of Maximiliam I, Holy Roman Emperor), but this was forgotten, and she went to become the wife of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey (later Duke of Norfolk). She died in 1511. Catherine was born at Eltham Palace. She was contracted to marry Prince Juan of Spain (son of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile) but was never concluded. My husband drew up plans for her to marry the second son of James III of Scotland, but after certain events she married William Courtenay and had three children. After William's death she took a voluntary vow of chastity in 1511. She was quite favoured by my son Henry VIII, and she survived her husband by eleven years. Bridget was set for a religious life from the moment she was born at Eltham, Kent, and spent her life as a nun. I maintained communications with her, and I generously paid for her minor expenses.I also had another brother, other than the princes in the Tower - George, Duke of Bedford, born at Windsor Castle, but died two years later, and was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor.
Renaissance, lute solos, flute
The Bible, Polydore Vergil, Chroniclers
My husband, and my father! Perhaps even my mother, for her strong will and determination.