Charles Brandon: How to Survive in Tudor England
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Published 2021-04-23
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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.
All Comments (21)
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Brandon's single redeeming feature: being played by Henry Cavill. Other than that, a truly despicable specimen. He and Henry VIII, two peas in a pod.
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Charles Brandon strikes me as one of those guys, and everyone knows at least one, who is selfish and terrible, but so charming and personable you can’t help but like him, even when you know you shouldn’t. Even Henry VIII fell under his spell, and that kept him alive.
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I think Henry saw himself mirrored in Brandon so obviously being narcissistic couldn’t destroy himself xxx
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I think Henry VIII loved and respected Brandon like an older brother because he never really got to know Arthur and his relationship with his father was very cold. Brandon became the male role model for the young king that he had never had and a true friend.
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I think Charles was the older brother Henry always wanted. This is, imo, one of the few things The Tudors portrays REALLY well.
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Step 1: Be a child of a war hero Step 2: Do not be part of the old nobility Step 3: Marry a princess Step 4: Survive step 3 and get away with it Step 5: Just say yes to everything, anything Henry says is a good idea. Step 6: Profit and survival!
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I would like to suggest that Henry's relationship with Brandon, is probably the first time he fell in love. This was his best friend and confidant. And no, I am not going for broke here, the kind of love you feel for the best friend of your youth. This is the one love in Henry's experience that lasted a lifetime.
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Charles Brandon... Henry's one true (platonic) love, as my one friend would say. :P
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One more insightful mini biopic. I always saw Brandon as the personality template young Henry could relate to and chose to emulate. They were clearly very similar. Henry could not hate Brandon for long, it would have been like hating himself. Instinctively, Brandon must have recognised hos own personality traits in Henry and therefore knew how far not to go.
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I had always found it a bit odd that Henry specified "Please dude, just don't marry my sister", but now I get it
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Sometimes there’s no friend like an old friend. Henry could be vicious and mean but he also had very few friends from his childhood. Also, Charles had no royal blood.
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I think Charles Brandon was Henry's brother from another mother as they say. In addition to greed, licentiousness. and misogyny he must have shared some of Henry's brutal nature. Both were self serving to an incredible degree. Henry had the power to execute his perceived enemies and Charles had to use more subtle methods. He stood by his King through all the cruelty of his reign and I can't help but believe he was OK with it as long as he had the freedom to be the rotter that he was
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How much influence, behavior wise, do you think Charles Brandon had on the behavior of Henry? It seems to me that Charles Brandon's marriages/abandonments pre dated the way Henry behaved in his Marriages. Missing, obviously, that Charles Brandon never had anyone beheaded. But the similarities are astounding. Thank you for a great video.
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congenitally incapable of not being married is on a whole other level lol
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With Henry and Brandon, it was clearly bro’s before... you know. Great video Dr Kat!
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You were especially sassy today 😙 I love it!!!
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My first encounter with Charles Brandon was in The Tudors, with Henry Cavill playing the part. He was so handsome, dashing and roguish and the love story as portrayed between him and Mary seemed so romantic that it took me quite by surprise when I did some further reading about him. That Henry spared him when he so easily called in the executioner to people he had professed great love for amazes me.
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I've been running errands, now I can unwind and get my learning on
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Your videos are so rich in historical fact, smoothly tied into a narrative, as entertaining as they are informative. Well done! Thank you.
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All the way through The Tudors series, I kept thinking the exact thing - he's close to Henry VIII his entire reign, involved with very tough decisions, marries Henry's sister in secret, and yet dies in his bed an old man instead of in the Tower.
