Here is an interesting link about the death of Henry VII. It includes an illustration from the TV series The Spanish Princess, in which Henry seems to have sprouted a beard. Really? I don’t think so, somehow. All his portraits show him clean-shaven, including one painted when he was getting on in years.

But the article about his death is interesting and worth a read.


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  1. […] Some are glamourised, in order to suit certain modern tastes, but there they all are. The men’s beards aren’t in the least appropriate for this period in […]

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