This is History: A Dynasty to Die For S9 E4 | Tainted Love
Jan 27, 2026
A secret royal marriage is exposed and a fugitive noble's fate sets off courtly panic. Witchcraft accusations, prophetic horoscopes, and a sensational trial ignite ruthless political rivalries. Executions and public shaming fuel paranoia as factions vie for power and the fragile succession teeters on the brink.
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Owen Tudor's Desperate Flight
- Owen Tudor raids chapel plate and flees after Catherine de Valois dies, hoping to escape punishment.
- He is captured, imprisoned in Newgate then Windsor, and released two years later under a heavy fine.
Hidden Tudors Complicate Succession
- Catherine de Valois's secret marriage produced Edmund and Jasper Tudor, awkward non-royal royal half-brothers.
- The council isolated them at Barking Abbey to prevent dynastic complications.
A Fatal Horoscope Ritual
- Eleanor Cobham hosts Roger Bolingbroke to perform an astrological ritual predicting King Henry VI's death.
- The reading names June 1441 as the king's death, horrifying Eleanor and implicating her in treason.