Elizabethan Week, Day One: Hottie Tudor Monday

To celebrate the release of my first Elizabethan Mystery this week, Murder at Hatfield House, we are going to look at some fun Tudor history this week!  And we're starting out with something very fun indeed.  I used to do a feature here called Hottie Monday, so I thought we could take a look at some of the hotties of the Tudor age, and see which one we like best....

First up: the big daddy of them all, Henry VIII!

The original....



Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Henry as hipster?)

Ray Winstone (Henry as Cockney thug?)


Keith Mitchell


Charles Laughton (Henry as Ren faire turkey leg eater?)


Richard Burton


Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester!

 Jeremy Irons


 Joseph Fiennes


 Tom Hardy


 Robert Hardy


The Original

And his stepson, Robert Deveruex, Earl of Essex!

 Hugh Dancy


 Robin Ellis (aka Poldark)


Erroll Flynn


The Original

Hans Matheson

Walter Raleigh...

 Clive Owen


 Vincent Price (!!!)


The original...


And a couple of one-offs....

 Kevin McKidd as the Duke of Norfolk



Henry Cavill as Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk (my personal favorite!)


So, time to vote!  Which is your favorite of the Tudor hotties???

The schedule for the rest of the week:
Tuesday: favorite film Elizabeths
Wednesday: Tudor castles
Thursday: a closer look at historical secondary characters
Friday: fun research facts I've uncovered
Saturday: Heroine of the Weekend