Henry VII, king of England (1485–1509), who succeeded in ending the Wars of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York and founded the Tudor dynasty. His son was Henry VIII. Learn more about Henry VII’s life, reign, and accomplishments in this
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Anne Boleyn's successor, Queen Consort Jane Seymour, was Henry VIII’s third wife. She bore his first male heir, King Edward VI, before dying of complications.
Jane Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII of England and mother of King Edward VI. She succeeded—where Henry’s previous wives had failed—in providing a legitimate male heir to the throne. The future Edward VI was born on October 12, 1537, but Jane d
Henry VIII and Autolycus, The Winter's Tale, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, OR, 1984 Leontes, The Winter's Tale, American Repertory Theater, Loeb Drama Center, 2000 Also appeared in productions for the Boston Shakespeare Company, DelawareTheatre Company, American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley...
Mary was born in 1542 and was executed in 1587 by Elizabeth I. Both women had a just claim to the English Crown, Mary being the great-granddaughter of Henry II but Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII. Mary was kept captive for 18 years. ...
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) Jack Connell Hans 1 Goodbye Gemini (1970) Judy Parfitt Josephine Deym 1 Dolores Claiborne (1995) Tenniel Evans Gen. Westermann 1 Raven (1977) Richard Warner John Freeman 1 Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) Hugh Dickson Troughton 1 The ...
but disliked the profession as ignominious, and became a “humanist humanitarian” and came to be regarded as a scholar of the “highest perfection discernible among men of the Renaissance.” He had the rare distinction of becoming the Lord Chancellor during the reign of Henry VIII (1529)...
Mother: Margery Wentworth, a direct descendant through her father of Edward III of England (making Jane a fifth cousin twice removed to her husband Henry VIII) Father: Sir John Seymour, Wiltshire Jane's great-grandmother, Elizabeth Cheney, was also great-grandmother to Anne Boleyn, Henry's sec...
Known For:Howard was briefly the Queen of England; her husband Henry VIII ordered her to be beheaded for adultery. Born:1523 in London, England Parents:Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper Died:February 13, 1542 in London, England Spouse:King Henry VIII (m. 1540) ...