On January 28, 1547, Henry VIII died, and Edward, then age nine, succeeded to the throne. Henry had decreed that during Edward’s minority the government was to be run by a council of regency, but in fact Edward’s uncle,Edward Seymour, duke ofSomerset, wielded almost supreme power as...
After Henry VIII’s death in 1547, his only male heir, Edward, assumed the throne. Sickly with tuberculosis and only 10 years old at the time of his coronation, Edward VI was easily manipulated by calculating individuals such as the fiercely Protestant John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, who...
Henry VIII(born June 28, 1491,Greenwich, nearLondon, England—died January 28, 1547, London) was thekingofEngland(1509–47) who presided over the beginnings of the EnglishRenaissanceand the EnglishReformation. His six wives were, successively,Catherine of Aragon(the mother of the future queenMar...
The author of Utopia, he was beheaded for being against the religious policy of Henry VIII (1491–1547). Early life Thomas More was born in London on February 6, 1478, to John and Agnes More, whose families were connected with the city's legal community. His father, John More, was ...
The funeral of King Henry VIII of England in 1547 should not be taken into account in this context, as the burial ceremonies of the English monarch strictly observed the traditional customs as prescribed by the Chapter of Westminster Abbey and the College of Arms; cf. Jennifer Woodward, The ...
Henry VIII, the notorious English monarch with a tumultuous personal life and political reign, forever changed England’s history through his break from Rome and establishment of the Church of England.
Elizabeth’s early years were notauspicious. She was born at Greenwich Palace, the daughter of the Tudor kingHenry VIIIand his second wife,Anne Boleyn. Henry had defied thepopeand broken England from the authority of theRoman Catholic Churchin order to dissolve his marriage with his first wife...