Henry became King when his Brother Arthur, Prince of Wales, passed away. Arthur was first in line to the throne. Henry was only 18 at the time. 3. He had six wives! They were: Catherine of Aragon –Henry divorced her because they had no son. Anne Boleyn –Henry turned against his ...
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Let's journey back to England during the late 1400s and early 1500s. This lesson will give you information about the late Henry VIII, the King of...
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Catherine of Aragon is known as the first of King Henry VIII's six wives, but before they were wed, she was married to his older brother Arthur. Catherine was the youngest daughter of Spain's Ferdinand II and Isabella I, and her marriage to Arthur was primarily political. In fact, ...
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.
After her second husband's death, Catherine Parr found a position in the household of Princess Mary, King Henry VIII's daughter and the future Queen of England. This brought her close to the king, who had been through several marriages by that point. The two became close around the same ...
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.
Jane Seymour(born 1509?, England—died October 24, 1537,Hampton Court, London) was the third wife of KingHenry VIIIofEnglandand mother of KingEdward VI. She succeeded—whereHenry’s previous wiveshad failed—in providing alegitimatemale heir to the throne. ...
Mary was born on 18 February 1516 to the English King Henry VIII and hisfirst of six wives, Catherine of Aragon. Mary was the only one of their children to survive beyond infancy, and despite the fact she was not a boy (and therefore an heir), she was doted upon in early childhood....