Henry VIII, king of England, was famously married six times and played a critical role in the English Reformation, turning his country into a Protestant nation.
daughter and heir of Sir Hugh Peshall of Knightley. Bessie’s family were related to William Blount, 4th Lord Mountjoy, who had served Henry VII and had been made Master
Henry VIII was a famous King, the King of England. He was born on June 28, 1491 in London, England to King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Henry had lots of brothers and sisters, six to be exact, but only three survived birth. ...
Richard Roose was a cook for the Bishop of Rochester – John Fisher (pictured at the start of this post)- the man who had been Margaret Beaufort’s confessor and who wrote her biography. In 1509 he had led the funeral of Henry VII and had tutored Henry VIII in theology. He was regar...
Did Henry VIII have a child with Anne Boleyn's sister? It has been rumoured thatshe bore two of the king's children, though Henry did not acknowledge either of them as he had acknowledged Henry FitzRoy, his son by another mistress, Elizabeth Blount. ...
‘The Great Prostitute’. Her five-year affair with Henry, which began in c1521, may have produced two children. There is even a claim that Henry had an affair with Anne and Mary’s mother, Elizabeth, although when asked whether he had “meddled both with the mother and the...
Together, they had six children: Henry V, who succeeded his father as King; Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence; John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford; Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester; Blanche, who later married Louis III, Elector Palatine; and Philippa, who married Eric XIV, King...
5. Henry VII’s Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey… 6. St Peter ad Vincula… 7. Westminster Abbey (near the High Altar)… 8. Kensal Green Cemetery… November 2, 2022 Located just to the east of St Edward the Confessor’s Chapel in Westminster Abbey is the lavishly ornate Lady Chapel built...
Henry VIII became king when his father, Henry VII, died in 1509. Henry had an older brother, Arthur, but he died in 1502 which meant that Henry was next in line to the throne. Henry VIII’s first wife, Catherine of Aragon, was first married to his brother Arthur. They’d only been...
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