King Henry VII by unknown Netherlandish artist, 1505 (oil on panel) © National Portrait Gallery, London •More than 150 of the finest portraits of royal families over five dynasties are on show at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits, which ...
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...