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.
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.
who had been one of Anne's attendants. Jane, like Anne, had rebuffed Henry's approaches and said they couldn't be intimate unless they were married. So on May 30, 1536 only eleven days after Anne's death, they were, and Jane
Henry VIII, King of England, b. June 28, 1491; d. January 28, 1547. He was the second son and third child of his father, Henry VII. His elder brother Arthur die...
After Henry’s death, Protestant reforms of the church were introduced during the six-year reign of Edward VI. In 1553, however, when Edward’s half-sister, Mary, a Roman Catholic, succeeded to the throne, her repression and persecution of Protestants aroused sympathy for their cause. When ...
The Private Life of Henry VIII: Directed by Alexander Korda. With Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Franklin Dyall, Miles Mander. King Henry VIII marries five more times after his divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon.
The First Part of Henry the Sixth: Directed by Jane Howell. With John Benfield, Peter Benson, Brenda Blethyn, Antony Brown. Following his father's early death and the loss of possessions in France, young Henry VI comes to the throne, under the protection
The queen loves Thomas Seymour, and this love will be her death.""Amen!" said Bishop Gardiner, solemnly, as he raised his eyes devoutly to heaven. "Amen! The queen has grievously and bitterly injured us to-day; she has insulted and abused us before all the court. We will requite her...
1547. His reign as King and his impacts will be widely remembered for a long period of time, as he had a big part in the redevelopment of England. He was king of England from April 21, 1509 until his death. King Henry VIII was born unto a royal family. His parents were Henry VII...
Thomas More is known for his 1516 book 'Utopia' and for his untimely death in 1535, after refusing to acknowledge King Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. Updated: Oct 27, 2021 3:56 PM EDTPhoto: Heritage Images (1478-1535) Who Was Thomas More? Thomas More wrote Utopia in ...