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.
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...
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...
following the death of his elder brother, Arthur. As the new heir to the throne, it was up to Henry to continue the fledgling Tudor dynasty. He didn’t need to look far for a possible bride: Catherine of Aragon was the youngest daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. ...
queen. That was a lady named Jane Seymour, 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 became Queen...
As the mother of his heir, Henry VIII took the death of his wife hard. Not only did he reportedly wear black for months after her death, but he also waited until 1540 to remarry. Of the king's six wives, Seymour was the only spouse buried with him in the same tomb after his deat...
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.
Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War against France made England one of the strongest military...
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...
David Starkey follows the promising young prince – a Renaissance man of exceptional musical and athletic talent – as he is thrust into the limelight after the death of his elder brother. His subsequent quest for fame was as obsessive as that of any modern celebrity, and his yearning for a...