Henry VIII was king of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. During his reign, Henry VIII triggered the Protestant Reformation in England, with long lasting repercussions for England and Europe in general. He also contributed a number of other things to British history. However, he is be...
Henry VIII: Directed by Pete Travis. With Ray Winstone, Joss Ackland, Sid Mitchell, Charles Dance. Two part mini-series documenting the stormy thirty-eight-year reign of King Henry VIII.
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) and claimant to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII. ...
On April 21, 1509, 17 -year-old Henry became the king of England after his father’s death. Following his father’s death, Henry VIII agreed to marry Catherine of Aragon. In 1510, Henry VIII ordered the execution of two of his father’s ministers, Sir Richard Empson and Edmund ...
其中第九章介绍了Henry VIII的几位朋友,包括William Compton(死于sweating disease汗热病,剧中和Tallis有一腿)、Henry Norris(和Boleyn们一起被砍头)、Thomas Wyatt(剧中和Boleyn有一腿的诗人,真实经历还算挺复杂)、Francis Bryan(剧中和Thomas Seymour跑去欧洲抓Regenald Pole那个)、和Charles Brandon。Charles应该算是...
Henry VIII (Charles Laughton) and the last five of his six wives . Sexual intrigue and twisted rivalry were the hallmarks of Henry's reign. Set in luxurious interiors , it begins just before the death of his second wife Anne Boleyn (Wendy Barrie) , subsequently he married Anne of Cleves ...
Henry was single for two years after Jane Seymour’s death. But as time passed, the King and his ministers felt that England needed a foreign ally – and so the hunt for a new bride began! Henry sent a talented painter called Hans Holbein to Germany to paint portraits of the Duke of ...
In this final video of my series on Henry VIII's alleged illegitimate children, I introduce you to the one son Henry VIII proudly acknowledged – Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset. Who was this boy the king doted on and elevated to the highest
Henry VIII was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, including his efforts to have his first
In 1530 after the fall and death of the Cardinal, Cromwell spent five days in Canwell and Sandwell (Staffs) seeing to the winding up of the two priories there which had been closed to finance Wolsey’s educational enterprises. It should be added that Wolsey was not doing something new ...