Who Was King Henry VIII? Henry Tudor was the king of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. The son of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth York, Henry became king of England following the death of his father. He married six times, beheading two of his wives, and was the main inst...
Margaret, with her five young children, was forced to live in near poverty at Syon Abbey where she would remain for the next three and a half years until Henry died and was replaced by his younger son King Henry VIII. Margaret who became a friend of Katherine of Aragon during their time...
Henry VIIIwas born June 28, 1491 at the Palace of Placentia in Kent, England to King Henry VII of England andElizabeth of York. Henry's older brother Arthur was due to succeed their father as king, but Arthur died when he was fifteen, leaving Henry VIII next in line for accession to ...
Anne was the fourth wife of Henry VIII. It had been two years since the death of Jane Seymour when the marriage to Anne was suggested by Thomas Cromwell. A marriage to the sisters of the Dukes of Cleve would create a strong European political alliance. In order for Henry to see what An...
BornatGreenwichPalace,HenryVIIIwasthethirdchildofHenryVIIandElizabethofYork.OftheyoungHenry'ssixsiblings,onlythree–Arthur,PrinceofWales;Margaret;andMary–survivedinfancy.In1493,attheageoftwo,HenrywasappointedConstableofDoverCastleandLordWardenoftheCinquePorts.In1494,hewasmadeDukeofYork.Hewassubsequently...
and reigned until his death at the age of 55 in 1547. Henry and his siblings represented the merging of theLancastersand theYorkswho fought for power during theWars of the Roses. By 1483, Henry VIII’s father,Henry Tudor, was the senior male Lancastrian claimant. Henry VIII’s mother,Eli...
James remained an American citizen almost all of his life, and he would periodically return home after a close relative died. He was the last of the five siblings to die, on February 28, 1916. The year before, he had become a British subject. This was because he found his mobility rest...
I’ve blogged about John’s brother Geoffrey in a much earlier post. However, as I’m looking at John I thought it would be useful to reappraise myself of his siblings. Geoffrey Plantagenet was the fourth son of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine (third surviving son). Henry’s pr...
Henry had at least nine siblings. The birth order of the boys is clear, but that of the girls is not. The list below is not in birth order. It lists Henry’s brothers first in their birth order and then his sisters in their probable birth order. ...
Who Was King Henry VIII? Henry Tudor was the king of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. The son of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth York, Henry became king of England following the death of his father. He married six times, beheading two of his wives, and was the main inst...