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 Henry VIII
his older brother Arthur.
papal dispensation. Katharine had been married to Henry's brother, and permission was needed for Henry to marry her. The marriage took place shortly after Henry ascended the throne in 1509.
Scotland. When Henry VIII ascended the English throne, relations between Scotland and England deteriorated. In 1512, Louis XII of France, already at war with England, urged and secured a renewal of his alliance with the Scottish king. In 1513, James, against the counsel of his advisers, invaded England, where at the Battle of Flodden he was killed and the Scottish aristocracy was almost annihilated.
| Henry's determination to divorce Katharine of Aragon caused a serious rift with the Roman Catholic Church, and this breach was completed in 1533 when Parliament passed legislation making the King the head of the Church of England. What is the name of that Act? | The Eventful Reign of Henry VIII
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Act of Supremacy. Under the guidance of the King's minister, Thomas Cromwell, Parliament passed a series of Acts which cemented the break with the Catholic Church.
Edward VI. Edward VI was King for 6 years after the death of his father, but then he succumbed to TB at age 15.
political considerations. Henry wanted to ally himself with the German Protestant princes.
six. Of all of Henry VIII's wives two were beheaded, two were divorced, one died after giving birth to his heir and two outlived him. Henry maintained at the end of his life that only his marriages to Jane Seymour and Catherine Parr were legal.
28th June, 1491. Henry VIII was the second eldest son to parents Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. He was destined for a life in the church until his elder brother Arthur died.
Mary. Mary was always Henry's favourite sister because they had so much in common. Henry was deeply shocked at her secret wedding to Charles Brandon in 1514 but he quickly forgave her.
Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydville. Edward IV was one of England's greatest Kings and was noted for his great height which was quite rare in those days. He fell in love with the widow of a Lancastrian knight, Elizabeth Wydville, and they married much to the annoyance of the English Court. Edward IV never lived to see his famous grandson and Elizabeth Wydville died when Henry was a one year old.
Refusing to recognise her father as head of the Church of England. After being persuaded by Charles V, her cousin, Mary finally agreed to recognise her father as head of the English church (and that her father's marriage with her mother had been invalid). Mary came to deeply regret her actions.
Henry Fitzroy. Henry Fitzroy died in 1536 when he was seventeen. Many people including Henry VIII believed that Anne Boleyn (Henry's second wife) had poisoned him.
| In the early 1540s Henry VIII launched a campaign against France. He won a province that was handed back to France under Edward VI. The province was ______ ? | The Life and Times of King Henry VIII
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Boulogne. The Protector, Edward Seymour who was Edward VI's maternal uncle, returned the land in the late 1540s as a way of restoring peace between the two nations.
Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I. The Tudor Dynasty spanned 116 years starting with Henry VII in 1485 and ending with Elizabeth I in 1603.
| Who ruled France at roughly the same time Henry ruled England (they were always trying to outdo each other in majesty, architecture and how big each of their legs were)? | The Life and Times of King Henry VIII
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Francis I. Francis I and Henry VIII were two kings whose lives were intertwined with one another's. When Henry died in 1547 Francis coincidentally died only several weeks afterwards.
28th January, 1547. The cause of his death is still conjecture. Before his death he had grown quite large and had an annoying ulcer on his leg that was tended to by his sixth wife Catherine Parr.
| How many children in total did Henry VIII father? (That we know about!) | King Henry VIII
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11. Between them, Katherine of Aragon (6) and Anne Boleyn (3) bore Henry nine children - only two of which survived beyond infancy. There was also one child each by Jane Seymour and his mistress Bessie Blount.
| Three of Henry's new born sons were also named Henry and created Dukes. Which dukedom were they all awarded? | King Henry VIII
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Cornwall. The first Henry, born to Katherine of Aragon in 1511, lived for just 52 days. Another to Katherine in 1513 and the third to Anne Boleyn in 1534 were both still born.
| Of the four Thomases that helped shape Henry's reign which did not fall foul of the King and was in fact summoned to minister to him on his deathbed? | King Henry VIII
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Cranmer. Both Thomas More and Cromwell were executed and Wolsey died on his way to London to be tried for treason.
| Thomas Wolsey founded a college at Oxford University called Cardinal College. How is this college now known? | King Henry VIII
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Christ Church. Cardinal College, founded by Wolsey in 1525, was renamed by Henry in 1546. The Cardinal's hat is still to be seen in the college crest today.
| Which of Henry's wives was rumoured to have had six fingers on one hand? | King Henry VIII
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Anne Boleyn. Although widely circulated, this rumour was never substantiated and could have originated from the Victorian era.
His desire to free himself from Katherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn.. When Anne became pregnant in 1532 Henry was still trying to pressurise the Pope into declaring his marriage to Katherine invalid. The impending birth hastened matters and Thomas Cranmer, as Archbishop of Canterbury, ruled Henry's union with Katherine null and void so leaving him free to marry Anne before the birth of Elizabeth.
Katherine of Aragon. Katherine, who was married to Henry for over 20 years, was six years older, having been briefly married to his elder brother Arthur eight years earlier.
| What birthday did Henry celebrate a few days after his coronation? | King Henry VIII
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18th. On the 11th June 1509 Henry married his first wife, Katherine of Aragon and was crowned with her on the 23rd June, five days before his 18th birthday.
| Henry was the first English King to be addressed in what way? | King Henry VIII
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Your Majesty. Until this time, Your Grace and Your Highness were more traditional and favoured forms of address for the monarch.
| All of Henry's six wives were descended from the same King. Who was he? | King Henry VIII
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Edward I. Jane Seymour and Catherine Parr (together with Henry himself) were descended from Edward I via his eldest son Edward II. The remaining four descended from Edward I's daughter Margaret and his son from his second marriage, Thomas.
| A play by famous English playwright and dramatist Robert Bolt covered Henry's conflict with Thomas More over his marriage to Anne Boleyn. What was it called? | King Henry VIII
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A Man for All Seasons. "A Man for all Seasons", starring Paul Scofield as Thomas More, won Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director Academy Awards in 1966.
| When Katherine of Aragon died in 1536. Henry is said to have celebrated her death by dressing from head to toe in which colour? | King Henry VIII
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Yellow. Henry's dissatisfaction with Katherine was evident even before his involvement with Anne Boleyn, and although she was still popular with his people, Henry was certainly not distraught at the news of her death. However, as a sign of respect for the woman he maintained was his sister-in-law, both he and Anne wore yellow, the Spanish colour of royal mourning.
| When Henry was actively searching for a fourth wife one of the women put forward by his advisors commented 'had I two heads, one I would gladly leave to the King of England's disposal'. Who was she? | King Henry VIII
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Christina of Milan. Upon hearing this Henry realised that his break with Rome was not the only stumbling block when it came to future unions - his marital history did not help!
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