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He was born at the palace of Placentia in Greenwich. Henry Tudor was the third child and second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. The image is a double portrait of them.
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This timeline shows all the important events about Henry VIII of England.
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At the age of three, he was created Duke of York. Since the 15th century, it has usually been given to the second son of English monarchs as It happened to Henry VIII.
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At the age of one +-, he passed away. He was the third son of Henry VII and Elisabeth of York. At that time, Edmund already was the Duke of Somerset.
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This is a key event in his life. The truth is that he was not expected to become a king. Nevertheless, everything changed when Arthur, prince of Wales passed away. After his death, Henry became the heir to the throne.
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After Arthur passed away, he became Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. At that time Henry VII was still alive, so Henry VIII could not be the king yet.
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At the age of 37, the Queen consort of England passed away in the tower of London after some complications related with the birth of her seventh child, Catherine. The relationship between Henry Tudor and his mother, Elizabeth of york, leaded to some psicological theories about his behaviour with the six wifes he was married with. These were probably speculations, but it is clear that the Queen consort,s death make a deep and terrible tear in the family.
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A treaty was signed for the marriage of Catherine of Aragon and Henry, price of wales. The objetive of this marriage was to solidify the alliance between Spain and England.
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When Henry VII passed away, his son, Henry became the king of England. It is important to know that his childhood in calm expectation of the crown gave him a willful, ebullient character.
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The wedding took place seven years after Prince Arthur's death. Henry VIII married Katherine of Aragon in a private ceremony in the church of the Observant Friars outside Greenwich Palace. She was 23 years old.
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Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon were crowned together.
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Henry VIII jousted for the first time as a king at a private joust at Richmond Park.
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This daughter was stillborn.
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He was only 52 days. His father, Henry VIII has the McLeod syndrome, a genetic disease which made impossible to have a healthy male son.
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He was stillborn
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He died soon after.
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She was named princess Mary and she died at the age of 42.
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He was also stillborn.
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Apart from his marriage with Katherine of Aragon, he maintained other relationship with Elizabeth Blount. That ended up in the birth of Henry Fitzroy, an illegitimate son. At the age of 17, he died because of Tuberculosis
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He had many writings against the Reformation
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He got married with Anne Boleyn. His divorce from Catherine of Aragon was not allowed so he had to do it without the permission of the Church. He had been a defensor of faith, but from this moment on, he started to take some decisions against the Holy See
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Because of some discrepancies between Henry and the Catholic Church, he decided to create the Anglican Church becoming the supreme head of it. Later, the properties of the Catholic Church were expropiated.
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She was accused of adultery and treason
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Edward became the king of England after the death of Henry VIII. He ruled England during six years, until his death in 1553, at the age of 15.
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Thomas Cromwell was the principal ministre of England (1532-1540). This man told Henry VIII to marry Anne of Cleves. The main objetive of this relationship was making an union between the Lutheran and Anglican Churches. Unfortunately for him, this marriage ended up in a bad way and finally he was arrested and later executed.
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In spite of the interests and benefits of the relationship, this marriage was annulled a really important reason: Henry VIII did not love Anne of Cleves.
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The new Kingdom of Ireland was declared by Henry VIII in 1541.
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Scotland’s King James V is defeated by Henry VIII at the Battle of Solway Moss. You can get more information (Localization, specific facts...) at https://www.historicuk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/The-Battle-of-Solway-Moss/
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She was the sixth wife of Henry VIII of England. She was key to make Henry close to his two daughters, Elisabeth and Mary.
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He was succeeded by his son, Edward VI. At the end of his life, he had lived a lot of different moments and situations that in some way made a different person. He is very well known for the fact that he married six times but according to some researches, we should not forget other important and interesting facts about him.
