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Ferdinand, her father, was the king of Aragon while her mother, Isabella was the queen of Castile
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Anne Boleyn's parents were Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire and Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire.
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Her parents were Sir John Seymour, a servant of King Henry, and Margaret Wentworth.
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Henry VIII takes the throne. Before Henry was king, he was a wild young man. When he was younger, King Henry was into jousting hunting, and jsut about everything a Mideival man could be into! It is said that he often wore out more than five horses each day in his hunting! Sadly, all of these skills were put to rest when he had a crash one day and a horse landed on his lig, breaking it. From then to when Henry was King, he kind of laid low.
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Fun Facts:
-Catherine of Aragon was once married to the son of King Henry VII, King Henry VIII was her second marriage.
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Katherine Parr the sixth and final wife of King Henry is born.
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Ann of Cleves was born to the duke of Cleves, John III, and Maria, the Duchess of Julich-Berg.
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Mary is born to King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon at Greenwich Palace.
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Kathryn Howard, the fifth wife of Henry is born.
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During their marriage, They had one child, Elizabeth I
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Anne Boleyn took the spotlight off of Mary, plus she was a protestant! The ultimate insult in Mary's eyes! Anne made Mary be Elizabeth's servant, and she sent her away from her father. Not a very good mother.
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King Henry Divorced Catherine of Aragon today. Henry became agrevated that Catherine was unable to produce a Male heir to the throne, he began to grow interest in Ann Boleyn and slowly began to seperate from Catherine.
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Elizabeth is born to Henry VII and Anne Boleyn.
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When King Henry VIII wanted to divorce his wife, the pope would not allow it, and he decided he was going to force Henry and his wife to stay married. This did not make Henry very happy, so he decided to pass a law called The Act of Supremacy, which put the King at the head of the church, over the pope. In doing this, the Pope and the King became two separate churches, but with pretty much the same beliefs.
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King Henry VII wrote these laws to declare the king as the head of the church, rather than the pope. This was popular with the public because they would no longer be taxed by the church.
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King Henry felt as though Jane was his first 'true wife' she was able to complete all of his wishes including giving him a male heir to the throne, Prince Edward. Jane came to work in court in service of Queen Catherine. It is thought that King Henry first "noticed" Queen Catherine when he stayed at the Seymour family home in Wilshere, it wasn't until later that King Henry realized his new love for Queen Catherine. Catherine was unsure what to think due to the treatment of his past wives.
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-Arrested for adultery, incest, & plotting to kill the kind. Ann's enemies convinced King Henry VIII to sign a document calling for investigation of treason of Ann Boleyn
- 3 other men were arrested for "aiding" Ann in the plot to kill the king
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Edward VI is born to Henry VII and Jane Seymour.
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Jane Seymour died two weeks after the birth of Prince Edward, it is believed that childbirth made her very weak and eventually lead to her death.
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King Henry VIII sets a personal record for longest amount of time single. 13 years, atta-boy! Henry fell in love with a self portrait of the Ann of Cleves and had not met her personally before he fell in love with her.
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Tension grew between the Duke of Cleves (Ann's homeland) and England. He also found her unattractive, and nothing like the portrait he saw. After the 2 divorced, they were very close to eachother. She was like his sister, she even attended his marriages to both Katherine Parr & Howard! Ann and Mary were also very close, they were very similar in age and had a great reationship together.
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Kathryn and Henry were married. Kathryn was barely 19 when she was married to Henry.
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The investigation starts against Katheryn that lead to her execution.
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After Henry had gathered enough evidence to believe Kathryn was unfaithful and executed her
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Fun Fact:
King Edward never ruled completely by himself. He had to have a regent because he was only nine when he became king. -
Katherine Parr dies a widow after the death of King Henry on January 28 of the previous year.
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Henry VI hated Catholocism and he really liked Protestants. This led him to aboloshing Catholic mass.
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Lady Jane Grey was a strong protestant along with Henry VI.. What could make a better heir?
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Queen Mary passes a new law that states that women rulers have just as much power and authority as any Male rulers.
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Mary was given the crown of England as the heir of Henry VIII at Westminster Abbey.
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Mary was eleven years older than Philip. (What a cougar.) The English Parliament never let him co-rule with Mary, so he had very limited power in England.
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Queen Mary was a strong Catholic, and she couldn't stand these protestants. She believed that her religion was the only one to be followed, so when she had power, she burned some people who went against her religion. Mary nearly burned 300 people at the stake, and it was this act that gave her the name "Bloody" Mary.
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Queen Mary so desperately wanted an heir that she convinced herself that she was pregnant.. Nine months later, she was thoroughly dissappointed. This happened three times.
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Elizabeth was given the crown on this day, even though she actually became the Queen on the 17th of November in 1558.
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Queen Elixabeth rewrites the Act of Supremacy so that she is now the supreme governer of the church in England. This meant that she now had more power than she previously did as just the head of the church.
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Elizabeth was called the "Virgin Queen," because she was never married and never bore any offspring.
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Elizabeth laid down the doctrines to help recreate the Church of England as the head of the church.
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Queen Elizabeth executes Mary Queen of Scotts due to her Catholic beliefs.
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The Spanish Armada was planned to be used to reestablish Roman Catholic Rule, but she stopped them in battle.
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Queen Elizabeth, the fifth and final monarch of the Tudor line, dies on this day.
