Name: Catherine of Aragon (first wife of henry VIII) DOB: 15 December 1485 DOD: 7 January 1536 (at Kimbolton Castle) Nationality: Spanish Status: widow of Arthur Tudor/married to Henry VIII (marriage was annulled in 1533) Married: 11 June 1509 Religion: Catholic Royal connections: King Ferdinand (father)‚ Queen Isabella (mother)‚King Henry VIII (husband until 1533) ‚ Queen Mary Tudor (daughter) Role: Mother to Mary Tudor‚ wife to Henry Tudor VIII Motto: “humble and loyal”
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King Henry VIII‚ the first King ever to be called "Your Majesty" who also came from a very important family which he would need to continue. Being the youngest he wasn’t supposed to be king‚ but his brother was‚ until he died and now Henry would take on the throne. Keep in mind that this was the Elizabethan era‚ when King Henry handled many things throughout his life like his brother’s death‚ his wives‚ and the power he had when he came to the throne. His brother’s death‚ you could say it was bad
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Whilst the Battle of Bosworth was the point at which Henry VII claimed the throne it was not the time that he secured it. Some historians believe that Henry’s period of consolidation of power lasted for nearly two years (when Prince Arthur was born) and that until 1487 the wars of the roses was still bubbling away underneath what seemed like English stability. The battle left Henry with a number of immediate issues for him to deal with. He needed to deal with his new court and convert Yorkist’s to
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Mary I‚ Queen of England was a very prominent figure in European history. Her reign as queen was filled with many trials and tribulations that were not accepted by most of England. Many of Mary’s rash decisions were most likely do to her upbringing and her lack of will power. Whether it is being declared a bastard as a young child by her tyrannical father‚ Henry VIII‚ or her marriage to Phillip of Spain‚ Mary was easily influenced by others and it showed as she grew older and took over
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Though K’ang Hsi and King Henry the 8th ruled in different generations and in different continents both had their similarities and also their differences. K’ang Hsi Was emperor of the Qing dynasty ruled from 1661 to 1722. He was the fourth emperor of the Qing dynasty‚ was the first to be born on Chinese south of the Pass‚ and the second Qing emperor to rule over China Proper. His reign of sixty one years makes him the longest-reigning emperor in Chinese history and one of the longest-reigning
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of great risk. One can never be certain of how long they will remain in power‚ and a sudden downfall from power could cost them their sanity. Cardinal Wolsey was one such man of power‚ an advisor to the king in Henry VII‚ who suffered from a tragic downfall from power. In Shakespeare’s Henry VIII‚ a shift from a tone of acceptance to a tone of betrayal‚ condemning diction‚ and Biblical allusion are used to convey Wolsey’s complex response to his dismissal from the court. As Wolsey contemplates this
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security of England in deciding Henrician foreign policy. Although Henry’s foreign policy in this period was greatly influenced by his desire for security‚ both personal and national‚ there is much historiographical debate as to whether it was the primary motive of his actions abroad. In this essay glory and honour will be dealt with together‚ although glory tends to be associated with wartime victory‚ whereas honour is related to the upholding of status and in particular the dignity of Henry VIII - together
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King Henry VIII’s Overlooked Childhood According to Mr. David Starkey‚ Henry VIII (the king) was far from similar to Henry VIII (the kid). Instead of researching through the records of the Royal Chamber‚ Starkey was able to find more details about Henry VIII’s early childhood in the Exchequer. The Royal Chamber wasn’t implemented yet until King Henry VII invades France back in 1492. By scavenging through the documents of the Exchequer‚ Starkey found a window where he could look at how Henry
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Henry Tudor‚ otherwise known as Henry VIII‚ was born in Greenwich‚ London‚ on June 28‚ 1491; at a place called the Palace of Placentia. Only three of Henry’s six siblings survived infancy. Arthur‚ Prince of Wales‚ Margaret and Mary were his three siblings that survived. Henry Tudor was the third child and second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Tudor monarchs ruled the Kingdom of England from 1485 until 1603. There were five monarchs in that time period. Henry VII‚ Henry VIII’s father
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Explain why the death of Edward IV caused a political crisis in England 1483. Edward IV‚ king of England‚ died suddenly and prematurely without an obvious cause in April 1483 aged only 40 years. Edward IV had been a strong king after 1471‚ and very much able to control the rival factions between the Yorks & the Lancaster’s‚ but his death opened up a Yorkist family feud. After the sudden kings death the throne should have passed smoothly to his son of Elizabeth Woodville; Edward V‚ who was aged twelve
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