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Personal data Hendrik VIII van Engeland 

  • He was born on June 28, 1491.
  • Title: koning van Engeland
  • He died on January 28, 1547 in Whitehall, he was 55 years old.
  • A child of Hendrik VII van Engeland and Elisabeth van Engeland
  • This information was last updated on September 18, 2010.

  • There is more biographical information available about Hendrik VIII van Engeland on RKDartists

Household of Hendrik VIII van Engeland

(1) He is married to Catharina van Aragon.

They got married on January 3, 1509 at Greenwich, he was 17 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Maria van Engeland  1516-1558

The couple were divorced on May 23, 1533.


(2) He is married to nn van Richmond?.

They got married about 1519.

geen wettelijk huwelijk, maar een buitenechtelijke verbintenis

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(3) He is married to Anna Boleyn.

They got married on January 1, 1533, he was 41 years old.


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(4) He is married to Jane Seymour.

They got married on May 20, 1536, he was 44 years old.


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(5) He is married to Anna van Gulik Kleef en Berg.

They got married on January 6, 1540 at Westminster, he was 48 years old.

The couple were divorced from July 12, 1540 at Londen.


(6) He is married to Catharina Howard.

They got married on August 8, 1540, he was 49 years old.


(7) He is married to Catherine Parr.

They got married on July 12, 1543, he was 52 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hendrik VIII van Engeland

Edmund Tudor
± 1430-1457
Margaret Beaufort
1443-1509
Eduard IV van Engeland
1442-1483
Elisabeth Woodville
± 1437-1492

Hendrik VIII van Engeland
1491-1547

(1) 1509

Catharina van Aragon
1485-1536

Maria van Engeland
1516-1558
(2) ± 1519

nn van Richmond?
± 1500-± 1530

Henry Fitzroy van Engeland
± 1519-1536
(3) 1533

Anna Boleyn
± 1507-1536

Elisabeth 1 van Engeland
1533-1603
(4) 1536

Jane Seymour
± 1510-1537

Eduard 6 van Engeland
1537-1553
(5) 1540

Anna van Gulik Kleef en Berg
1515-1555

(6) 1540

Catharina Howard
± 1521-1542

(7) 1543

Catherine Parr
± 1512-1548


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Historical events

Birthday June 28, 1491

  • Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1482 till 1494 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1491: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 3 » Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.
    • November 16 » An auto-da-fé, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.
    • November 25 » The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ends with the Treaty of Granada.

Day of marriage July 12, 1543

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1543: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 12 » King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
    • August 25 » António Mota and a few companions become the first Europeans to visit Japan.
    • September 9 » Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.

Day of death January 28, 1547

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1547: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 8 » The first Lithuanian-language book, the Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas, is published in Königsberg.
    • January 13 » Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is sentenced to death for treason, on the grounds of having quartered his arms to make them similar to those of the King, Henry VIII of England.
    • January 16 » Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, replacing the 264-year-old Grand Duchy of Moscow with the Tsardom of Russia.
    • February 20 » Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
    • July 25 » Henry II of France is crowned.
    • September 10 » The Battle of Pinkie, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.


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