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Personal data King of England Henry VII Tudor 

• Alternative names: King Henry VIII Henry Tudor, King Henry Tudor
• He was born on June 28, 1491 in Greenwich, London, England.

  Attention: Age at marriage (November 14, 1501) below 16 years (10).

• Facts:
• (Merged Gramps ID) I2657.
• (Merged Gramps ID) I9930.
• He died on January 28, 1547 in Whitehall Palace, London, England, he was 55 years old.
• The birth parents are Henry VII Tudor and Elizabeth Plantagenet
• This information was last updated on October 15, 2019.

Household of King of England Henry VII Tudor

(1) He is married to Catherine of Aragon.

They got married on November 14, 1501, he was 10 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Mary Tudor  1516-1558
2. Henry Tudor  1514-1514

(2) He is married to Anne Boleyn.

They got married in the year 1532, he was 40 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Elizabeth Tudor  1533-1603

(3) He is married to Jane Seymour.

They got married in the year 1536, he was 44 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Edward VI Tudor  1537-1553

(4) He is married to Anne of Cleeves.

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

(5) He is married to Catherine Howard.

They got married on July 28, 1540, he was 49 years old.

(6) He is married to Catherine Parr.

They got married in the year 1543, he was 51 years old.

Notes about King of England Henry VII Tudor

Henry VIII (1491 - 1547) After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502, Henry VIII became heir to the English throne. Seven years later and of impressive stature - he was six foot tall and keenly athletic - he was crowned King of England and quickly married to his dead brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon.
One of his most popular pastimes, alongside hunting and dancing, was to wage war. Although Henry himself was no soldier he found success with Wolsey who organised the first French campaign and proved to be an outstanding minister. Defeat of the Scots at Flodden in 1513 added a feather to Henry's cap. However, battle with France ultimately proved expensive and unsuccessful and Wolsey's ascendancy was cut short by Henry's need for a male heir and hence separation from Catherine of Aragon. This was achieved in 1533 against Catherine's wishes, leaving Henry free to marry Anne Boleyn.
An heir to the throne became the king's primary pursuit and it set in motion radical ecclesiastical reorganisation. With the help of Wolsey's replacement, Thomas Cromwell, Henry established himself as head of the Church of England and ordered the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Other reforms - such as the creation of the Council of the North and the Household and Exchequer - were also instigated during the 1530s. Within three years he had tired of Anne Boleyn and she was beheaded in 1536, accused of treason and adultery. Jane Seymour became queen and in 1537 produced an heir, Edward VI, who cost Jane her life and proved a sickly child.
Henry's rule was at times merciless and his suppression of dissidents was brutal. But religious change was not inspired by the king's piety, far from it; Henry's obsession was with power and the security of the throne and although the need for divorce tested Henry's allegiance to the Pope, a conversion to Protestantism was never a real prospect. Cromwell fell victim to this when in 1540 - after a fated alliance with the Lutheran Princes and the arrangement of a marriage between the king and Anne of Cleves - conservatism claimed superiority and he too was executed.
The final years of Henry's reign witnessed his physical decline and an increasing desperation to appear all-powerful. The 20-year-old Catharine Howard replaced Anne of Cleves as Henry's wife but she too faced the scaffold accused of adultery. A final marriage to Catherine Parr (despite Henry's physical ruin) was more harmonious although Catherine's religious leanings proved dangerous and might have brought her to the block if it wasn't for Henry's death. Further fruitless wars against Scotland and France emptied the coffers whilst at home the King attempted to play off the conservatives and radicals. Henry's legacy was bewildering - he failed to provide clear instructions regarding the rule of Edward VI and set in motion a chaotic and relentless religious upheaval.

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