Family tree Poort » Hendrik VIII van Engeland (1491-1547)

Personal data Hendrik VIII van Engeland 

  • He was born on June 28, 1491 in Greenwich.
  • He died on January 28, 1547 in Westminster, he was 55 years old.
  • A child of Hendrik VII van Tudor van Engeland and Elizabeth van York
  • This information was last updated on February 15, 2011.

  • 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 in the year 1509, he was 17 years old.


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The couple were divorced in 1533.


(2) He is married to Anna Boleyn.

They got married in the year 1533, he was 41 years old.


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(3) He is married to Jane Seymour.

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


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(4) He is married to Anna van Kleef.

They got married in the year 1540, he was 48 years old.


(5) He is married to Catharina Howard.

They got married in the year 1542, he was 50 years old.


(6) He is married to Catharina Parr.

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


Notes about Hendrik VIII van Engeland

Hendrik VIII (Greenwich, 28 juni 1491 – Westminster, 28 januari 1547) was koning van Engeland, Heer van Ierland en later ook koning van Ierland (1509–1547). Hij stamde uit het Huis Tudor, en was een zoon van Hendrik VII. Hendrik staat bekend als het prototype van de zelfbewuste renaissance-vorst. Hij was intelligent en geïnteresseerd in kunst en wetenschap. Hij werd echter ook beschouwd als liefdeloos, egoïstisch en wreed. Tegenstrevers, echtgenotes of dienaren die hem in de weg stonden ruimde hij meedogenloos uit de weg. Hendrik was berucht vanwege zijn huwelijksperikelen; hij heeft zes vrouwen gehad, waarvan hij er twee liet onthoofden.

Tijdens zijn bewind werden Engeland en Wales wettelijk verenigd in één koninkrijk, meer dan twee eeuwen na de verovering van Wales door Engeland. Een nog belangrijker ontwikkeling was de afscheiding van de Anglicaanse Kerk van de Kerk van Rome, vanwege een conflict met de paus over de ontbinding van zijn eerste huwelijk. Hiermee werkte hij onbedoeld de protestantse reformatie in de hand. Hij liet zich in 1511 door paus Julius II betrekken in de Oorlog van de Liga van Kamerijk tegen Frankrijk, waarbij hij in de rug werd aangevallen door Frankrijks bondgenoot Schotland. Hij en vooral zijn echtgenote Catharina van Aragon - die de in Frankrijk vechtende Hendrik "waarnam" - wisten Schotland in 1513 echter een zware nederlaag toe te brengen in de Slag bij Flodden Field. In Frankrijk boekte hij enkele militaire successen, zoals in de slag bij Guinegate (1513).

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hendrik VIII van Engeland

Edmund van Tudor
Maragaret Beaufort
Eduard van Engeland
1442-1483
Elizabeth Woodville
1437-1492

Hendrik VIII van Engeland
1491-1547

(1) 1509

Catharina van Aragon
1485-1536

Maria I van Engeland
1516-1558
(2) 1533

Anna Boleyn
1507-1536

Elisabeth van Engeland Tudor
1533-1603
(3) 1536

Jane Seymour
± 1509-1537

Eduard VI van Engeland
1537-1553
(4) 1540

Anna van Kleef
1515-1557

(5) 1542

Catharina Howard
± 1520-1542

(6) 1543

Catharina Parr
± 1512-1548


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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 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 28 » Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
    • April 24 » Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.
    • 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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