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The Trial of Queen Catherine of Aragon, by Henry Nelson O'Neil (1846–1848) In 1525, Henry VIII became enamoured of Anne Boleyn, a lady-in-waiting to Queen Catherine; Anne was between ten and seventeen years younger than Henry, being born between 1501 and 1507. Henry began pursuing her; [55] Catherine was no longer able to bear children by ...
After Arthur died of sweating sickness in 1502, a papal dispensation by Henry VII was obtained to enable her to marry Henry, though the marriage did not occur until he came to the throne in 1509, when Henry was 17 years old and Catherine was 23. Catherine became pregnant soon after, but the girl was stillborn.
Catherine Howard [b] (c. 1523 – 13 February 1542) was Queen of England from July 1540 until November 1541 as the fifth wife of King Henry VIII.She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper, a cousin to Anne Boleyn (the second wife of Henry VIII), and the niece of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk.
On 23 May Cranmer pronounced the judgement that Henry's marriage with Catherine was against the law of God. He even issued a threat of excommunication if Henry did not stay away from Catherine. [29] Henry was now free to marry and, on 28 May, Cranmer validated Henry and Anne's marriage.
She did go on to marry Seymour following Henry’s death and shared a child. Shortly after Henry’s death, Catherine fell ill and died in 1548, with Seymour being executed by beheading shortly ...
Henry VIII sure of intentions to divorce Catherine 1527, May Catherine appeals to Rome 1529, June Court opens in England for divorce case 1529, August Peace of Cambrai: 9 August 1529 Writs for new parliament; Thomas Wolsey removed as Lord Chancellor 9 October 1529 Wolsey charged on Praemunire: 1530, April Wolsey returns to his see at York: 1530 ...
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is known for his six marriages and his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled.
Cranmer was now able to grant an annulment of the marriage to Catherine as Henry required, pronouncing on 23 May the judgment that Henry's marriage with Catherine was against the law of God. [64] The Pope responded by excommunicating Henry on 11 July 1533. Anne gave birth to a daughter, Princess Elizabeth, on 7 September 1533. [65]