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Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death. Henry is known for his six marriages and his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon ) annulled .
The first page of The Famous Hiſtory of the Life of King Henry Eight, printed in the Second Folio of 1632. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth, often shortened to Henry VIII, is a collaborative history play, written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, based on the life of Henry VIII. [1]
Thomas Cromwell (/ ˈ k r ɒ m w əl,-w ɛ l /; [1] [a] c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution.
David Starkey: Non-Fiction - Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII, The Reign of Henry VIII: The Personalities and Politics, Monarchy: From the Middle Ages to Modernity, Henry: Virtuous Prince, Henry: Model of a Tyrant, Henry VIII: A European Court in England; Shelly Talcott: Fall of the House of Queens: Book One of the Shattered Rose Series [1]
14th-century depiction of King Henry II of England with Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" (spoken aloud ⓘ; also expressed as "troublesome priest" or "meddlesome priest") is a quote attributed to Henry II of England preceding the death of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170.
Eighteen-year-old King Henry VIII after his coronation in 1509, around the date he composed Pastime with Good Company.. As with every man of noble birth in the Renaissance era, Henry VIII was expected to master many skills, including fencing, hunting, dancing, writing poetry, singing, and playing and composing music, and was educated accordingly as a prince.
[citation needed] King Henry VIII was a Renaissance monarch who was educated in music and several languages. [5] The King wrote "Green Groweth the Holly" as his own take on the developing Christmas carol style. It is not known exactly when King Henry wrote the carol but it is known to have been published in 1522. [6]
Henry the Eighth and His Family (1545) – the man at the far right is the jester Will Somers, and it has been suggested that the woman at the far left is the jester Jane Foole. Sommers is believed to be portrayed in a painting of Henry VIII and family at the Palace of Whitehall. It was completed around 1544–45 by an unknown artist.