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Rick Wakeman's solo album The Six Wives of Henry VIII was conceptually inspired by the six wives. The album features six songs, each named after Henry VIII's wife. The order of songs does not match the chronological order of the marriages. The 1910 music hall song "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" was about a woman who had 8 husbands, all named Henry.
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 this time. Henry began to believe that his marriage was cursed and sought ...
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 .
As part of the 1970 BBC series The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Henry was played by Keith Michell, and Seymour by Anne Stallybrass. [44] In 1972, this interpretation was repeated in the film Henry VIII and His Six Wives, adapted from the BBC series, in which Keith Michell reprised his role as Henry; on this occasion Seymour was played by Jane Asher ...
Neville's father died before the end of 1530. Neville was appointed to the Council of the North in that year, and signed the letter petitioning Pope Clement VII to grant Henry VIII a divorce from Catherine of Aragon. [4] He had livery of his lands on 17 March 1531. He lived chiefly at Snape Castle, Yorkshire. [citation needed]
About six months after Henry's death, she married her fourth and final husband, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley. Seymour was an uncle of Henry's successor, King Edward VI (Catherine's stepson) and the younger brother of Lord Protector of England Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, and of Jane Seymour, Henry's third wife ...
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 wanted to avoid a similar uncertainty over the succession. [38] Catherine of Aragon's only surviving child was Princess Mary. [citation needed] Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, by an unknown artist. National Portrait Gallery, London. Henry claimed that this lack of a male heir was because his marriage was "blighted in the eyes of ...