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  2. Hampton Court Palace - Wikipedia

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    In 1529, knowing that his enemies and the King were engineering his downfall, he passed the palace to the King as a gift. Wolsey died in 1530. [15] Within six months of coming into ownership, the King began his own rebuilding and expansion. [13] Henry VIII's court consisted of over one thousand people, while the King owned over sixty houses and ...

  3. Nonsuch Palace - Wikipedia

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    Nonsuch Palace / ˈ n ʌ n ˌ s ʌ tʃ / was a Tudor royal palace, commissioned by Henry VIII in Surrey, England, and on which work began in 1538. Its site lies in what is now Nonsuch Park on the boundary of the borough of Epsom and Ewell (in Surrey ) and the London Borough of Sutton .

  4. The More - Wikipedia

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    The More (also known as the Manor of the More) was a 16th-century palace in the parish of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, where Catherine of Aragon lived after the annulment of her marriage to Henry VIII. It had been owned by Cardinal Wolsey. It lay at the northeast corner of the later More Park estate on the edge of the Colne flood ...

  5. Kensington Palace and Other Royal Residences Closed in Rare ...

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    Kensington Palace, the future King of England’s home in London, as well as Hampton Court Palace, the home of King Henry VIII in the 1500s, and Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland, were all ...

  6. Palace of Whitehall - Wikipedia

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    York Place was rebuilt during the 15th century and was expanded so much by Cardinal Wolsey that it was rivalled by only Lambeth Palace as the greatest house in the capital city, the King's palaces included. Consequently, when King Henry VIII removed the cardinal from power in 1530, he acquired York Place to replace Westminster (the royal ...

  7. Palace of Placentia - Wikipedia

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    The palace was the birthplace of Henry VIII in 1491, and it figured largely in his life. [10] Following the King's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, Greenwich Palace was the birthplace of Mary I in 1516. [11] After Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn, his daughter, later Elizabeth I, was born at Greenwich Palace in 1533. [12]

  8. Henry VIII - Wikipedia

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    Born on 28 June 1491 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, Kent, Henry Tudor was the third child and second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. [7] Of the young Henry's six (or seven) siblings, only three – his brother Arthur, Prince of Wales, and sisters Margaret and Mary – survived infancy. [8]

  9. List of British royal residences - Wikipedia

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    Henry VIII to Charles I: Audley End House: Saffron Walden, Essex Charles II (1668–1701) Barnwell Manor: Northamptonshire Princes Henry and Richard, Dukes of Gloucester (1938–1995; sold 2024) Palace of Beaulieu: Chelmsford, Essex: Henry VIII; Edward VI; Mary I; Elizabeth I (1517–1622) Beaumont Palace: Oxford: Henry I to Edward II (1130 ...