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  2. Hampton Court Palace - Wikipedia

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    The location was used for a performance of The Six Wives of Henry VIII by rock keyboardist Rick Wakeman in 2009. The palace was the venue for the Road Cycling Time Trial of the 2012 Summer Olympics and temporary structures for the event, including a set of thrones for time trialists in the medal positions, were installed in the grounds. [50]

  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. 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]

  6. 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]

  7. List of British royal residences - Wikipedia

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    The Crown, since Henry VIII (1525), now managed by Historic Royal Palace agency Hanworth Manor: Borough of Hounslow Henry VII; Henry VIII; Elizabeth I; also Anne Boleyn and Katherine Parr: Kennington Palace: Kennington: Built by Edward the Black Prince around 1350. Demolished c.1531 to provide materials for the Palace of Whitehall. Kew Palace: Kew

  8. What's Henry VIII doing in 1920s Virginia? He's in Jeannette ...

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    'Hang the Moon' expands Jeannette Walls writing beyond 'The Glass Castle' and other personal stories, following a Tudor-like dynasty in 1920s Virginia.

  9. Device Forts - Wikipedia

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    The Device Forts, also known as Henrician castles and blockhouses, were a series of artillery fortifications built to defend the coast of England and Wales by Henry VIII. [a] Traditionally, the Crown had left coastal defences in the hands of local lords and communities but the threat of French and Spanish invasion led the King to issue an order, called a "device", for a major programme of work ...