Portrait could shed new light on England’s executed nine-day queen
An intriguing portrait believed by some to be of England’s ill-fated queen, Lady Jane Grey, could be the only one painted ...
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How to Keep Your Head in King Henry VIII’s Court
Treason, tyranny, and terror are fabled words of King Henry VIII, one of history’s most controversial autocrats and ...
Origins of the Tudors
From humble beginnings in the service of the princes of Gwynedd, the Tudor family rose steadily to royal stock. The Tudor ...
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What did King Henry VIII really want from a wife?
Henry VIII: Britain’s most famous king. Big, bold and brash, he is the epitome of 'Merrie England'. Ruling between 1509 and 1547, his marriages to a succession of six women became something of a ...
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Missing portrait of Henry VIII discovered after historian spots it in background of post on X
A famous portrait of King Henry VIII, long considered lost ... “This portrait of Henry VIII is a remarkable Tudor painting of ...
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Henry VIII
Henry, the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was born on 28 June 1491 at Greenwich Palace. After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502, Henry became heir to the English ...
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Henry VIII (1491-1547)
Henry VIII may have been the wealthiest monarch in ... By comparison, the annual income of a duke, second in wealth to the king, was about 6,000 British pounds, or $2.5 million in today's dollars.
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Henry VIII
Henry was the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York and was born at Greenwich Palace on 28th June 1491. His brother Arthur died and he succeeded his father as King in April 1509 ... of the ...