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Henry VIII is born to Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
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Prince Arthur dies leaving a Henry next in line to the throne.
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Henry VIII takes the throne when his father Henry VII dies.
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Henry marries Catherine to be able to have a ally with Spain. Focus is on foreign policy and alliances.
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Decideds to marry his sister to King Louis XII after a peace treaty.
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The only suriving child of Catherine of Aragon.
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He spoke out against Martin Luther who had published his 95 theses. The pope then named Henry the Defender of the Faith.
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Because his dynstey was new and made from conquest Henry wanted a heir. The dynestey was too new to leave for a women as Queen. Henry wanted a son and fallen for Anne Boylen.
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Elizabeth is born at Greenwich Palace to Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII and would be the only living child of the two.
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Because the pope would not allow him to divorce his first wife he decided to break away from the Roman Catholic Church and became the head of the Church of England or what he called Anglicana Ecclesia
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Thomas had been a good friend of Henry but did not change his alleance with the catholic church was was executed of treason.
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Henry broke the landsand possesions and sold them.
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Rebel's revolted against Henry
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Henry wanted a son and since Anne did not give him one he said she was a witch and charged her with adultery and incest. She was beheaded on the Tower Green.
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Jane Seymour was Anne Boleyn's maid and soon caught the king's eye. She Married Henry at Whitehall Palace.
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Henry finaly gets a son by Jane Seymour his third wife.
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Jane dies 12 days after the birth of her son.
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Married Anne to form a bond between England and Germany.
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6 months of marriage leads in divorce after political alliance was no longer needed.
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Thomas Cromwell had been the right hand of Henry VIII and after the pilgrimage of grace and henry's short marriage to Anne of Cleves. He was arrested and executed.
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She was Anne Boleyn's cousin and maid to Anne of Cleaves.
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She was accused of high treason. She was killed on Tower Green.
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Is the last wife of Henry VIII and ends up surviving her husband.
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Henry dies at the age of 55. He was buried by Jane Seymour. He left the throne to his son Edward VI who became king after his father's death at the age of 9. He died at the age of 15 and would pass the crown to a cousin Jane Grey who was queen for 9 days. His sister married had her arrested and executed and took the throne for the next 5 years dying without bearing children. Elizabeth I took over and becamed Queen reigning for 45 years.
