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Catherine of Aragon is born on the 16th of December in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. *She was bethothed at age 3 to prince Arthur
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Henry VIII was born to Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, their third child and second son. Prince Arthur was heir to the throne, so his childhood until Arthur died was without many respnsibilies. Pictured is Henry VII
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Henry's brother, Prince Arthur dies 20 weeks after marrying Catherine of Aragon; thus making Henry VIII the oldest living son of Henry VII and heir to the throne. He took over Arthur's responsibilities such as being the Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Wales, and Earl of Chester.
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Anne Boleyn's birth is not officialy determined by historians, but they put her birth sometime between 1500 and 1509 in the months of late May to late April. *She was born with a sixth finger
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Jane Seymore is born in Wolf Hall, Wiltshire *Jane was a servant to Catherine and Anne
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Henry becomes King
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King henry marries his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. *Catherine was married to Henry's older brother, who died of sweating sickness.
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Anne of Cleaves was born on the 22nd of December, 1515.
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Mary Tudor was born to Henry and Catherine of Aragon *Only child of Catherine to survive infancy
*Entertained a member of the French delegation with the harpsicord when she was only 4
*Henry boasted of her "She never cries"
*Never recognized Anne Boleyn as Queen
*Married Charles V's son Prince Philip of Spain and attempted to have a child because she didn't want Elizabeth to be her successor. -
Kathryn Howard was born on an unknown date.
- Kathryn was the niece of the Duke of Norfolk
- She was the first cousin of the hated Anne Boleyn
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Apparently, Catherine was not good enough for Henry when he found out that she was no longer able to concieve.
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Henry was with Annes sister years before he met Anne. He married Anne on the 25th of January in 1533. *Anne and henry were secretly married at first
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Born to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn *Declared illegitimate by Henry VIII after Anne Boleyn was executed
*One of her mottos was "I see, and say nothing"
*The Elizabethan era was famous above all for the flourishing of English drama
*44 year reign is one of the longest reigns in England's history
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Made unborn Princess Elizabeth the successor, declared Mary I a bastard child. Repealed in 1536
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Declared that Henry VIII is the head of the Church of England
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Catherine of Aragon dies in Kimbleton Castle *After her divorce, Catherine fell into a state of depression and died 3 years later.
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King henry executes Anne Boleyn, his second wife, in the tower of London on May 19th, 1536. *She was executed for incest and adultury, on top of forming a plot to kill the king.
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King Henry marries Jane Seymore in the queens closet in Whitehall palace *Henry and Jane got married within 24 hours of Anne's execution
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Born to Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. He is Henry's only son to make it past infancy *His mother died of postnatal complications before Edward was 2 weeks old
*Was given his own troupe of minstrels
*Edward wrote a treatise that described the pope as the Antichrist
*Edward Seymour was his caretaker after his father's death
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Jane Seymore dies of the prolonging effects of childbirth on the 24th of October, 1537 in Hampton Court Palace. *She is the only wife that was buried with King Henry
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King Henry marries Anne of Cleaves on the 6th of January, 1540 in Greenwhich. *Henry realized that England was vulnerable and isolated, so he chose to be married to a position of power for alliances.
*King Henry sent out agents in foriegn courts to seek out a desireable bride for him.
* The alliance with the Cleaves didn't work out, but Henry was still forced to go through with the marriage. -
In July of 1540, Henry divorces Anne of Cleaves *by the time of the wedding, Henry was already looking for ways out of his mairrage.
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King Henry married Kathryn Howard on the 28th on July, 1540 in the Oatlands Palace *Henry and Kathryn got married 16 days after he divorce Anne of Cleaves.
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Kathryn is executed on the 13th of Febuary, 1542.
- She was executed for cheating on Henry.
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King Henry marries Catherine Parr on the 12th of July, 1543.
- She was very educated for a woman of that era
- She grew up in a household of only women, being that her dad died.
- She was 22 and Henry was 51 when they married
- She was widowed twice already when King Henry died
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King Henry VIII dies from complications related to obesity and untreated type II diabeties.
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Because he was only 9 years old, a Regency Council was selected to rule until he was 18
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Katherine Parr dies on the 5th of September, 1548
- Katherine died just a few months after birthing her first child
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Before he dies he names his cousin, Lady Jane Grey as his heir. She rules for 9 days before Mary is proclaimed Queen.
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Anne of Cleaves died on the 16th of July, 1557.
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Reinstated Henry VIII"s Act of Supremacy. Elizabeth became the head of the church.
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End of the Tudor line of rulers
