King of England, Henry VIII Tudor

Birth Name King of England, Henry VIII Tudor 1a
Gramps ID I28060
Gender male
Age at Death 55 years, 7 months, 9 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Nobility Title [E36181]     VIII
 
Birth [E36182] 1491-06-28 Greenwich Palace, England  
1b
Death [E36183] 1546/7-01-28 (Julian) Whitehall Palace, London, Middlesex, England  
1c

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father KIng of England, Henry VII Tudor [I27839]1456/7-01-28 (Julian)1509-04-21
Mother Plantagenet, Elizabeth of York [I27838]1465/6-02-11 (Julian)1502/3-02-11 (Julian)
    Brother     Tudor, Edward [I2764]
    Brother     Prince of Wales, Arthur Tudor [I28057] 1486-09-20 1502-04-02
    Sister     Tudor, Margaret [I28058] 1489-11-29 1541-10-18
         King of England, Henry VIII Tudor [I28060] 1491-06-28 1546/7-01-28 (Julian)
    Sister     Tudor, Elizabeth [I3196] 1492-07-02 1493-09-14
    Sister     Tudor, Mary [I27840] 1495/6-03-18 (Julian) 1553-06-25
    Brother     Tudor, Edmund [I32939] 1498/9-02-20 (Julian) 1500-06-19

Families

    Family of King of England, Henry VIII Tudor and Stafford, Elizabeth [F6807]
Unknown Partner Stafford, Elizabeth [I2763] ( * 1479 + before 1532-05-11 )
    Family of King of England, Henry VIII Tudor and Blount, Elizabeth [F10449]
Unknown Partner Blount, Elizabeth [I28074] ( * about 1502 + 1539 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Duke of Richmond, Henry Fitzroy [I28076]1519
    Family of King of England, Henry VIII Tudor and Parr, Catherine [F10866]
Unknown Partner Parr, Catherine [I23684] ( * + 1548 )
    Family of King of England, Henry VIII Tudor and de Aragon, Katherine [F10450]
Married Wife de Aragon, Katherine [I28066] ( * 1485-12-15 + 1535/6-01-07 (Julian) )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E58006] 1509-06-11 Grey Friars Church, Greenwich, England  
1d
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Tudor, Henry [I28067]15111511
Tudor, Henry [I28068]15131513
Queen of England, Mary I Tudor [I28069]1515/6-02-18 (Julian)1558-11-17
    Family of King of England, Henry VIII Tudor and Boleyn, Anne [F10451]
Married Wife Boleyn, Anne [I28070] ( * 1501 + 1536-05-19 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E58007] 1532/3-01-25 (Julian) Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England  
1e
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Queen of England, Elizabeth I Tudor [I28071]1533-09-071602/3-03-23 (Julian)
    Family of King of England, Henry VIII Tudor and Seymour, Jane [F10452]
Married Wife Seymour, Jane [I28072] ( * about 1505 + 1537-10-24 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E58008] 1536-05-20 Westminster Abbey, London, England  
1f
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
King of England, Edward VI Tudor [I28073]1537-10-121553-07-06
    Family of King of England, Henry VIII Tudor and von Kleves, Anne [F10864]
Married Wife von Kleves, Anne [I28059] ( * 1515-09-22 + 1557-07-17 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E58162] 1539/40-01-06 (Julian) Greenwich, England  
 
    Family of King of England, Henry VIII Tudor and Howard, Katherine [F10865]
Married Wife Howard, Katherine [I23565] ( * about 1520 + 1541/2-02-13 (Julian) )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E58163] 1540-07-28 Hampton Court Palace, London, England  
 

Narrative

Acceded 1509-1547.

Henry VIII
Henry VIII (reigned 1509-47) was 17 when he became king. His first wife, Catherine of Aragon, provided him with a daughter, Mary, but no male heir. In order to divorce her, he broke with the Roman Catholic Church and declared himself Supreme Head of the Church of England. Five subsequent marriages produced two children, Elizabeth and Edward.
The break with Rome led to the Dissolution of the Monasteries (in which monastic lands and buildings were sold or disposed of, and the monks disbanded or imprisoned) and the beginnings of the English Reformation. Henry's involvement in European politics brought him into conflict with the Scots who were defeated at Solway Moss in 1542 (the Scots had been defeated before at the Battle of Flodden in 1513). Control of Wales was strengthened by the Acts of Union of 1536 and 1542 which united England and Wales administratively and legally, and gave Wales representation in Parliament. Henry died in 1547, leaving his sickly 10-year-old son to inherit the throne as Edward VI.

Pedigree

  1. KIng of England, Henry VII Tudor [I27839]
    1. Plantagenet, Elizabeth of York [I27838]
      1. Tudor, Edward [I2764]
      2. Prince of Wales, Arthur Tudor [I28057]
      3. Tudor, Margaret [I28058]
      4. King of England, Henry VIII Tudor
        1. Stafford, Elizabeth [I2763]
        2. Blount, Elizabeth [I28074]
          1. Duke of Richmond, Henry Fitzroy [I28076]
        3. Parr, Catherine [I23684]
        4. de Aragon, Katherine [I28066]
          1. Tudor, Henry [I28067]
          2. Tudor, Henry [I28068]
          3. Queen of England, Mary I Tudor [I28069]
        5. Boleyn, Anne [I28070]
          1. Queen of England, Elizabeth I Tudor [I28071]
        6. Seymour, Jane [I28072]
          1. King of England, Edward VI Tudor [I28073]
        7. von Kleves, Anne [I28059]
        8. Howard, Katherine [I23565]
      5. Tudor, Elizabeth [I3196]
      6. Tudor, Mary [I27840]
      7. Tudor, Edmund [I32939]

Ancestors

Source References

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