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 ...

The effigy head of the founder of the Tudor dynasty is one of the finest examples of its kind to have survived to the present ...

HENRY VIII: Ah ha! Yes! Go on, big me up! NARRATOR: Perhaps the most famous king in English history. He ruled England for 38 years from 1509 to 1547. Time enough for six marriages and one major ...

Customers have been left devastated as one of Britain's oldest pubs has called time for good after serving customers for 570 ...

However, by 1415 Glyndwr had vanished into the mists of history, leaving the ... They found one in the shape of Henry Tudor, or Harri Tudur, the future King Henry VII. He took his Anglicised ...

A song and dance is being made of cold-hearted British King Henry VIII’s six wives in the upcoming musical, SIX The Musical ...

James marries Margaret, sister of King Henry VIII of England. This important marriage gave the Tudors credibility but also gave an offspring a claim to the English throne. Video: A history of ...

A Genealogical History of the Kings of England.... by Francis Sandford 1677 (his engraving shows the tomb with two lions at the feet and gablet behind the head in place) King Henry III and St Edward ...

Henry VII was the only child of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond (son of Henry V's widow ... No earlier ages gave thee so great a king, O England; hardly will ages to come give thee his like. The heads ...

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