became King Henry VIII. Soon after he obtained the papal dispensation required to allow him to marry his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon. In the first years of his reign Henry VIII ...

For Damian Lewis, just standing for two weddings of King Henry VIII in "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" was a daylong royal marathon. The English monarch is remembered for having six wives ...

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 ...

History The final years of Henry VIII’s reign were a dark period for Tudor England: a time when a queen could be beheaded on trumped-up charges of treason, and a longtime friend of the king ...

subsequently playing home or host to many of Britain's historical elite – not least the Tudor king Henry VIII, who lived at Eltham Palace in childhood. At the turn of the 17th century ...

The coronation of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon took place on Sunday 24th June 1509. The ceremony is illustrated in the mortuary roll of Abbot Islip dated 1532 in the Abbey's archives. The day ...

Henry, Duke of Cornwall, eldest son of Henry VIII and his queen Katherine of Aragon was buried ... bells and bonfires were set off in celebration and the King rode to Walsingham to give thanks. On ...