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Anne Boleyn
1501/1507 - 1536) was Queen of England as the second wife of King Henry VIII. She was also Marquess of Pembroke in her own right.[2] Henrys marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval...
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Thomas More
Sir Thomas More (1478 - 1535), also known as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, scholar, author and statesman. He is also recognised as being a saint within the Catholic Church. During his life he gained a reputation as a leading Renaissance humani...
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Catherine Of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon (1485 - 1536) was Princess of Wales as the wife of Arthur, Prince of Wales, and Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII of England. For six months, she served as regent of England while Henry VIII was in France. During th...
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Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour (1508 – 24 October 1537) was Queen Consort of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII. She succeeded Anne Boleyn as Queen Consort following the latters execution in 1536. She died of postnatal complications less than two weeks afte...
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Catherine Howard
Catherine Howard (c. 1521 – 13 February 1542), also spelled Katherine or Katheryn,[1] was the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, and sometimes known by his reference to her as his "rose without a thorn".Catherines birth date and place of birth are...
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Anne Of Cleves
Anne of Cleves (22 September 1515–16 July 1557) (German: Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg) was a German noblewoman and the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England and as such she was Queen of England from 6 January 1540 to 9 July 1540. The marriage was never consu...
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Charles V Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V (1500 — 1558) was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556. On the eve of his death in 1558, his realm, which has been described as one in which the sun nev...
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Francis I Of France
Francis I (1494 - 1547), was King of France from 1515 until his death.Francis I is considered to be Frances first Renaissance monarch. His reign saw France make immense cultural advances. He was a contemporary of Suleiman the Magnificent of the Otto...
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Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, (b. in or before 1485, executed 28 July 1540), was an English statesman who served as chief minister of King Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540.Cromwell was one of the strongest advocates of the English Reformation...
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Thomas Wolsey
Thomas Wolsey (c. March 1473 – 29 November 1530; sometimes spelled Woolsey) was an English political figure and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. When Henry VIII became king of England in 1509, Wolsey became the Kings almoner. Wolseys aff...
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George Boleyn
George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (c.1503 /c. April 1504; 17 May 1536) was an English courtier and nobleman, and the brother of queen consort Anne Boleyn. This made him the brother-in-law of King Henry VIII and the maternal uncle of Queen Elizabeth I o...
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Jane Boleyn
Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (by courtesy) (c. 1505 – 13 February 1542) was a sister-in-law of King Henry VIII of England. She was the wife of George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, brother of Henrys second wife, Anne Boleyn. As a widow, Lady Rochfo...
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Catherine Parr
Catherine Parr (c.1512 - 1548) was the last of the six wives of Henry VIII of England. She was queen consort of England during 1543 - 1547, then Dowager Queen of England. She was the most-married English Queen, with four husbands....
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Henry Viii Of England
Henry VIII (1491 - 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death. He was also Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) and claimant to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII.Henry V...