Portraiture was the most popular genre in sixteenth-century England, and indeed one of the few available to artists following the schism between the Chur...
Guest Article By P. Deegan The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn Part 2: Marriage ? Triumph to failure (Find Part 1 Here) Following the official meeting with the French king in autumn of 1532, Henry and…
The new biopic “The King” finds Timothée Chalamet tracing Henry’s evolution from wayward prince to heroic warrior
The alliance between England and Spain was supposed to be the great triumph of the new Tudor dynasty. For Katherine of Aragon it ended in tragedy, twice. Yet the first decade of her marriage to King Henry VIII was blissful and their marriage was seen as an ideal to be aspired to. As Erasmus told Henry VIII in 1519 ‘What family of citizens offers so clear an example of strict and harmonious wedlock? Where could one find a wife so […]
Mary Tudor Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; born 18 February, 1516; died 17 November, 1558. Mary was the daughter and only surviving child of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. Cardinal Wolsey was her godfather, and amongst her most intimate friends in early life were Cardinal Pole and his mother, the Countess of […]
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Detail from Henry VIII’s First Interview with Anne Boleyn by Daniel Maclise, c.1835
This interactive guide explores the lives of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell, and looks at how they shaped Tudor England
Sketch of the vault containing the coffins of Henry VIII, Charles I and Jane Seymour by Alfred Young Nutt, 1888. The coffin on the left is Charles I’s; in the middle, Henry VIII’s on the right, Jane Seymour’s. The vault is suited below a stone marking the site that is placed in the centre of the Quire in St George’s Chapel, Windsor. The vault was opened in 1813 with the Prince Regent (later George IV) present. A contemporary account describes the event. According to the account, they opened the vault to discover that Charles I’s coffin was open at the top and there was a hole in Henry’s coffin with his skull apparently visible. The account explains why they opened the vault – apparently the Prince Regent had been given relics belonging to Charles and wished to place them in the vault in respect.
Hello again, Ancient Foe. Years have hunched my bony shoulders, but I forget nothing. Lo, though you may say “Who are you, again?”, I know who you ...
Detail of Katherine of Aragon from the Westminster Tournament Roll which illustrates the two-day tournament that was held to celebrate the birth of Katherine and Henry VIII’s short-lived son, prince Henry (February 1511).
The six wives of Henry VIII - Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymore. Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Katherine Parr. All women who had their own remarkable histories and deserved much more than how history has remembered them. This shops mission is to shine a fresh light on historical figures that have been untold, forgotten or misremembered.
This article is about Henry the man - his loves, his wives, his children. Famous for having six wives, Henry is said to be the only English King to have had more wives than mistresses.
Detail from Henry VIII’s First Interview with Anne Boleyn by Daniel Maclise, c.1835
This interactive guide explores the lives of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell, and looks at how they shaped Tudor England
Sketch of the vault containing the coffins of Henry VIII, Charles I and Jane Seymour by Alfred Young Nutt, 1888. The coffin on the left is Charles I’s; in the middle, Henry VIII’s on the right, Jane Seymour’s. The vault is suited below a stone marking the site that is placed in the centre of the Quire in St George’s Chapel, Windsor. The vault was opened in 1813 with the Prince Regent (later George IV) present. A contemporary account describes the event. According to the account, they opened the vault to discover that Charles I’s coffin was open at the top and there was a hole in Henry’s coffin with his skull apparently visible. The account explains why they opened the vault – apparently the Prince Regent had been given relics belonging to Charles and wished to place them in the vault in respect.
Hello again, Ancient Foe. Years have hunched my bony shoulders, but I forget nothing. Lo, though you may say “Who are you, again?”, I know who you ...
An extremely rare 22-carat gold coin from the reign of Henry VIII, considered the origin of the pound, is set to go under the hammer this month in London. It is one of only five known examples on the market.
