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Henry VIII, King of England (1491-1547) Henry VIII was the second son of Henry VII. When his older brother Arthur died in 1502, he became the heir to the throne, to which he ascended on his father’s death in 1509. His marriage to his brother’s widow, Catherine of Aragon, failed to produce a male heir, and Henry sought a divorce.
4 de dic. de 2019 · Henry I reigned as the king of England from 1100 to 1135 CE. The son of William the Conqueror (r. 1066-1087 CE), Henry succeeded his brother William II of England (r. 1087-1100 CE) after he had died in a hunting accident and left no heir. A third brother, Robert Curthose (l. c. 1052 - c. 1135 CE), Duke of Normandy, was also ambitious for the ...
17 de jun. de 2024 · Henry II (1133–89) (1133–89),king of England (1154–89). The first of the Plantagenet kings of England was one of the most successful of this country's monarchs. His achievements are the more remarkable since his responsibilities encompassed not just England, but also two‐thirds of France, for Henry was also duke of Normandy, count of ...
2 James VI of Scotland became also James I of England in 1603. Upon accession to the English throne, he styled himself "King of Great Britain" and was so proclaimed. Legally, however, he and his successors held separate English and Scottish kingships until the Act of Union of 1707, when the two kingdoms were united as the Kingdom of Great Britain.
26 de may. de 2024 · May 26, 2024. In 1534, England experienced a seismic shift in religious power dynamics when King Henry VIII made the unprecedented move of breaking away from the Roman Catholic Church and declaring himself Supreme Head of the Church of England. This bold act would transform England, setting off a chain of events known as the English Reformation ...
27 de feb. de 2020 · Arguably the greatest warrior king in the history of England, Henry V reigned from 1413 to 1422. His crowning achievement and highlight as king came when he invaded France, winning the famous Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Prior to that, he and his father (Henry IV) effectively quashed the Glyndŵr Rising (i.e. the revolt of Owain Glyndŵr).
18 de dic. de 2019 · Definition. Henry III of England ruled from 1216 to 1272 CE. The son of the unpopular King John of England (r. 1199-1216 CE), Henry was immediately faced with the ongoing Barons' War which had been fuelled by discontent over John's rule and his failure to honour the Magna Carta charter of liberties. Henry and his regent Sir William Marshal ...
