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• Also Known As : Henry VIII
• Occupation: King of England - reigned 1509 to 1547
• Stories and Notes: Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1536, ostensibly for adultery. Henry's third wife, Jane Seymour, died in 1537. He married Anne of Cleves in 1540 in pursuance of Thomas Cromwell's policy of allying with the German Protestants, but rapidly abandoned this policy, divorced Anne, and beheaded Cromwell. His fifth wife, Catherine Howard, was beheaded in 1542, and the following year he married Catherine Parr, who survived him. Henry ended his reign with the reputation of a tyrant, despite the promise of his earlier years – in 1536 the rebellion known as the Pilgrimage of Grace was viciously suppressed, and advisers of the calibre of More and Bishop John Fisher had died rather than sacrifice their own principles to Henry's will. But the power of the crown had been considerably strengthened by Henry's ecclesiastical policy, and the monastic confiscations gave impetus to the rise of a new nobility which was to become influential in succeeding reigns.
• Stories and Notes: By this time Henry's policy had become dominated by his desire to divorce Catherine because she was too old to give him an heir and he was determined to marry Anne Boleyn. At first there seemed a possibility that the divorce might be granted. The papal legate journeyed to England to hear the case, but Catherine appealed direct to the pope and the court was adjourned. The position was complicated by the fact that Charles V, Catherine's nephew, controlled Rome. Henry then proceeded to act through Parliament, and had the entire body of the clergy in England declared guilty of treason in 1531. The clergy were suitably cowed and agreed to repudiate papal supremacy and recognize Henry as supreme head of the church in England. The English ecclesiastical courts then pronounced his marriage to Catherine null and void and he married Anne Boleyn in 1533
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• Stories and Notes: Henry through Thomas Cromwell continued his attack on the church with the suppression of the monasteries (1536–39); their lands were confiscated and granted to his supporters. However, although he laid the ground for the English Reformation by the separation from Rome, he had little sympathy with Protestant dogmas. As early as 1521 a pamphlet which he had written against Lutheranism had won him the title of Fidei Defensor from the Pope, and Henry's own religious views are quite clearly expressed in the Statute of Six Articles in 1539 which instituted the orthodox Catholic tenets as necessary conditions for Christian belief. As a result Protestants were being burnt for heresy even while Catholics were being executed for refusing to take the oath of supremacy.
• Stories and Notes: King of England from 1509, when he succeeded his father Henry VII and married Catherine of Aragon, the widow of his elder brother Arthur. During the period 1513–29 Henry pursued an active foreign policy, largely under the guidance of his Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey, who shared Henry's desire to make England stronger. Wolsey was replaced by Thomas More in 1529 for failing to persuade the Pope to grant Henry a divorce.
• Stories and Notes: Movie Title: Henry VIII: The Tudors Starring: Jonathon Rhys Meyers as King Henry VIII Released: 2007 Production: Reveille Productions
• Stories and Notes: ‘We are, by the sufferance of God, King of England; and the Kings of England in times past never had any superior but God’ – Henry VIII
• To Lady Kathleen: 4 x cousin 14 times removed

Henry married Catherine, of Aragon on 11 Jun 1509 (Annulled) in Grey Friars Church, Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Catherine was born on 15 Dec 1485 in Alcala de Henares, , Madrid, Spain; died on 7 Jan 1536 in Kimbolton Castle, Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Queen of England Mary Tudor, I was born on 18 Feb 1516 in Greenwich Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom; died on 17 Nov 1558 in St. James Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.

Henry married Marchioness of Pembroke Anne Boleyn on 25 Jan 1533 (Annulled) in Westminster, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. Anne was born in 1501 in Blickling Hall, Blickling, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; died on 19 May 1536 in Tower of London, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Queen of England Elizabeth Tudor, I was born on 7 Sep 1533 in Greenwich Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom; died on 23 Mar 1603 in Richmond Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.

Henry married Jane Seymour on 20 May 1536 in York Place, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. Jane was born in 1505 in Wolf Hall, Savernake, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 24 Oct 1537 in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. King of England Edward Tudor, VI was born on 12 Oct 1537 in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom; died on 6 Jul 1553 in Greenwich Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.

Henry married Anne, of Cleaves in 1540, and was divorced. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Catherine Howard on 28 Jul 1540. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Catherine Parr in 1543. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Henry VII
• Occupation: King of England - Reigned 1485 to 1509
• Stories and Notes: Henry was the son of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, who died before Henry was born, and Margaret Beaufort, a descendant of Edward III through John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. Although the Beaufort line, which was originally illegitimate, had been specifically excluded (1407) from all claim to the throne, the death of the imprisoned Henry VI (1471) made Henry Tudor head of the house of Lancaster. At this point, however, the Yorkist Edward IV had established himself securely on the throne, and Henry, who had been brought up in Wales, fled to Brittany for safety. The death of Edward IV (1483) and accession of Richard III, left Henry the natural leader of the party opposing Richard, whose rule was very unpopular. Henry made an unsuccessful attempt to land in England during the abortive revolt (1483) of Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham. Thereafter he bided his time in France until 1485 when, aided by other English refugees, he landed in Wales. At the battle of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, he defeated the royal forces of Richard, who was killed. Henry advanced to London, was crowned, and in 1486 fulfilled a promise made earlier to Yorkist dissidents to marry Edward IV's daughter, Elizabeth of York. He thus united the houses of York and Lancaster, founding the Tudor royal dynasty. Although Henry's accession marked the end of the Wars of the Roses, the early years of his reign were disturbed by Yorkist attempts to regain the throne. The first serious attempt, an uprising in favour of the imposter Lambert Simnel, was easily crushed (1487). In 1494, Henry sent Sir Edward Poynings to Ireland to consolidate English rule there. Poynings drove out of Ireland the Yorkist pretender Perkin Warbeck, who then sought support from the Scottish king, James IV. James attempted (1496) to invade England, but the next year, under pressure from Spain, he expelled Warbeck. The latter was defeated shortly thereafter in an attempted invasion of Cornwall. A truce (1497) between England and Scotland was followed by the marriage (1503) of Henry's daughter Margaret Tudor to James a marriage that led ultimately to the union of the monarchies of England and Scotland. Henry succeeded in crushing the independence of the nobility by means of a policy of forced loans and fines. His chancellor, Cardinal Morton, was made responsible for the collection of these fines, and they were enforced by the privy councillors Empson and Dudley. Henry married his son Arthur to Catharine of Aragón, daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragón and Isabella of Castile, his daughter Margaret to James IV of Scotland, and his youngest daughter Mary to Louis XII of France. After Arthur died in 1502, an agreement was reached by which Catharine married Arthur's brother Henry (later Henry VIII).
• To Lady Kathleen: 3 x cousin 15 times removed

Henry married Elizabeth Plantagenet. Elizabeth (daughter of King of England Edward Plantagenet, IV) was born on 11 Feb 1466 in Westminster Palace, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom; died on 11 Feb 1503 in Tower of London, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Elizabeth of York

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Died:
died in childbirth

Edmund married Countess of Richmond Margaret Beaufort on 1 Nov 1455. Margaret (daughter of Duke of Somerset John Beaufort and Duchess of Somerset Margaret Beauchamp) was born on 31 May 1443 in Bletsoe Castle, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 29 Jun 1509 in Cheyneygates, Abbots House, Westminster Abbey, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Founder of Christ's and St. John's Colleges, Cambridge

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• Occupation: King of England - reigned 1461 to 1470 and 1471 to 1483
• Stories and Notes: King of England 1461–70 and from 1471. He was the son of Richard, Duke of York, and succeeded Henry VI in the Wars of the Roses, temporarily losing his throne to Henry when Edward fell out with his adviser Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. Edward was a fine warrior and intelligent strategist, with victories at Mortimer's Cross and Towton in 1461, Empingham in 1470, and Barnet and Tewkesbury in 1471. He was succeeded by his son Edward V. Edward was known as Earl of March until his accession. After his father's death he occupied London 1461, and was proclaimed king in place of Henry VI by a council of peers. His position was secured by the defeat of the Lancastrians at Towton 1461 and by the capture of Henry. He quarrelled, however, with Warwick, his strongest supporter, who in 1470–71 temporarily restored Henry, until Edward recovered the throne by his victories at Barnet and Tewkesbury.
• To Lady Kathleen: 3 x cousin 16 times removed

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• Occupation: Duke of Somerset, Earl of Kendall

John married Duchess of Somerset Margaret Beauchamp in 1440. Margaret died on 8 Aug 1482 in Wimborne, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Namesake: The first to adopt the surname of Plantagenet.
• Occupation: 3rd Duke of York, Protector of England, Earl of March & Ulster, Earl of Cambridge
• Occupation: His laying claim to the throne of England led to the War of the Roses.

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Died:
battle of Wakefield