Henry VIII
Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 to 1547, known for his six marriages, his break with the Roman Catholic Church to establish the Church of England, and his role in the English Reformation.
His reign transformed English religion and politics.
The phrase divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived summarizes the fates of his six wives.
- Jane SeymourEnglish queen, sixteenth century
- Anne of ClevesFourth Tudor consort
- Catherine HowardTudor consort, beheaded 1542
- queen consortKing's wife by marriage
Anne Boleyn · beheaded · execution · annulment · marriage · matrimony · divorce · widowhood
England's break from Catholicism
- Church of EnglandBritain's state religion
- Royal NavyUK naval military branch
- Hampton CourtRoyal palace in Surrey
- six wivesRoyal marital succession
Wales · dissolution · monasteries · Anglican · succession crisis · Edward VI · Mary I · Elizabeth I
Law establishing royal church control
- Church of EnglandBritain's state religion
- Thomas CromwellHenry's chief minister
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
- papal dispensationChurch-authorized exception to religious law
Thomas Cranmer · schism · heresy · Protestant · Catholic · canon law · ecclesiastical · clergy
Male crowned ruler
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- sovereignSupreme in power
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- reignSovereign's time in power
scepter · orb · coronation · royal · majesty · decree · autocrat · tyranny
Successive family rulers
- successionFollowing in order
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- heirOne who receives legacy
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
reign · royal house · lineage · Plantagenet · Lancastrian · War of the Roses · heraldry · courtier
Catherine of Aragon
- Jane SeymourEnglish queen, sixteenth century
- Anne of ClevesFourth Tudor consort
- Catherine HowardTudor consort, beheaded 1542
Anne Boleyn · queen consort · beheaded · execution · annulment · marriage · matrimony · divorce · widowhood · dowager
English Reformation
England's break from Catholicism
- Church of EnglandBritain's state religion
- Royal NavyUK naval military branch
- Hampton CourtRoyal palace in Surrey
six wives · Wales · dissolution · monasteries · Anglican · succession crisis · Edward VI · Mary I · Elizabeth I · English Renaissance
Act of Supremacy
Law establishing royal church control
- Church of EnglandBritain's state religion
- Thomas CromwellHenry's chief minister
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
Thomas Cranmer · papal dispensation · schism · heresy · Protestant · Catholic · canon law · ecclesiastical · clergy · monasteries
king
Male crowned ruler
reign · scepter · orb · coronation · royal · majesty · decree · autocrat · tyranny · absolute power
dynasty
Successive family rulers
- successionFollowing in order
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- heirOne who receives legacy
coronation · reign · royal house · lineage · Plantagenet · Lancastrian · War of the Roses · heraldry · courtier · nobility
- British historyWilliam the Conqueror, Victorian era, Elizabethan era, English Civil War, Tudor era
- European HistoryFrench Revolution, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Industrial Revolution
- historical figureshistorical figures, leaders, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Joan of Arc
- British IconsShakespeare, Churchill, Darwin, Newton, Queen Elizabeth
- Famous FiguresAbraham Lincoln, Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Napoleon
- MonarchsAugustus, Charlemagne, Constantine, Elizabeth I, Genghis Khan
Henry VIIIQueen Victoria
Long-reigning British empress
Prince Albert · monogamist · celibate · Pope John Paul II · Paul Newman
Henry VIIIThomas More
Mary I · Catholic martyr · Philip II of Spain · Catherine of Aragon
Henry VIIIGandhi
Indian independence leader
ascetic · St. Francis of Assisi · hunger striker · anorexic · emaciated