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2 days ago · Anne Boleyn (/ ˈ b ʊ l ɪ n, b ʊ ˈ l ɪ n /; c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and execution by beheading for treason, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation .
4 days ago · Thomas Cromwell ( / ˈkrɒmwəl, - wɛl /; [1] [a] c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution.
3 days ago · Anne Boleyn (c. 1501-1536) was the second wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547). Anne, sometimes known as 'Anne of a Thousand Days' in reference to her short reign as queen, was accused of adultery and executed in the Tower of London in May 1536.
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5 days ago · Click here to find out more. On 30th May 1536, eleven days after his second wife, Anne Boleyn, had been executed, Henry VIII married Jane Seymour in the Queen's Closet at Whitehall, a property that he'd renovated with Anne...
4 days ago · Henry VIII ( r. 1509–1547) was the only son of Henry VII to live to the age of maturity, and he proved a dominant ruler. Issues around royal succession (including marriage and the succession rights of women) became major political themes during the Tudor era, as did the English Reformation in religion, impacting the future of the Crown.
2 days ago · Experience the public dramas and private Lives of Henry VIII, his wives the queens and their children in the world of the Tudor court. Admire Henry’s Great Hall and Tudor kitchens. Discover the spectacular baroque palace built for William III and Mary II and explore 60 acres of magnificent gardens and the popular Magic Garden adventure playground.
3 days ago · Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 1, 1509-1514. Covers the beginning of Henry's reign, up to the end of 1514. Letters and Papers, Henry VIII. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1920. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
