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- Charles died in 1545 on the 22nd August and was buried at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.
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In February 1514, he was created Duke of Suffolk by Henry VIII. Princess Mary Rose Tudor, widow of Louis XII of France, had been promised a love match by her brother, the king, following her diplomatic marriage to the elderly French King.
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Charles Brandon. 3rd Duke of Suffolk.
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Jan 4, 2019 · King Henry VIII had few close friends, and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, was his closest throughout his life. Brandon’s father, Sir William Brandon, was standard bearer for Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth Field – and is thought to have been killed by King Richard III on 22nd August, 1485. Young Charles Brandon was brought up at ...
Charles Brandon. 3rd Duke of Suffolk.
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG PC (c. 1484 – 22 August 1545) was an English military leader and courtier. Through his third wife, Mary Tudor, he was brother-in-law to Kin …
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Charles Brandon descended from a family of gentry in East Anglia. His grandfather Sir William Brandon was a retainer of the Mowbray dukes of Norfolk, Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, and Marshall of the King's Bench. Sir William made an advantageous marriage before 1462 to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Wingfield of Letheringham Suffolk. They ha...
Life for a young man at court was expensive, and the typical way of remedying this problem was through marriage to an heiress. Charles Brandon's first marital adventure was complicated and possibly bigamous. His biographer Gunn calls his activities "asset-stripping opportunism."
Between 1512, when he was knighted, and 1 February 1513/14, when he was created Duke of Suffolk, Charles Brandon rose at a precipitous rate that astonished and shocked the peers who were now his fellows, notably Thomas Howard, now restored to the rank of Duke of Norfolk, who regarded Suffolk as an upstart. By 1512, Henry VIII, attempting to restore...
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Feb 1, 2013 · It is easy to fail to notice in the floor of the south quire aisle of St Georges Chapel the ledger stone marking the burial place of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, one of the most flamboyant and influential personalities of Henry VIII’s reign.
Aug 3, 2023 · Charles Brandon was one of King Henry VIII's most trusted advisors and friends. He married the king's sister, even when he had been trusted not too, and eventually married a lady thirty-five years younger than him.
