became King Henry VIII. Soon after he obtained the papal dispensation required to allow him to marry his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon. In the first years of his reign Henry VIII ...

Henry VIII no doubt had many ... court to have had an affair with King Henry or any other medieval king. They were common and largely expected. But history is often written by men, and Mary ...

Beheading two wives and having numerous affairs and several (rumoured) children in and out of wedlock was always going to cement Henry VIII as one of history's bad boys. The King of England ...

Sometimes, history is shaped by big events like battles or earthquakes. Sometimes just one person changes things, like Henry VIII. When Henry was 18, he became King of England. He loved music ...

Once home to King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I ... Its rich, textured history is the fabric of the building. According to ...

The coronation of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon took place on Sunday 24th June 1509. The ceremony is illustrated in the mortuary roll of Abbot Islip dated 1532 in the Abbey's archives. The day ...