The Elizabethan Period
King Henry VIII was born in Greenwich on the 28th of January 1491 ( The British Monarchy, pg.1 ). King Henry VIII became heir to the throne after the death of his elder brother, Prince Arthur in 1502 and succeeded in 1509 ( The British Monarchy, pg.1 ).King Henry VIII was very intelligent and often was described as a man of many words, and very religious. In King Henry VIII's reign, he wrote a book that attacked Martin Luther and supported the Roman Catholic Church, which had become a best seller ( The British Monarchy, pg.1 ). In 1521, King Henry VIII was given the title of "Defender of the Faith", by the Pope ( The British Monarchy, pg.1 ). In the year of 1509, King Henry VIII married his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon ( The British Monarchy, pg.2 ). King Henry VIII's wife, Catherine had only produced one living child, a girl who was named Princess Mary ( The British Monarchy, pg.2 ). Princess Mary was born in 1516 ( The British Monarchy, pg.2 ). King Henry VIII's wife was in her forties in the 1520s and he was very desperate for a son ( The British Monarchy, pg.2 ). The Tudor dynasty had been established by conquest in 1485 while King Henry VIII was only it's second monarch
htmCompendium of Common Knowledge. Elizabeth I was born on the 7th of September in 1533, and was the last of the Tudor monarch ( The British Monarchy, pg. The two had a son born in July of 1566 who they named James ( Compendium of Common Knowledge, pg. King Henry VIII's second marriage, which had risen hopes of having a male heir were failed when she produced a daughter who was named Princess Elizabeth. In 1537, King Henry VIII married Jane Seymour, who finally bore him a son. Mary became the Queen of Scots from the time she was six days old ( Compendium of Common Knowledge, pg. The son that Jane Seymour bore him, was named Edward VI, unfortunately 12 days after his birth, Queen Jane died, the year was 1537. Mary became Queen of France and Scotland by marrying the French heir, Francis II.
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