The cardinal had some occasional ambition for the papal tiara, and this Henry supported; Wolsey at Rome would have been a powerful card in English hands.Consultant editor for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
![]() Contunico ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz See all videos for this article Henry VIII, (born June 28, 1491, Greenwich, near London, Englanddied January 28, 1547, London), king of England (150947) who presided over the beginnings of the English Renaissance and the English Reformation. His six wives were, successively, Catherine of Aragon (the mother of the future queen Mary I ), Anne Boleyn (the mother of the future queen Elizabeth I ), Jane Seymour (the mother of Henrys successor, Edward VI ), Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr. When his elder brother, Arthur, died in 1502, Henry became the heir to the throne; of all the Tudor monarchs, he alone spent his childhood in calm expectation of the crown, which helped give an assurance of majesty and righteousness to his willful, ebullient character. He excelled in book learning as well as in the physical exercises of an aristocratic society, and, when in 1509 he ascended the throne, great things were expected of him. Six feet tall, powerfully built, and a tireless athlete, huntsman, and dancer, he promised England the joys of spring after the long winter of Henry VIIs reign. When his elder brother, Arthur, died in 1502, Henry became the heir to the throne. He was an excellent student and athlete who enjoyed hunting and dancing. When he became king at age 18, great things were expected of him. When did Henry VIII get married Henry VIII married six times between 1509 and 1543 in pursuit of heirs and political alliances. His wives were Catherine of Aragon (the mother of Mary I ), Anne Boleyn (the mother of Elizabeth I ), Jane Seymour (the mother of Henrys successor, Edward VI ), Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr. What were Henry VIII childrens names Henry VIII was survived by three children, each of whom sat on the throne of England: Edward VI (ruled 154753), Mary I (ruled 155358), and Elizabeth I (ruled 15581603). In addition, he had several children who died soon after birth and an illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, who died at age 17. How was Henry VIII influential Henry VIII was the king of England (150947). ![]() ![]() Soon after his accession, Henry married Catherine of Aragon, Arthurs widow, and the attendant lavish entertainments ate into the modest royal reserves. Europe was being kept on the boil by rivalries between the French and Spanish kingdoms, mostly over Italian claims; and, against the advice of his older councillors, Henry in 1512 joined his father-in-law, Ferdinand II of Aragon, against France and ostensibly in support of a threatened pope, to whom the devout king for a long time paid almost slavish respect. Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. Despite the obvious pointlessness of the fighting, the appearance of success was popular. Moreover, in Thomas Wolsey, who organized his first campaign in France, Henry discovered his first outstanding minister. By 1515 Wolsey was archbishop of York, lord chancellor of England, and a cardinal of the church; more important, he was the kings good friend, to whom was gladly left the active conduct of affairs. Henry never altogether abandoned the positive tasks of kingship and often interfered in business; though the world might think that England was ruled by the cardinal, the king himself knew that he possessed perfect control any time he cared to assert it, and Wolsey only rarely mistook the worlds opinion for the right one.
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