WebThe dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland, expropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their …

WebHenry VIII's reign. Henry Grey became the 3rd Marquess of Dorset in 1530 following the death of his father. Before Henry VIII's death in 1547, Grey became a fixture in court circles. A knight of the Bath, he was the king's sword-bearer at Anne Boleyn's coronation in 1533, at Anne of Cleves' arrival in 1540, and at the capture of Boulogne in 1545.

WebMary Tudor (/ ˈ tj uː d ər /; 18 March 1496 – 25 June 1533) was an English princess who was briefly Queen of France as the wife of Louis XII.She was the younger surviving daughter of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the third wife of King Louis XII of France, who was more than 30 years her senior.. Following Louis's death, she married …

WebHistory. By 1536, King Henry VIII of England had broken with the Holy See, seized assets of the Catholic Church in England and Wales and declared the Church of England as the established church with himself as its supreme head.The Act of Supremacy 1534 confirmed the king's status as having supremacy over the church and required the peers to swear …

WebThomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I.He helped build the case for the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, which was one of the causes of the separation of the English Church from union …

WebHenry VIII ist ein britisches Fernsehfilmdrama in zwei Teilen aus dem Jahr 2003 unter Regie von Pete Travis über den charismatischen König Henry VIII. und seine sechs Frauen, ... (Henry Tudor), des Tyrannen und Frauenhelden, der England in seiner 38-jährigen Regierungszeit in tiefe Krisen stürzte und für immer veränderte. Von dem Moment ...

Web1643 – First English Civil War: Roundhead forces under Sir William Waller led a successful surprise attack in Hampshire on a winter garrison of Cavalier infantry and cavalry.; 1769 – Dartmouth College was established by royal charter in present-day Hanover, New Hampshire.; 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese forces, capturing the Chinese …

WebEnrique VIII (28 de junio de 1491-28 de enero de 1547) fue rey de Inglaterra y señor de Irlanda desde el 22 de abril de 1509 hasta su muerte. Fue el segundo monarca de la casa Tudor, heredero de su padre, Enrique VII.Se casó seis veces y ejerció el poder más absoluto entre todos los monarcas ingleses. [2] [3] Entre los hechos más notables de su …

WebHenry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was the King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547 . Henry VIII increased the power of the monarchy and government over the country. Many people he did not like were executed under his orders, including two of his own wives. He was easily led by whoever his favourite advisor was: Thomas Wolsey, …

WebEngland, which had subsumed Wales in the 16th century under Henry VIII, united with Scotland in 1707 to form a new sovereign state called Great Britain. [4] [5] [6] Following the Industrial Revolution , which started in England, Great Britain ruled a colonial Empire , the largest in recorded history.

WebPrince Henry was born on 31 March 1900, at York Cottage, on the Sandringham Estate during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria. His father was the Duke of York (later King George V), the only surviving son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra). His mother was the Duchess of York (later Queen …

WebThe Commonwealth was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I.The republic's existence was declared through "An Act declaring England to be a …

WebPortuguese royalty King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal; Henry, Count of Portugal, a.k.a. Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king); Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal; Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne; King of Germany Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of …

WebThe House of Plantagenet (/ p l æ n ˈ t æ dʒ ə n ɪ t /) was a royal house which originated from the lands of Anjou in France. The family held the English throne from 1154 (with the accession of Henry II at the end of the Anarchy) to 1485, when Richard III died in battle.. Under the Plantagenets, England was transformed. The Plantagenet kings were often …