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2 days ago · Henry immediately married Jane Seymour, who bore him his son Edward but died from complications of childbirth (1537). The next three years were filled with attempts to replace her, and the bride chosen was Anne , sister of the duke of Cleves, a pawn in Cromwell’s policy for a northern European alliance against dangers from France and the Emperor.
- Defender of The Faith
defender of the faith, a title belonging to the sovereign of...
- Defender of The Faith
3 days ago · 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 Henry’s successor, Edward VI), Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr.
2 days ago · Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War against France made England one of the strongest military powers in Europe.
2 days ago · Henry VIII. and Jane Seymour. Dispensation by Cranmer to Henry VIII. and Jane Seymour, to marry, although in the third and third (fn. 10) degrees of affinity, without publication of banns. Lamehithe, 19 May 1536.
3 days ago · How much policy, how much revulsion for Anne, and how much attraction for Jane Seymour played in the final tragedy is beyond analysis, but 11 days after Anne’s execution Henry married Jane. Sixteen months later the future Edward VI was born.
2 days ago · Queen Jane Seymour. Heralds' College MS. I. 11,f. 37. A remembrance of the interment of Queen Jane, mother of Edward VI., who died at Hampton Court, 24 Oct., on Wednesday about 12 p.m., in child-bed, 29 Henry VIII.
3 days ago · Within two weeks of Anne's execution, Henry married Jane Seymour, who urged her husband to make peace with Mary. [44] Henry insisted that Mary recognise him as head of the Church of England, repudiate papal authority, acknowledge that the marriage between her parents was unlawful, and accept her own illegitimacy.
