Wives of Henry VIII

sons by her next husband, Henry II. Two of their sons, Richard I, and John, survived and later on continued to rule after Henry. Eleanor resisted marrying other French noblemen and chose to move away from France. Within two months of separation from her marriage and daughters, Eleanor married Henry of Anjou, also known as Henry II. She was more closely related in blood to her new husband than she had been to Louis VII, but their marriage resumed and after two years Henry and Eleanor were…

Conflict or Investiture Controversy began with Henry IV Emperor of Europe and Pope Gregory VII over power. Pope Gregory VII took Henry IV power to appoint religious officials. Henry IV did not agree with this, which caused a further separation from church and state. Henry IV decided to take his allegiance from Pope Gregory VII. They dethroned each other, one from being King and the other from being pope. Neither one felt that the other deserved total power. Henry IV wanted to dethrone Pope…

The death of Henry II was the most significant event that started the French Wars of Religion. With his death, Francis II became the new king. Francis II was related to a devout Catholic family know as the Guises. The Guises were in critical positions in the monarchy. Those positions were the French Army and the Church. The Guises family learned of a plot by a rival Protestant family to remove Francis II from power. Leading the Protestant family was the Bourbon Duke of Conde. He was sentenced to…

Why Ned should stay dead One thing I don't understand: why the hell would you, as a fan, want to bring Ned back from the dead? Let's start with the possibility of it happening. We know that it IS possible to resurrect people - the best example of it being Lord Beric Dondarrion, who was brought back to life 6 TIMES by Thoros of Myr, the Red Priest of R'hllor. That proves that R'hllor has the ability to revive someone. Dondarrion did it himself, too, to resurrect Catelyn Stark. He died while doing…

Reformation There are majorly three reason that should be mentioned in accounting for the formation of the Reformation, including culture, politics and economy. With the coming of the Renaissance, ideas about humanism, individualism, and equality had already seeded within some people’s mind, those people were just waiting for the atmosphere and powerful reasons to start the Reformation. Politically, through 14th century, many churches of Europe encounter with the problem of losing power. As an…

illegitimate, she managed to leave a mark on England's history as a powerful queen, who overcame trials such as the Queen of Scots and the pressure she received from the church to marry. Greenwich Palace was Elizabeth's birthplace, her father was Henry VII and her mother was Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife (Strickland 2). To their surprise she was a girl, extinguishing the hope for a male heir. “By the sentence which Cranmer has passed on the marriage of her parents and her own birth,…

father Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon had a daughter named Mary. Then Henry went against the pope and disobeyed the catholic church to get a divorce with Catherine When Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn were expecting a child the king really hoped that Anne Boleyn would give birth to the male so he could be the heir to the throne which was considered the key to stable dynastic succession. “There for the birth of another daughter was a bitter disappointment to Henry…

of William. There was constantly rebellion in the lands of Normandy during William’s youth. In late 1046, opponents of William came together in a rebellion led by Guy of Burgundy. Consequently, William was forced to flee and seek refuge with King Henry I of France. However, when William returned, he and…

made it to the throne after the passing of her brother Edward VI. Most notably, Queen Mary I’s short reign of five years can be seen as sheer terror. During her reign, Queen Mary I’s primary focus was on making the entire country go through catholic restoration. In the textbook, Early Modern England 1458-1714, historians Robert Bucholz and Newton Key state, “For those, protestants who could not leave and would not recant, Mary and Pole had one last remedy: burning at the stake. They began on…

Elizabeth was born in 1533 to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, this was a disappointment to Henry since he had wanted a son to succeed him. Boleyn, who was Henry’s second wife, was executed only two and a half years later on false charges of incest and adultery which caused Elizabeth and her half-sister, Mary, to be declared as illegitimate. This took away their places in the line of succession and it was Elizabeth’s half-brother, Edward VI, who took control until 1553 when he passed away. Despite…