Despite Henry VIII’s attempts, only four of his children reached adulthood ... But the joy was soon muted when Edward’s mother, Jane Seymour, passed away just over 10 days later.

KING HENRY VIII ... illegitimate children, Henry VIII only acknowledged one son. Born on June 15, 1519, Henry Fitzroy become the first Duke of Richmond and Somerset. His mother was Elizabeth ...

Wolf Hall charts part of Henry VIII’s reign during the life of his advisor Thomas Cromwell, depicting several of his marriages and his quest to have a male heir. The BBC series sees Damian Lewis ...

Catherine Parr was not simply the sixth (and last) wife of King Henry VIII ... children and even removed his daughters from the line of succession. Mary was his eldest, and his marriage to her ...

At age 16, Catherine was sent to marry Prince Arthur of England, Henry VIII’s older brother and eldest son of the king. Shortly after their marriage ... Howard’s mother died when she was ...

It was a common mnemonic device to help children ... The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens, as opposed to “Six Wives.” Here, curator Charlotte Bolland seeks to fill in their backstories and ...

Their marriage, however ... While Parr was akin to a sister-like figure to Mary, she became a mother to Henry VIII’s two younger children, 9-year-old Elizabeth and 5-year-old Edward.

Hilary Mantel knew that some stories “compel retelling”. One such tale—imagined in her acclaimed trilogy of “Wolf Hall” novels—is that of Henry VIII, the cultured Renaissance king ...