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Henry VIII was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. At the same time, he was Lord of Ireland until 18 June 1542, after which he was also King of Ireland.
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Born 28 June 1491 · Died 28 January 1547 · Q38370
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“Remarks to the papal nuncio (June 1531), quoted in J. J. Scarisbrick, Henry VIII (1968; 1971 ed.), p. 379”
“Letter to William Benet (September 1530), quoted in J. J. Scarisbrick, Henry VIII (1968; 1971 ed.), p. 350”
“English Church History from the Death of King Henry VII to the Death of Archbishop Parker, Rev. Alfred Plummer, 1905, Edinburg, T. & T. Clark, p. 85.”
Presented his own, largely positive, view of the King, lauding him, "as the King and statesman who, whatever his personal failings, led England down the road to parliamentary democracy and empire"
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“Draft of a despatch to the ambassadors at Rome (January 1533), quoted in Nicholas Pocock, Records of the Reformation: The Divorce 1527-1533. Mostly now for the first time printed from mss. in the British Museum, the Public Record Office, the Venetian Archives and other libraries, Vol. II (1870), p. 438”
“On William Tyndale's The Obedience of a Christian Man (c. 1528), quoted in John Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials: Relating Chiefly to Religion, and Its Reformation Under the Reigns of King Henry VIII., King Edward VI., and Queen Mary the First, Volume I (1816), p. 177”
Died 1547-01-28.
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“A Child's History of England]** the quote is not a contemporary recorded statement by Henry VIII. While it encapsulates the sentiment of his desire to leave Catherine of Aragon, it is considered a dramatic paraphrase or a made-up quote often used in historical fiction, popular biographies, or modern dramatizations.”
“Well-beloved subjects, we thought that the clergy of our realm had been our subjects wholly, but now we have well perceived that they be but half our subjects, yea, and scarce our subjects: for all the prelates at their consecration make an oath to the pope, clean contrary to the oath that they make to us, so that they seem to be his subjects, and not ours.”
“We be informed by our judges that we at no time stand so highly in our estate royal as in the time of Parliament, wherein we as head and you as members are conjoined and knit together into one body politic, so as whatsoever offence or injury (during that time) is offered to the meanest member of the House is to be judged as done against our person and the whole Court of Parliament.”
“For this book is for me and all kings to read.”
“Alles ist verloren! Mönche, Mönche, Mönche! Jetzt ist alles verloren - Reich, Leib und Seele!" - Letzte Worte, 28. Januar 1547”
“[We are] not only prince and king, but set on such a pinnacle of dignity that we know no superior on earth.”
“(Original engl.: "All is lost! Monks, Monks, Monks! So, now all is gone - Empire, Body, and Soul!")”
“I shall never consent to his being judge in that affair [sc. the divorce]. Even if his holiness should do his worst by excommunicating me and so forth, I shall not mind it, for I care not a fig for all his excommunications. Let him follow his own at Rome, I will do here what I think best.”
“Meine Augen verlangen nur nach dir. Lebwohl." - Katharina von Aragón, Letzte Worte aus ihrem letzten Brief an ihren Mann”
“Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn: Love Letter #14 (August 1528)”
“(Original lat.: "Oculi mei te solum desiderant. Vale.")”
“Last speech to parliament, December 24, 1545.”
“See also: Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII, Great Britain. Public Record Office, John Sherren Brewer, Robert Henry, vol. XX, part 2, p. 513.”
“How can I be best rid of my own troublesome wife whom I am tired of, and marry Anne?" [Chapter XXVII - England Under Henry the Eighth, Called Bluff King Hal and Burly King Harry”
Career landmark: King of Ireland (1542–1547).
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Career landmark: Lord of Ireland (1509–1542).
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Career landmark: monarch of England (1509–1547).
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Won Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (1506).
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Awarded Prince of Wales (1503).
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Awarded Earl of Chester (1503).
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Career landmark: Earl of Chester (1503–1509).
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Career landmark: Prince of Wales (1503–1509).
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Awarded Duke of Cornwall (1502).
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Career landmark: Duke of Cornwall (1502–1509).
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Awarded Knight of the Garter (1495).
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Awarded Duke of York (1494).
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Career landmark: Lord Warden of the Marches (1494).
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Career landmark: Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1494).
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Career landmark: Duke of York (1494–1504).
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Career landmark: Earl Marshal (1494–1509).
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Career landmark: Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (1493–1509).
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Born 1491-06-28.
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Awarded Knight of the Bath (1491).
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