Historical information for your Henry III medieval banquets.

1509 - 1547

Born: 28 June 1491 - Greenwich Palace
Father: King Henry VII
Mother: Elizabeth of York
Reigned: 1509 - 1547
Died: 28 January 1547

The wives of King Henry VIII

• Catherine of Aragon - divorced
• Anne Boleyn - beheaded
• Jane Seymour - died
• Anne of Cleaves - divorced
• Catherine Howard - beheaded
• Catherine Parr - survived

  Time Line

  1509 - Death of Henry VII - Henry VIII becomes King aged 17
  1509 - 7 June married Katherine of Aragon in private chapel of Placentia at Greenwich
  1515 - Great tournament ground built at Greenwich by King Henry VIII.
  1516 - Queen Mary I "Bloody Mary" (1516 - 1558) born in Greenwich.
  1518 - Ordinance depot (later Royal Arsenal) established at Woolwich.
  1533 - Henry marries Anne Boleyn in secret (25 January)
  1533 - 7 September Queen Elizabeth I (1533 -1603) born in Greenwich.
  1534 - Act of Supremacy - Henry becomes head of the Church of England
  1536 - Anne Boleyn executed after dropping her handkerchief in Greenwich (a sign of infidelity!)
   1536 - Henry marries Jane Seymour
  1536 - Act of Union between England & Wales
  1537 - Birth of Henry's only son - Edward VI
  1537 - Death of Jane Seymour
  c1539 - King Henry VIII met Anne of Cleaves at a Blackheath pageant.
  1540 - Henry marries Anne of Cleves - divorced 6 months later.
  1540 - Henry marries Catherine Howard
  1542 - Catherine Howard put to death for treason
  1543 - Henry marries Catherine Parr
  1547 - Edward VI became King of England on death of Henry VIII