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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
King Henry VIII had grand plans for his tomb at the beginning of his reign, hiring the artist Pietro Torrigiano to design and execute. Torrigiano was an unstable man who caused problems wherever ...
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What did King Henry VIII really want from a wife?
Henry VIII: Britain’s most famous king. Big, bold and brash, he is the epitome of 'Merrie England'. Ruling between 1509 and 1547, his marriages to a succession of six women became something of a ...
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Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
Her tomb inscription reads: Here lies Queen Elizabeth, daughter of the former King Edward IV, sister of the formerly appointed King Edward V, once the wife of King Henry VII, and the renowned mother ...
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11 Things you didn’t know about King Henry VIII’s Great Progress
If you lived in 1541 and you were going on King Henry VIII’s Great Progress from London to York, you’d have been walking for weeks in the cold and wet, through mud and horse droppings ...
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Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
Her tomb inscription reads: Here lies Queen Elizabeth, daughter of the former King Edward IV, sister of the formerly appointed King Edward V, once the wife of King Henry VII, and the renowned mother ...