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Henry Tudor King Henry VIII 1491–1547 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Jun 1491

Birth Location: Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, United Kingdom

Death Date: 28 Jan 1547

Death Location: Palace of Whitehall, City of Westminster, United Kingdom

Father: Henry VII

Mother: Elizabeth Elizabeth

Spouse(s): Anne Consort, Jane Consort, Catherine Consort, Katherine Consort, Catherine Consort, Anne Consort

Children(s): Ethelreda Malte, Edward VI, Mary Mary, Henry Cornwall, Elizabeth I

The story of Henry Tudor King Henry VIII began in 1491 in Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, United Kingdom. Henry Tudor King Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn Queen Consort, Anne Cleves Queen Consort, Catherine Howard Queen Consort, Catherine Parr Queen Consort, Jane Seymour Queen Consort, Katherine Trastamara Queen Consort, and had children including Edward Tudor King Edward Vi, Elizabeth Tudor Queen Elizabeth I, Ethelreda Audrey Malte, Henry Tudor Duke Of Cornwall, Mary Tudor Queen Mary I Bloody Mary. Henry Tudor King Henry VIII passed away in 1547 in Palace of Whitehall, City of Westminster, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Henry Tudor King Henry VIII began in 1491 in Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, United Kingdom.
  • Henry Tudor King Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn Queen Consort, Anne Cleves Queen Consort, Catherine Howard Queen Consort, Catherine Parr Queen Consort, Jane Seymour Queen Consort, Katherine Trastamara Queen Consort, and had children including Edward Tudor King Edward Vi, Elizabeth Tudor Queen Elizabeth I, Ethelreda Audrey Malte, Henry Tudor Duke Of Cornwall, Mary Tudor Queen Mary I Bloody Mary.
  • Henry Tudor King Henry VIII passed away in 1547 in Palace of Whitehall, City of Westminster, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry VII
1444–1509
Birth Location: Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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Elizabeth Elizabeth
1466–1503
Birth Location: Westminster, London, England
EE

Spouses(s)

Anne Consort
1501–1536
Birth Location: Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
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Jane Consort
1508–1537
Birth Location: Burbage, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
JC
Catherine Consort
1512–1548
Birth Location: Blackfriars, London, England
CC
Katherine Consort
1485–1536
Birth Location: Archiepiscopal Palace, Alcalá de Henares, Castile, Spain
KC
Catherine Consort
1520–1542
Birth Location: Lambeth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
CC
Anne Consort
1515–1557
Birth Location: Düsseldorf, Duchy of Berg, Kingdom of Germany, Holy Roman Empire
AC

Children(s)

Ethelreda Malte
1518–1559
Birth Location: Greater London, England
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Edward VI
1537–1553
Birth Location: Hampton Court Palace, Middlesex, England
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Mary Mary
1516–1558
Birth Location: Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, England
MM
Henry Cornwall
1511–1511
Birth Location: Richmond Palace, Surrey, England
HC
Elizabeth I
1533–1603
Birth Location: Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, England
EI

Henry VIII's Ancestors

Self
Henry VIII
1491–1547
Birth Place: Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, United Kingdom
Parents
Henry Tudor King Henry VII
1444–1509
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Elizabeth (York Queen) Elizabeth
1466–1503
Westminster, London, England
Grandparents
Edmund (Tudor, 1st Earl of) Richmond
1430–1456
Much Hadham Palace, Hertfordshire, England
Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509
Bletsoe Castle, Bedfordshire, England
Edward (York Plantagenet King Edward) IV
1442–1483
Rouen, Normandy, France
Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Owen Tudor
1400–1461
Catherine Valois
1401–1437
John Somerset
1404–1444
Margaret Bletso
1410–1482
Richard York
1411–1460
Cecily Neville
1415–1495
Richard Rivers
1405–1469
Jacquetta Luxembourg
1415–1472
2nd-Great-Grandparents
King France
1368–1422
Isabeau Wittelsbach
1435–1435
Richard Cambridge
1385–1415
Anne Mortimer
1390–1411
Ralph westmoreland
1364–1425
Joan Westmorland
1379–1440

Henry VIII's Descendants

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Henry (Tudor King Henry) VIII (28 Jun 1491–28 Jan 1547) m. Anne (Boleyn Queen) Consort (21 March 1501–19 May 1536) m. Jane (Seymour Queen) Consort (30 May 1508–24 Oct 1537) m. Catherine (Parr Queen) Consort (1512–5 Sep 1548) m. Katherine (Trastámara Queen) Consort (16 Dec 1485–7 Jan 1536) m. Catherine (Howard Queen) Consort (1520–13 Feb 1542) m. Anne (Cleves Queen) Consort (1515–16 Jul 1557)
  1. 1. Ethelreda (Audrey) Malte 1518–1559 m. John Harington 1517–1582
    1. 1. Hester Harington –1568
  2. 2. Edward (Tudor King Edward) VI 1537–1553
  3. 3. Mary (Tudor Queen Mary I, Bloody) Mary 1516–1558 m. Philip (Habsburg King Philip of) Spain 1527–1598
  4. 4. Henry (Tudor Duke of) Cornwall 1511–1511
  5. 5. Elizabeth (Tudor Queen Elizabeth) I 1533–1603

Henry VIII's Timeline

2 Records

1491
28 Jun 1491
Birth of Henry Tudor King Henry VIII in Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, United Kingdom
Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, United Kingdom
1547
28 Jan 1547
Age 56
Death of Henry Tudor King Henry VIII in Palace of Whitehall, City of Westminster, United Kingdom
Palace of Whitehall, City of Westminster, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Jun 1491
    Event Place: Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Jan 1547
    Event Place: Palace of Whitehall, City of Westminster, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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