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Henry VIII Tudor King of England, France and Ireland VIII 1491–1547 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Jun 1491

Birth Location: Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, Kent, England

Death Date: 28 Jan 1547

Death Location: Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England

Father: ` REX

Mother: Princess England

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Henry VIII Tudor King of England, France and Ireland VIII was born in 1491 in Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, Kent, England, the child of Henry Vii Tudor Of Lancaster King Of England Rex And Princess Elisabeth Of York Queen Consort Of England. Henry VIII Tudor King of England, France and Ireland VIII passed away in 1547 in Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Henry VIII Tudor King of England, France and Ireland VIII was born in 1491 in Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, Kent, England, the child of Henry Vii Tudor Of Lancaster King Of England Rex And Princess Elisabeth Of York Queen Consort Of England.
  • Henry VIII Tudor King of England, France and Ireland VIII passed away in 1547 in Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England.

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Henry VIII's Ancestors

Self
Henry VIII
1491–1547
Birth Place: Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, Kent, England
Parents
` Henry VII Tudor of Lancaster King of England REX
1457–1509
Pembroke Castle, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Princess (Elisabeth of York, Queen Consort of) England
1466–1503
Westminster Palace, London, England
Grandparents
Edmund (Tudor, 1st Earl of) Richmond
1430–1456
Much Hadham, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England
Margaret (Countess Beaufort Countess of Richmond and) Derby
1443–1509
Bletso Castle, Bedfordshire, England
Edward (IV Plantagenet, King of) England
1442–1483
Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Elizabeth (Woodville, Queen Consort of) England
1437–1492
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Plantagenet
1411–1460
Cecily York
1415–1495
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Plantagenet
1385–1415
Isabella York
1355–1392

Henry VIII's Timeline

3 Records

1491
28 Jun 1491
Birth of Henry VIII Tudor King of England, France and Ireland VIII in Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, Kent, England
Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, Kent, England
1547
28 Jan 1547
Age 56
Death of Henry VIII Tudor King of England, France and Ireland VIII in Palace of Whitehall, London, England
Palace of Whitehall, London, England
1786
19 Nov 1786
Age 295
Henry VIII Tudor King of England, France and Ireland VIII was christened in Saint Michael,Barbadoes,Caribbean
Saint Michael,Barbadoes,Caribbean

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Jun 1491
    Event Place: Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 19 Nov 1786
    Event Place: Saint Michael,Barbadoes,Caribbean
    Record Source: Caribbean, Select Births and Baptisms

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Jan 1547
    Event Place: Palace of Whitehall, London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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