While a Pope grateful for spiritual and political loyalty names Henry “Defender of the Faith,” fidelity is scarce in Henry’s court. His sister, Princess Margaret, marries the decrepit King of Portugal, only to murder him soon after and return to the lustful arms of Charles Brandon.
The Duke of Norfolk and Sir Thomas Boleyn continue to conspire against Cardinal Wolsey. And the King grows ever more enamored of Anne Boleyn. His increasing disinterest in his Queen—and the realization that he still hasn’t produced a legitimate heir to the Tudor dynasty—conjure an urgent desire for radical action.
Sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn and lady-in-waiting to Henry’s subsequent wives, Lady Rochford helped arrange romantic trysts between Queen Katherine Howard and Thomas Culpepper.
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While a Pope grateful for spiritual and political loyalty names Henry “Defender of the Faith,” fidelity is scarce in Henry’s court. His sister, Princess Margaret, marries the decrepit King of Portugal, only to murder him soon after and return to the lustful arms of Charles Brandon.
The Duke of Norfolk and Sir Thomas Boleyn continue to conspire against Cardinal Wolsey. And the King grows ever more enamored of Anne Boleyn. His increasing disinterest in his Queen—and the realization that he still hasn’t produced a legitimate heir to the Tudor dynasty—conjure an urgent desire for radical action.
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Lady Rochford
Sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn and lady-in-waiting to Henry’s subsequent wives, Lady Rochford helped arrange romantic trysts between Queen Katherine Howard and Thomas Culpepper.
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Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury thanks to ties with the Boleyn family, Thomas Cranmer rose to power from a relatively minor status.
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Henry’s fifth and youngest wife was vivacious and impressionable, a first cousin of Anne Boleyn.
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Described as ‘a beautiful youth,’ he became Queen Katherine Howard’s lover.
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He was England’s most infamous royal bad boy; Henry was a voluptuary, consuming food and women as voraciously as he disposed of those who crossed him.
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