became King Henry VIII. Soon after he obtained the papal dispensation required to allow him to marry his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon. In the first years of his reign Henry VIII ...

IT’S the tale of Henry VIII and his six wives, without so much as a sighting of the power-hungry, woman-hungry, and well, just hungry monarch. And it is a tale that is all the better for his ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Henry VIII’s father, Henry VII, was the founder of the Tudor dynasty. He took the throne in 1485. Henry VII ...