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a) King Henry V11

 Born in Pembroke in 1457
 Crowned king in 1485 in Westminster Abbey
 Five months after Battle of Bosworth he married Elizabeth of York.
 Had four sons and four daughters – some died

 Their second son was Henry V111.
 Henry V11 loved gambolling and music.
 He encouraged people to travel around the world.
 He was a businessman and left a full treasury raising money from

parliament, custom duties, fines and forced gifts.
 He left his son a safe throne, wealth and in peace.
 He loved to spend (see separate sheet)
 Buried in Westminster Abbey in 1509

b) King Henry V111

 Born in Palace of Placentia in Greenwich in 1491.
 Became king at age 17.

 Tall, handsome, athletic, intelligent but became overweight later.
 Spent much of father’s money on an extravagant lifestyle.
 He loved food, banquets, hunting, sport, palaces and clothes.

 Hampton Court was one of his six palaces.
 Henry wanted a male as heir so married six wives.
 Wives – divorced first, executed second, third died, divorced fourth, executed
fifth and the last survived the marriage (see separate sheet)
 Had three surviving children- Mary, Elizabeth and Edward.

 Became head of the Church of England when the Pope refused to let him
divorce Catherine of Aragon.
 In 1522 he went to war with France. He ‘emptied men’s pockets’ with taxes to
pay for it.

 The Mary Rose was one of his war-ships.
 He sold off land which monasteries owned.
 Died in 1547; buried at Windsor. Edward, aged nine became king.

c) King Edward V1

 Born in 1537; his mother died twelve days later.
 Became king when only nine years old in 1547. Ministers ruled for him.

 Edward had tuberculosis and died aged 15.

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