Henry VIII may have been the wealthiest monarch in ... By comparison, the annual income of a duke, second in wealth to the king, was about 6,000 British pounds, or $2.5 million in today's dollars.

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 ...

As I watched a biography of Henry VIII recently, I found it striking the similarities between him and our own monarch residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

it helps to understand the historical context of King Henry VIII’s world. To that end, MASTERPIECE spoke with the production’s researcher, the author and Tudor historian Kirsten Claiden ...

Sometimes just one person changes things, like Henry VIII. When Henry was 18, he became King of England. He loved music, dancing and playing sports, like jousting and archery. But he got angry if ...

The coronation of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon took place on Sunday 24th June 1509. The ceremony is illustrated in the mortuary roll of Abbot Islip dated 1532 in the Abbey's archives. The day ...