Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII, the woman he famously fell for during his first marriage.Anne was a lady-in-waiting for the King’s first wife Catherine of Aragon, and Henry, who ...

Henry VIII’s grisly near-death accident that may have altered the course of history In the years after the incident, the once-charismatic Tudor king became increasingly sickly with festering ...

The deadly sweating sickness that terrified King Henry VIII. In the 15th century a mysterious and merciless disease where patient’s sweated to death ravaged Europe leaving a King terrifed.

Find out about Henry VIII with BBC Bitesize History. For students between the ages of 11 and 14. ... Following the death of his father in 1509, Henry VIII became King of England.

Upon Henry VIII’s death in 1547, his son, 15-year-old Edward VI took the reign, only to die of consumption soon after. Sixteen-year-old Lady Jane Grey, Henry VIII’s great-niece, ...