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The REAL face of Henry VII? Experts to scan 500-year-old funeral effigy head to find out how medieval craftsman made it so lifelike
So when Henry VII died in 1509 after suffering from gout and asthma, he was fittingly buried in Westminster Abbey. But now, the remarkably lifelike effigy head that rested atop his coffin during ...
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Henry VIII
Henry, the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was born on 28 June 1491 at Greenwich Palace. After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502, Henry became heir to the English ...
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Catherine of Aragon
At three years of age Catherine was betrothed to King Henry VII's oldest son Arthur, only a year younger than her. Catherine was tutored in religion and classics by Alessandro Geraldini ...
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Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
Henry VII was the only child of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond (son of Henry V's widow Catherine de Valois and Owen Tudor) and his 13-year old wife Lady Margaret Beaufort (who died in the Abbot of ...
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Henry VIII
Henry was the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York and was born at Greenwich Palace on 28th June 1491. His brother Arthur died and he succeeded his father as King in April 1509. Henry was ...