Treason, tyranny, and terror are fabled words of King Henry VIII, one of history’s most controversial autocrats and ...

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 ...

Research by the charity English Heritage suggests it may have found a portrait of England's shortest-reigning queen Lady Jane ...

Henry VII's reign was a prosperous one ... Here lies Henry the Seventh of that name, formerly King of England, son of Edmund, Earl of Richmond. 'He was created King on August 22 and immediately ...

Being King Henry VIII’s lover was a dangerous game—just ask his six ill-fated wives. Yet no one played that game better than ...

Recommended Videos One of England's most tragic regal figures ... chicanery of the Tudor court in the chaotic aftermath of Henry VIII’s reign. She is perhaps best-known from Paul Delaroche ...

Historians indicate in the 16th century, King Henry VIII of England standardized the measurement. Experts suggest the measurement coincided with the width of Henry’s own hand, which was four inches.

Westminster Abbey is undertaking a new project using the latest 3D technology to scan the funeral effigy head of Henry VII - the first Tudor monarch ... sculptor Pietro Torrigiano - who came to ...

She was the child of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. But despite her mother being beheaded when she was two, Elizabeth I would become one of the few medieval queens of England ...