He was the first Tudor monarch, the king who vanquished Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field. So when Henry VII died in 1509 after suffering from gout and asthma, he was fittingly buried in ...
Treason, tyranny, and terror are fabled words of King Henry VIII, one of history’s most controversial autocrats and ...
Once home to King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, and Edwards VI, the Grade I listed property is a treasure trove of preserved ...
Henry VIII: Britain’s most famous king. Big, bold and brash, he is the epitome of 'Merrie England'. Ruling between 1509 and 1547, his marriages to a succession of six women became something of a ...
For hundreds of years historians have marvelled at the effigy of King Henry VII for being both lifelike and beyond the craftsmanship of its era – and have longer wondered how it was achieved ...
See costumes used in the BBC production of Wolf Hall at an exclusive exhibition coming to Berkeley Castle in April 2025.
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 ...