Henry VIII
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Henry VIII was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 22 April 1509, and King of England and Ireland from the commencement of the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 until his death in 1547.
Portrait by Meynnart Wewyck, 1509
The meeting of Francis I and Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520
Henry (left) with Pope Leo X (centre) and Emperor Charles V (right); painting by unknown artist c. 1520
Catherine of Aragon
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Catherine of Aragon was Queen of England as the first wife of Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533. She had previously been Princess of Wales as the wife o
Portrait by Lucas Horenbout, c. 1525
Portrait by Juan de Flandes thought to be of 11-year-old Catherine. She resembles her sister Joanna.
Portrait, possibly of Catherine of Aragon c. 1502, or Mary Tudor, Queen of France, c. 1514 Michael Sittow
16th-century woodcut of the coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon showing their heraldic badges, the Tudor rose and the Pomegranate of Granada