Tudor History Quiz #4

Katherine and Arthur were married in 14 November 1501, but sadly Arthur died on 2 April 1502 after both became ill. Katherine survived and married Henry VIII in 1509.

Anne’s mother Elizabeth Boleyn (nee Howard,) was a younger sister to Katherine’s father Lord Edmund Howard.

Built by Henry VII in 1501 and named Richmond [As he was the Earl of Richmond,] it was previously known as Sheen Palace prior to his rule. Hever Castle was the childhood home of Anne Boleyn.

Henry was created Duke of York at the age of 3, after being appointed Constable of Dover Castle, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Earl Marshal of England and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Mary was 2 years old when she was betrothed to the newborn Dauphin in 1518. The betrothal was broken off in 1521 when the alliance between England and France disintegrated. Mary and François never met, and he died in 1536.

Princess Elizabeth was given her own household at Hatfield, located in Hertfordshire, when she was about 3 months old. After the death of her mother and her legitimacy revoked, Lady Elizabeth lived quietly at Hatfield until she briefly lived with her stepmother Katherine Parr at Chelsea after the death of her father, King Henry VIII. She was proclaimed Queen of England in 1558 under an oak tree on the estate at Hatfield.

King Henry VIII is known for his paranoia, particularly where disease was concerned and he wanted to take every precaution that no contagion would come near his son, whom he described as “This whole realm’s most precious jewel.” Henry VIII’s illegitimate son, Henry FitzRoy died of tuberculosis in 1536.