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- first Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509; head of the house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses; defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king; married the daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and Lancaster (1457-1509)
- King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1275-1313)
How To Use Henry VII In A Sentence
- As Folger Theatre continually reminds us in its sturdily acted, becomingly visual "Henry VIII," history is in the imaginative mind of the conjurer -- in this case, William Shakespeare. Theater review: Folger Theatre's 'Henry VIII'
- His desire to realize Henry VIII's plan to subdue French influence in Scotland and achieve the union of the Crowns became an obsession.
- The figure on the right is Jean de Dinteville, the French ambassador to the English court of Henry VIII.
- People who longed for a more thorough introduction of Reformation principles during the reigns from Henry VIII to James I heavily relied on the Old Testament.
- The angel-noble of Henry VII, valued at ten shillings, appears to have been the coin given; it was in common use and not made especially for this purpose. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing
- Henry VIII's gardener, Richard Harris, had an orchard in Teynham producing cherries, pears, and pippins (eating apples), said to have been ‘the chief mother for all the other orchards of those kind of fruits’.
- Another intriguing find from the cemetery was a group of seven gold coins from the reign of Henry VIII known as ‘angels’.
- Back in England, old Edmund Dudley got his head chopped off for plotting against King Henry VII.
- A brief sidenote: the name Bloody Mary is associated with Queen Mary I of England, daughter of King Henry VIII. AskMen.com - HOME PAGE
- Construction of the chapel was begun in 1475 by Edward IV and completed under Henry VIII in 1528 and represents one of the finest examples in the country of the Perpendicular Gothic style.
