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Divorce

England · House / House of Tudor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1529–1553Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1529

Henry VIII1529

House / House of Tudor

Appoints Thomas More Chancellor to get Parliament to grant him a divorce

1536

Henry VIII24 April 1536

House / House of Tudor

commissions Cromwell to prepare the case for a divorce

1553

Mary IOctober 1553

House / House of Tudor

Parliament declares the divorce of Henry & Katherine of Aragon invalid

Names involved

Henry VIIIMary I

Provenance

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