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Marriage Annulment

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

3Records
1533–1536Date range
1Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1533

Henry VIII23 May 1533

Dunstable · House / House of Tudor

Cranmer declares Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid under English ecclesiastical authority.

Henry VIII23 May 1533

Dunstable · House / House of Tudor

Cranmer declares Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon null and void.

1536

Henry VIII17 May 1536

Lambeth · House / House of Tudor

Cranmer annuls Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn before her execution.

Names involved

Henry VIII

Provenance

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