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|- | |} Henry VIII ( 28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547 ) was King Of England and Lord Of Ireland (later King Of Ireland ) from 22 April 1509 until his death. He was the second monarch of the Tudor Dynasty , succeeding his father, Henry VII . He is famous for having been Married Six Times and for wielding the most untrammeled power of any English monarch. Notable events during his reign included the break with Rome and the subsequent establishment of the independent Church Of England , the Dissolution Of The Monasteries , and the union of England and Wales . Several significant pieces of legislation were enacted during Henry VIII's reign. They included the several Acts which severed the English Church from the Roman Catholic Church and established Henry as the supreme head of the Church in England, the Laws In Wales Acts 1535-1542 (which united England and Wales into one nation), the Buggery Act 1533 , the first anti- Sodomy enactment in England; and the Witchcraft Act 1542 , which punished 'invoking or conjuring an evil spirit' with death. Henry VIII is known to have been an avid Gambler and Dice player. In his youth, he excelled at sport, especially jousting, hunting, and Royal Tennis . He was also an accomplished musician, author, and Poet ; his best known piece of music is '' Pastyme With Good Company '' (The Kynges Ballade). Henry VIII was also involved in the construction-from-scratch and improvement of several significant buildings, including Nonsuch Palace , King's College Chapel In Cambridge and Westminster Abbey In London - the existing buildings improved were often properties confiscated from Wolsey (such as Christ Church, Oxford , Hampton Court Palace , Palace Of Whitehall ) and Trinity College, Cambridge . Early reign Henry VIII ascended the throne in 1509 upon his father's death. Catherine's father, the Aragonese King Ferdinand II , sought to control England through his daughter, and consequently insisted on her marriage to the new English King. Henry VIII wed Catherine of Aragon about nine weeks after his accession on June 11 1509 at Greenwich , despite the concerns of Pope Julius II and William Warham , the Archbishop Of Canterbury , regarding the marriage's validity. They were both Crowned at Westminster Abbey on 24 June 1509 . Queen Catherine's first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage in 1510. She gave birth to a son, Henry, on 1 January 1511 , but he only lived until February 22 . Upon his accession, Henry was faced with the problematic issues posed by Richard Empson and Edmund Dudley , two nobles of Henry VII 's reign who imposed heavy arbitrary taxes on the nobility. In one of the many ways in which he tried to separate himself from the principles of his father's reign, he had them imprisoned in the Tower Of London and later beheaded. Henry's constant willingness for war would prove to be another way in which he undertook to distance himself from Henry VII 's reign; his predecessor favouring peace.
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