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30 november 2004
Henry VIII
Portrait of Henry VIII (1540) by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543)
Oil on panel, 88,5 x 74,5 cm
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, Italy
Henry VIII (1491-1547), second son of Henry VII, King of England from 1509. Outstanding political and military figure, he was also remembered in history for his multiple and unsuccessful marriages. In 1509, he married his brother’s widow, Catherine of Aragon. In 1533, Anne Boleyn became his second wife. In 1536, the Queen Catherine died and Anne Boleyn was accused of infidelity and executed. The day after her execution Henry married Jane Seymore.
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