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Há 3 dias · House of Tudor, an English royal dynasty of Welsh origin, which gave five sovereigns to England: Henry VII (reigned 1485–1509); his son, Henry VIII (1509–47); followed by Henry VIII’s three children, Edward VI (1547–53), Mary I (1553–58), and Elizabeth I (1558–1603).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Há 3 dias · The accession of King Edward VIII, and the ensuing abdication crisis, brought Baldwin's last major test in office. The new monarch was "an ardent exponent of the cause of Anglo-German understanding " and had "strong views on his right to intervene in affairs of state," but the "Government's main fears... were of indiscretion."
- Ramsay MacDonald
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Há 3 dias · Anne Boleyn ( / ˈbʊlɪn, bʊˈlɪn /; [7] [8] [9] c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and execution by beheading for treason, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation .
Há 3 dias · Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir to the throne following the death of his older brother Alphonso. Beginning in 1300, Edward accompanied his father on campaigns in Scotland, and ...
Há 4 dias · Power and Glory by Alexander Larman is the third in a trilogy about the royal family. The first book is the ‘Crown in Crisis’ which covers the abdication of Edward VIII. The second book is ‘The Windsors at War’ which is set during World War II and ends on VE day.
Há 5 dias · It might be summed up as a re-evaluation of how this quirky man – Cosmo Gordon Lang – occupied this quirky office – archbishop of Canterbury – and how he dealt with three particular and distinct crises affecting the life of the Church of England: the Abdication of Edward VIII, the on-going crisis following the Commons ...
Há 4 dias · And the presence of the former Edward VIII, now the Duke of Windsor, conniving and sniping from the sidelines in an attempt to regain relevance, even down to writing a controversial and revelatory memoir, could only make matters worse.
