Becoming King

• what was the sucession line

  • arthur 1485- marriage alliance with spain
  • margrat 1489- married james 4th of scotland
  • henry 1491
  • mary 1496
• what was henry the 8th before becoming king

  • luitentant of ireland and duke of york
  • first rate education learnt latin and french
• why do people think he wasnt trained to be king

  • loved gambling and jousting so he wasnt focused
  • 7 years before he became king and wasnt allowed freedom 'untrained in the extracting art of kingship'
• what happened to henry 8th family

  • elizabeth of york(mother) died in 1503 which effected henry so he stayed home
• what were the factions

  • empson and dudley were apart of council
  • other faction was richard fox and rhomas lovell
  • Factions were seperate groups in politics but with same ideas
• what were henry 8th fears

  • duke of buckingham
  • de la poles - edmund and richard
• how did henry 7th die

  • February 1509 henry became ill and died n 21 april 1509 however his death wasnt formally announced until 23 april 1509. RIchard Foz and margrat beaufort didnt announce it due to wanting to put procedures in place
• what happend when henry became king

  • 22 april 1509
  • two months before turning 18
  • 7 year to prepare
  • humanist education
  • seen as a breath of fres air
  • empson and dudley sent straight to the tower
• what were the comparisons between henry 7th and henry 8th

  • Henry 7th: stong work ethic, involved, finances £300,000, peaceful foreign policy
  • henry 8th: disliked government, would suddenly intervene, lack of work ethic, desired military government, concilliar government dissapeard