The Tudor Kings

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Henry had doted on Arthur, yet he had little time to grieve. Henry VIII as painted by Meynnart Wewyck around the time he became king. (Public Domain) That watershed was close at hand on April 21, 1509, when Henry VII died of tuberculosis at age 52, whereupon Prince Henry became Henry VIII. But there was no question whom Henry blamed for his situation: Catherine.

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