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Quest for an Heir: Henry VIII, Aragon and Boleyn

Not Just the Tudors by History Hit

Sep 10, 202652:22Society & Culture

In the 1520s, a dynastic crisis loomed behind the brilliance of Henry VIII's court. Desperate for a male heir after Catherine of Aragon's string of tragic pregnancies, Henry's frustration mounted as his foreign military...

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