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Why didn’t Henry VIII find spouses for his children, in particular Mary? If Mary had married at a younger age, might she have produced one or more grandsons? If she had, would this have altered Henry’s later behaviour? Let’s talk about it…

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Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

Portrait of Queen Mary I, attributed to Lucas Horenbout (or Hornebolte) (c.1525). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Queen Mary I by Master John (1544). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Mary I of England by Hans Eworth (1554). Held by the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Detail from the Westminster tournament roll showing Henry VIII tilting in front of Katherine of Aragon (1511). Held by the College of Arms.

Portrait of Henry VIII by Joos van Cleve (c. 1531). Held by the Royal Collection.

Portrait of Maximilian I from the workshop of Joos van Cleve (c.1530). Held by the Noordbrabants Museum.

Portrait of Emperor Maximilian and his family by Bernhard Strigel (after 1515). Held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

The engagement of François d'Angoulême (Francis I) and Claude de France by Guillaume II Le Roy in the Chroniques de Louis XII , BNF , Fr.5083, folio 1 verso.

“The Field of the Cloth of Gold” by an unknown artist of the British School (c.1545). Held by the Royal Collection.

Portrait of Emperor Charles V by Bernard van Orley (c.15151520). Held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.

Portrait of James V of Scotland by Corneille de Lyon (c.1536). Held in a private collection.

Emperor Charles V and Empress Isabella by Peter Paul Rubens after Titian (17th century). Held by the Liria Palace.

Portrait of François I by Jean Clouet (between 1527 and 1530). Held by the Louvre Museum.

Portrait of Henri, duc d'Orléans by Jean Clouet (1520s). Held at the Condé Museum.

Henry VIII's first interview with Anne Boleyn by Daniel Maclise (by 1836). Held in a private collection.

Portrait of Katherine of Aragon by an unknown artist (c.1520). On loan to the National Portrait Gallery, London; Lent by permission of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church Commissioners for England, 2011.

Portrait of Lorenzo Campeggio by an unknown artist (18th century). Current location unknown.

Portrait of Thomas Cranmer by Gerlach Flicke (15451546). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Anne Boleyn by an unknown artist (c. 1550). Held by Hever Castle.

Portrait of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland by Daniël Mijtens (between c.1620 and c.1638). Held by the Royal Collection.

Detail from a portrait of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon attributed to Jan Gossaert (c.1516). Held in the collection of the Earl of Yarborough; Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire.

Edward VI's "devise for the succession", 1552 or 1553, written in his own hand. (Inner Temple, Petyt MS 538, vol. 47 fo. 317.)


Quoted texts:

CSP Venice, 1527–33, 105.

Eric Ives, ODNB entry for Henry VIII.

Campeggio to Sanga, 28th October 1528.

Ann Weikel, ODNB entry for Mary I.


Also consulted, were:

Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.

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