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King Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Fact Sheet

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Format: PDF

This resource contains key facts about King Henry VIII, Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Kateryn Parr.

National Curriculum links

• Supports pupils to extend and deepen their chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, to provide a well-informed context for wider learning.
• Supports pupils to identify significant events, make connections, draw contrasts, and analyse trends within periods and over long arcs of time.

Resource Information

Key Stage

  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • KS3 (age 11-14)
  • Home Educators
  • International Schools

Subjects

  • History

Topic

  • Tudors

Type

  • Biographies & Fact sheets
  • Printable activities

Palace

  • Tower of London
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Henry VIII's Six Wives: Biographies and key facts

Explore the achievements, struggles and personalities of the six famous queens. Discover short biographies that focus on Henry VIII's Queens as people, not just as his wives.

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Key Stage

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Subject

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Topic

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Key Stage

  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • KS3 (age 11-14)
  • KS4 (age 15-16)
  • KS5 (age 16+)
  • Home Educators

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Elizabethans
  • Crime & Punishment

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Key Stage

  • KS2 (age 7-11)

Subject

  • History
  • PSHE

Topic

  • 20th & 21st Century
  • Historic Environment