BOLEYN, MARY ( 1500-43) -- sister of Ann Boleyn; mistress of Henry VIII. Married to William Carey and later William Stafford
BRANDON, CHARLES, DUKE OF SUFFOLK ( 1485-1545) -- Henry VIII's close friend and courtier. Married Henry's sister Mary. Later married Catherine Willoughby
BRERETON, WILLIAM (d. 1536) -- courtier, accused of adultery with Ann Boleyn. Ω
CATHERINE OF ARAGON ( 1485-1536) -- first wife of Henry VIII, after death of her first husband, Henry's brother Arthur. Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain. Mother of Mary I
CHAPUYS, EUSTACHE ( 1494-1556) -- Spanish ambassador to England. Friend of Catherine of Aragon and Princess Mary
CHARLES V ( 1500-58) -- King of Spain (as Charles I) and Holy Roman Emperor. Nephew of Catherine of Aragon
CLEMENT VII ( 1478-1534) -- pope. Refused to grant Henry an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon
CRANMER, THOMAS ( 1489-1556) -- Archbishop of Canterbury. Proclaimed Henry and Catherine's marriage invalid. Burned at the stake in Mary Tudor's reign
CROMWELL, THOMAS ( 1485-1540) -- Lord Privy Seal under Henry. Ω after debacle over Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves
CULPEPER, THOMAS (d. 1542) -- courtier and lover of Queen Kathryn Howard. Ω
EDWARD IV ( 1441-83) -- grandfather of Henry VIII; King of England between 1461 and 1483. Father of Elizabeth of York and of the princes in the Tower
EDWARD, PRINCE, LATER EDWARD VI ( 1537-53) -- son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
ELIZABETH, PRINCESS, LATER ELIZABETH I ( 1533-1603) -- daugh- ter of Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn
FERDINAND OF ARAGON ( 1452-1516) -- King of Spain; father of Cather- ine of Aragon
FISHER, JOHN ( 1459-1535) -- chaplain of Margaret Beaufort and Bishop of Rochester. Ω for his opposition to Henry's claim to supremacy over the English church
FRANCIS I ( 1494-1557) -- King of France and Henry's political rival
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Publication Information: Book Title: Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: A Feminist Reinterpretation of the Wives of Henry VIII. Contributors: Karen Lindsey - author. Publisher: Perseus Books (Current Publisher: Perseus Publishing). Place of Publication: Reading, MA. Publication Year: 1995. Page Number: xvi.
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