16th-century English nobility

Henry VIII was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. After the Pope refused to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, Henry passed legislation that severed England and Ireland from the Roman Catholic Church and established the monarch as Supreme Head of the Church of England, initiating the English Reformation. He subsequently married five more times; two marriages were annulled, and two wives were executed.

king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553

Queen of England and Ireland in July 1553

Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester and Duke of Cornwall

English statesman and politician (1485–1540)

sister of the queen of England Anne Boleyn

noblewoman; Mother of King Henry VII

English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Queen Elizabeth I (1532-1588)

Nobleman

English general, admiral, and politician (1504-1553)

English statesman and chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I (1520-1598)

English nobleman (1565–1601)

English peeress, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (1473-1541)

sister of Edward IV of England, consort of Charles, Duke of Burgundy (1446-1503)

English nobleman, diplomat and military commander

English Earl (1563-1612)

English politician (1473-1554)

English noble (1480-1538)

English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era (1550-1604)

English nobleman and Catholic saint (1557-1595)

English duchess

English royal consort

sister-in-law of King Henry VIII of England

English politician and naval commander (1536–1624)

noblewoman; Potential successor to the English throne (1540-1568)

Countess of Pembroke, poet, and literary patron

first son of King Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon (1511-1511)

English politician and poet (1536-1608)

Daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor, Queen Dowager of Scotland

Duke of Somerset

English Duke

British noblewoman, Duchess of Somerset

English nobleman and politician (1435–1504)

English noblewoman (1545?–1578)

English noble (1478-1521)

British nobleman and politician (1587–1645)

English nun; (1480-1517)

English royal minister in the Tudor era (1485-1554)

English politician and nobleman (1536–1572)

English diplomat (1585-1646)

English noblewoman

English politician (1496-1567)

English noblewoman

English aristocrat (1564-1632)

1st Earl of Hertford (1539-1621)

English sailor, politician, and courtier (1561–1626)

English politician (1542-1623)

son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and Mary Browne, daughter of Anthony Browne (1573-1624)

English military commander during the English Wars of the Roses

British noble

English noble

English nobleman and Yorkist heir (1472-1513)

1/2 Brother of Edward V

English peer and politician (1580–1632)

English countess (1515-1552)

English politician

British nobleman

notable figure of 16th century Elizabethan English society

English aristocrat and courtier (1540-1614)

Earl of Worcester