Henry VIII of England

E15066

King of England Tudor monarch human monarch

Henry VIII of England was the 16th-century Tudor king renowned for his six marriages, break with the Roman Catholic Church, and the establishment of the Church of England.

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Label	Occurrences
Henry VIII of England canonical	273
Henry VIII	86
King Henry VIII	11
King Henry VIII of England	7
Enrique VIII de Inglaterra	2
reign of Henry VIII	2
Henry VIII of England (brother-in-law)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T110601 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Henry VIII of England
Context triple: [The Prince and the Pauper, featuresHistoricalFigure, Henry VIII of England]

A. William Tudor
William Tudor was an American author, diplomat, and cultural figure in early 19th-century Boston, known for helping shape the city’s literary and intellectual life.
B. Henry VII of England
Henry VII of England was the first Tudor king, who ended the Wars of the Roses, restored royal authority, and laid the foundations for a more centralized English monarchy.
C. Charles I of England
Charles I of England was the early 17th-century Stuart king whose contentious rule and conflicts with Parliament led to the English Civil War and his eventual execution.
D. Edward
Edward is a masculine given name of English origin, historically associated with kings of England and notable figures such as U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
E. King John of England
King John of England was the early 13th-century English monarch whose reign was marked by military failures, heavy taxation, and baronial rebellion that led to the sealing of Magna Carta in 1215.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Henry VIII of England
Target entity description: Henry VIII of England was the 16th-century Tudor king renowned for his six marriages, break with the Roman Catholic Church, and the establishment of the Church of England.

A. William Tudor
William Tudor was an American author, diplomat, and cultural figure in early 19th-century Boston, known for helping shape the city’s literary and intellectual life.
B. Henry VII of England
Henry VII of England was the first Tudor king, who ended the Wars of the Roses, restored royal authority, and laid the foundations for a more centralized English monarchy.
C. Charles I of England
Charles I of England was the early 17th-century Stuart king whose contentious rule and conflicts with Parliament led to the English Civil War and his eventual execution.
D. Edward
Edward is a masculine given name of English origin, historically associated with kings of England and notable figures such as U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
E. King John of England
King John of England was the early 13th-century English monarch whose reign was marked by military failures, heavy taxation, and baronial rebellion that led to the sealing of Magna Carta in 1215.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King of England ⓘ Tudor monarch ⓘ human ⓘ monarch ⓘ
birthDate	1491-06-28 ⓘ
birthPlace	Greenwich Palace ⓘ Greenwich, Kent, England ⓘ
burialPlace	St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England ⓘ surface form: St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
causeOfDeath	illness ⓘ
child	Edward VI of England ⓘ Elizabeth I of England ⓘ Mary I of England ⓘ
conflict	Hundred Years' War ⓘ surface form: Anglo-French Wars Anglo-Scottish Wars ⓘ Italian Wars ⓘ
coronationDate	1509-06-24 ⓘ
countryRuled	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
deathDate	1547-01-28 ⓘ
deathPlace	London, England ⓘ Palace of Whitehall ⓘ
education	humanist education ⓘ
enacted	Act of Supremacy 1534 ⓘ
era	Renaissance ⓘ Tudor dynasty ⓘ surface form: Tudor period
father	Henry VII of England ⓘ
founded	Church of England ⓘ
fullName	Henry VII of England ⓘ surface form: Henry Tudor
hobby	hunting ⓘ jousting ⓘ music composition ⓘ
house	Tudor dynasty ⓘ surface form: House of Tudor
languageSpoken	English ⓘ French ⓘ Latin ⓘ
mother	Elizabeth of York ⓘ
notableFor	English Reformation Parliament era ⓘ surface form: English Reformation break with the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ English Reformation Parliament era ⓘ surface form: establishment of the Church of England having six wives ⓘ
policy	Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
portraitArtist	Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ
positionHeld	Supreme Head of the Church of England ⓘ
predecessor	Henry VII of England ⓘ
regnalName	Henry VIII of England self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Henry VIII
reignEnd	1547-01-28 ⓘ
reignStart	1509-04-21 ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Greenwich Palace ⓘ Hampton Court Palace ⓘ Palace of Whitehall ⓘ
spouse	Anne Boleyn ⓘ Anne of Cleves ⓘ Catherine Howard ⓘ Catherine Parr ⓘ Catherine of Aragon ⓘ Jane Seymour ⓘ
successor	Edward VI of England ⓘ
title	Duke of Cornwall ⓘ Duke of York ⓘ King of England ⓘ King of Ireland ⓘ Lord of Ireland ⓘ Prince of Wales ⓘ

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Referenced by (382)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

C.J. Sansom → hasWrittenAbout → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Francis I of France → rival → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset → sibling → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset → monarchDuringLifetime → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Richmond Palace → favoriteResidenceOf → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Richmond Palace → placeOfBirth → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Richmond Palace → associatedWithMonarch → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland → monarchServed → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

First Folio of Shakespeare → containsWork → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Lordship of Ireland → monarch → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

House of Howard → associatedWithMonarch → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

The History of England → focusesOnPerson → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Hever Castle → ownedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Hever Castle → associatedWith → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Myles Coverdale → associatedWith → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Trinity House → foundedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Royal College of Physicians → grantedRoyalCharterBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Henry VIII

Thomas More → monarchServed → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Thomas More → associatedWith → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Mary Tudor, Queen of France → sibling → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Katherine Tudor → sibling → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Leeds Castle → notableOwner → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

King's Men → performedWork → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Edward Stanley, 1st Baron Monteagle → monarchServed → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Coverdale Bible → dedicatedTo → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

The King's School, Grantham → namedAfter → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Henry VIII

Wymondham Priory → dissolvedDuringReignOf → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Christ Church Cathedral → founderOfCathedralStatus → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Christ Church Cathedral → associatedMonarch → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Eynsham Abbey → dissolvedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Great Bible → authorizedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

King of England → notableHolder → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Pontefract Castle → associatedWithMonarch → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Chicksands Priory → dissolvedUnder → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Acts of Union 1536 and 1543 → enactedUnderMonarch → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

A Man for All Seasons → mainSubject → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula → rebuiltBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Greyfriars Church, Leicester → dissolvedUnder → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Portland Castle → builtBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Portland Castle → builtFor → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

commissioned the warship Michael → relative → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

subject surface form: James IV of Scotland

Pilgrimage of Grace → reignOf → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Pilgrimage of Grace → opposedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Chapel of King's College, Cambridge → builtDuringReignOf → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533 → royalAssentBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533 → associatedWithMonarch → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Act of Succession 1534 → monarchDuringEnactment → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Mary → father → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Mary I of England

Anglicanism (broadly) → hasKeyFigure → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Anglicanism

Buckland Abbey → dissolvedUnder → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

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