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.

Royal Dockyard, Deptford → foundedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Great Hall → commissionedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Great Hall → patron → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Base Court → associatedWith → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Clock Court → associatedWith → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey → monarchServed → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Wolsey

Tudor kitchens → usedDuringReignOf → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

“Portrait of Henry VIII” by Hans Holbein the Younger → depicts → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Portrait of Henry VIII

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

“Portrait of Henry VIII” by Hans Holbein the Younger → originalCommissionedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Portrait of Henry VIII

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Battle of Flodden → opponentOf → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Trinity Chapel → shrineRemovalOrderedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Thomas Cromwell → monarchServed → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Thomas Cromwell → employer → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Act in Restraint of Appeals → reignOf → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Act in Restraint of Appeals → monarch → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Act of First Fruits and Tenths → reignOf → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Act of First Fruits and Tenths → signedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Act of Annates → sponsor → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Submission of the Clergy (confirmed by statute) → monarchDuringEnactment → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Act for the Submission of the Clergy → signedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Act for the Submission of the Clergy → monarchAtEnactment → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Act of Dispensations → enactedUnderMonarch → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Act of Appeals → reignOf → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Act of Appeals → sponsoredBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Deptford → foundedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Deptford Dockyard

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII → mainSubject → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

The Private Life of Henry VIII → featuresCharacter → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton → monarchServed → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Edward Whitchurch → activeDuringReignOf → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Bishops’ Book → commissionedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

King’s Book → author → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

King’s Book → patron → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

King’s Book → issuedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Battle of Solway Moss → relatedTo → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Battle of Solway Moss → opponentOf → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Tavistock Abbey ruins → dissolvedUnder → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby → employer → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby → monarchServed → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby → ruledUnderMonarch → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Thomas Wyatt → employer → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Thomas Wyatt → patron → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Charles Laughton → portrayed → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Henry VIII of England

War of the Rough Wooing → commander → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey → employer → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Keynsham Abbey → dissolvedUnder → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

The Tudors → subject → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

St Augustine's Abbey → dissolvedUnder → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Trinity College Great Gate → associatedWith → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry VIII

Whalley Abbey ruins → dissolvedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

Hailes Abbey → dissolvedBy → Henry VIII of England ⓘ

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