Clockwise from back left: Henry VIII's parents Henry VII and Queen Elizabeth, Jane Seymour, Edward VI as Prince of Wales, and Henry VIII. A male heir was crucial to continuing the royal line and ...

When Henry VII died in 1509, this popular eighteen-year-old prince ... go on to outlive him. Henry VIII died on 28 January 1547 and was succeeded by his son, Edward VI. He was buried next to ...