Brush up on the Pole family, Charles V, the Holy Roman Empire & the history that shaped the events in Episode 1 as seen on ...
The Pope refused to annul the marriage as he was afraid to go against the will of Catherine's nephew Charles V, The Holy Roman Emperor. Although she resisted Henry VIII's advances, by 1533 Anne ...
At three years of age Catherine was betrothed to King Henry VII's oldest son Arthur ... the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. With Anne Boleyn already pregnant with his child the couple wed in ...
The dissolution of Henry VIII’s marriage to his first wife ... annulling the marriage could endanger the pope’s connection ...