Key Individuals

Question 1

Thomas Cromwell

Answer 1

chief minister (1534-1540)

Question 2

Catherine of Aragon

Answer 2

first wife of Henry died 1536

Question 3

Anne Boleyn

Answer 3

2nd wife of Henry, died 1536

Question 4

Thomas Howard

Answer 4

3rd duke of Norfolk

Question 5

Jane Seymour

Answer 5

3rd wife of king Henry died 1537

Question 6

Anne of cleves

Answer 6

4th wife of Henry, died 1557

Question 7

Edward Seymour

Answer 7

elder brother of Jane, Lord protector 1547-49

Question 8

Thomas Cranmer

Answer 8

Archbishop of Canterbury, reformist, executed 1556

Question 9

Stephen Gardiner

Answer 9

bishop and politician, Lord chancellor in Marys reign. died 1555

Question 10

Catherine Howard

Answer 10

5th wife of Henry, executed 1542

Question 11

Catherine Parr

Answer 11

6th wife of Henry died 1548

Question 12

Edward VI

Answer 12

Henry’s son, king 1547-1553

Question 13

Mary queen of scots

Answer 13

queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Question 14

Charles v

Answer 14

holy roman emperor, king of Spain died 1558

Question 15

John Dudley

Answer 15

duke of Northumberland died 1553, 2nd Lord president

Question 16

Mary I

Answer 16

Henry’s daughter, queen July 1553-November 1558

Question 17

Lady Jane grey

Answer 17

great granddaughter of Henry, queen for 9 days, died 12th Feb 1554

Question 18

Guildford Dudley

Answer 18

LJG’s husband, John Dudleys son, died 12 Feb 1554

Question 19

Philip II of Spain

Answer 19

married Mary I, king of Spain. habsburg died 17/11/1558

Question 20

Elizabeth I

Answer 20

Q of England and Ireland from 17/11/1558 to 24/03/1603, childless

Question 21

William Cecil

Answer 21

chief advisor for Elizabeth, died 4/08/1598

Question 22

Robert Dudley

Answer 22

English nobleman, close friend of Elizabeth I

Question 23

Sir Francis Walsingham

Answer 23

principal secretary of Elizabeth, died 1590

Question 24

Henry VIII

Answer 24

King of England and the supreme head of the church (1534-1547)