Unit 3 - Step 3 - An English King Flashcards

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Henry VIII est né à Greenwich près de Londres en 1491.

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Henry VIII was born in Greenwich near London in 1431.

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Il est devenu roi d’Angleterre en 1509.

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He became king of England in 1509.

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Sa première femme était Catherine d’Aragon.

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His first wife was Catherine of Aragon.

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Ils eurent une fille, Marie, mais ils n’ont pas eu de garçon.

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They had a daughter, Mary, but they didn’t have a male child.

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Après vingt ans de mariage, Henry a demandé le divorce.

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After twenty years of marriage, Henry asked for a divorce.

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Puis il est tombé amoureux d’ Anne Boleyn, qui avait vingt ans.

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Then he fell in love with Anne Boleyn, who was twenty years old.

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Il l’a épousée en 1533. Ils ont eu une fille, Elizabeth, mais aucun garçon.

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He married her in 1533. They had one daughter, Elizabeth, but no male child.

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Henry était déçu et il en a eu assez d’Anne Boleyn.

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Henry was disappointed and he got tired of Anne Boleyn.

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Elle a été décapité avec une épée à la Tour de Londres.

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She was beheaded with a sword at the Tower of London.

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Onze jours après l’exécution d’Anne Boleyn, il épousa Jane Seymour.

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Eleven days after Anne Boleyn’s execution he married Jane Seymour.

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Ils eurent un fils, Edward, en 1537. Mais Jane est morte quand elle eu le bébé.

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They had a son, Edward, in 1537. But Jane died when she had the baby.

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En 1540, il épousa Anne de Clèves, une princesse allemande.

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In 1540 he married Anne of Cleves, a German princess.

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Mais il ne l’aimait pas et après six mois de mariage, il a obtenu un divorce.

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But he didn’t like her and after six months of marriage he got a divorce.

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Dans la même année, à l’âge de quarante-neuf ans, il épousa la jeune Catherine Howard.

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**In the same year, at the age of forty-nine, he married the young Catherine Howard. **

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Elle n’avait que dix-huit ans.

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She was only eighteen.

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Elle a eu de nombreux amants, et elle et ses amants ont été décapités avec une hache en 1542.

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She had many lovers, and she and her lovers were beheaded with an axe in 1542.

17
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A la fin de sa vie Henry est devenu très triste, déprimé et extrêmement gros.

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At the end of his life Henry became very sad, depressed and enormously fat.

18
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Sa dernière femme, Catherine Parr, est devenu une compagne et une infirmière pour le roi malade, qui mourut à Londres en 1547

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His last wife, Catherine Parr, became a companion and nurse for the sick king who died in London in 1547.

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Elle est morte un an plus tard.

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She died one year later.

20
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Le roi suivant fût le fils d’Henry, Edward, mais il est mort quand il avait quinze ans.

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The next king was Henry’s son, Edward, but he died when he was fifteen.

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Alors Mary, la première fille d’Henry, est devenue la reine.

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Then Mary, Henry’s first daughter, became queen.

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Elle n’a eu aucun enfant.

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She didn’t have any children.

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Quand elle est morte, sa demi-soeur Elizabeth accéda au trône.

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When she died, her half-sister Elizabeth came to the throne.

24
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Elizabeth a régné pendant quarante-cinq ans et … elle ne s’est jamais marié !

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Elizabeth reigned for forty-five years and… she never married !