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Jiang Mianheng. Jiang Mianheng ( Chinese: 江绵恒; born 8 April 1951) is a Chinese academic administrator, businessman, and politician. He has served as Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the first President of ShanghaiTech University. He is the eldest son of Jiang Zemin, former President of the People's Republic of China .
- Alvin Jiang (Jiang Zhicheng)
- PhD in EE from Drexel University
- Businessman, Physicist
Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco ( Spanish pronunciation: [ɡaɾˈβiɲe muɣuˈɾuθa ˈβlaŋko]; [a] born 8 October 1993) is a Spanish-Venezuelan former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and world No. 10 in doubles. Muguruza won two Grand Slam singles titles, at the ...
Signature. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (Margaret Rose; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. She was the younger sister and only sibling of Queen Elizabeth II . Margaret was born when her parents were the Duke and Duchess of York, and she spent much of her ...
- Overview
- Catherine of Aragon
- Anne Boleyn
- Jane Seymour
- Anne of Cleves
- Catherine Howard
- Catherine Parr
- In Popular Culture
- Bibliography
The six women who were married to Henry VIII, in chronological order: Henry's first marriage to Catherine of Aragon lasted nearly 24 years, while the following five lasted less than 10 years combined. English historian and House of Tudor expert David Starkeydescribes Henry VIII as a husband:
Catherine of Aragon (16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536; Spanish: Catalina de Aragón) was Henry's first wife. In modern sources, her name is most commonly spelled Catherine, although she spelled and signed her name with a "K," which was an accepted spelling in England at the time. Catherine was originally married to Arthur, Henry's older brother. Sh...
Anne Boleyn (c. 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Henry's second wife and the mother of Elizabeth I. Henry's marriage to Anne and her later execution made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval at the start of the English Reformation. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn and Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norf...
Jane Seymour (c.1508 – 24 October 1537) was Henry's third wife. She initially served Catherine of Aragon as maid-of-honour from 1532 and was then one of Anne Boleyn'sladies-in-waiting. Jane, the daughter of Sir John Seymour, a knight, and Margery Wentworth, was probably born at Wulfhall, Wiltshire, although West Bower Manor in Somerset has also bee...
Anne of Cleves (c. 22 September 1515 – 16 July 1557) was a German princess, Henry's fourth wife and queen consort of England, although not crowned, for just six months in 1540, from 6 January to 9 July. Henry may have referred to her as "A Flanders mare", and the label has stuck. As a child, Anne was betrothed to Francis, the future Duke of Lorrain...
Catherine Howard (c. 1523 – 13 February 1542), also spelled Katheryn, was Henry's fifth wife, between 1540 and 1542. She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper, cousin to Anne Boleyn, second cousin to Jane Seymour, and niece to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. She was raised in the household of her step-grandmother Agnes Howar...
Catherine Parr (1512 – 5 September 1548), also spelled Kateryn, was the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII, 1543–1547. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal and his wife, Maud Green. Through her father, Catherine was a descendant of John of Gaunt, son of King Edward III. Through John of Gaunt's daughter Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmor...
Theatrical adaptations
Six is a pop-rock musical featuring each of Henry's wives. A major theme of the show is that women should be the ones to tell their stories and how much more there is to their stories than how their relationships with Henry ended. The musical was written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. It originated in Edinburgh in 2017, moving to the West End in January 2019. In May 2019, Six had its North American premier at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.and moved to Broadway in March 2020. The tag line of...
TV references
The Six Wives of Henry VIII is a historical miniseries produced by the BBC, originally aired in 1970. This series consists of six episodes, with each episode dedicated to one of the six wives of King Henry VIII, providing an in-depth exploration of their lives and fates. In addition to the miniseries, a film adaptation titled Henry VIII and His Six Wiveswas released in 1972. Season 1 Episode 2 of the BBC One TV series Horrible Histories included a "Divorced, Beheaded and Died" songand talk-sh...
In music
Rick Wakeman's solo album The Six Wives of Henry VIIIwas conceptually inspired by the six wives. The album features six songs, each named after Henry VIII's wife. The order of songs does not match the chronological order of the marriages. The 1910 music hall song "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" was about a woman who had 8 husbands, all named Henry.
Aveling, S. T. (1890). Heraldry: Ancient and Modern including Boutell's Heraldry. London: Frederick Warne and Co. ISBN 0548122040.Boutell, Charles (1863). A Manual of Heraldry, Historical and Popular. London: Windsor And Newton. ISBN 1146289545.Brooke-Little, J.P., FSA (1978) [1950], Boutell's Heraldry (Revised ed.), London: Frederick Warne LTD, ISBN 0723220964{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Fraser, Antonia (2003). The Six Wives of Henry VIII. London: Phoenix. ISBN 978-1-84212-633-2. OCLC 1245812271.Ashley Nicolette Frangipane (IPA: / ˌ f r æ n dʒ ɪ ˈ p ɑː n i / FRAN-jih-PAH-nee; born September 29, 1994), known professionally as Halsey (/ ˈ h ɔː l z i / HAWL-zee), is an American singer, songwriter and actress.Noted for her distinctive singing voice, she has received several awards including three Billboard Music Awards, a Billboard Women in Music Award, an American Music Award ...
Lee Ji-eun (Korean: 이지은; born May 16, 1993), also known by her stage name IU (아이유), is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actress.She signed with LOEN Entertainment (now Kakao Entertainment) in 2007 as a trainee and debuted as a singer at the age of fifteen with Lost and Found (2008), her first extended play (EP). ). Although her follow-up albums, Growing Up and IU...IM, brought ...
The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner and starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant, and Christopher Guest.Adapted by William Goldman from his 1973 novel, it tells the story of a swashbuckling farmhand named Westley, accompanied by companions befriended along the way ...
