HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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He had an elder brother, Arthur
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He had an elder sister, Mary
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He was a weak child and expected to die young
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His father was a usurper and expected to be dethroned
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Detailed explanation-1: -19/20 September 1486-2 April 1502. Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales was the firstborn child of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York and the elder brother of the formidable Henry VIII.
Detailed explanation-2: -3. Henry VIII. She was subsequently promised to Arthur’s younger brother Henry VIII, five years her junior, partly to avoid having to return her 200, 000 ducat dowry. They married in a private ceremony in the church of the Observant Friars outside Greenwich Palace in 1509.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although he would go on to become the most infamous monarch in English history, Henry was never actually supposed to be king. Only the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth, it was his elder brother, Arthur, who was first in line to the throne.