Cardinal Wolsey Timeline and Biography
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The period of the English Tudors spawned a variety of famous and fascinating people including Cardinal Wolsey. The Renaissance brought about an age of new learning and ideas in the fields of arts, literature, science, exploration and philosophy. The biography and timeline of Cardinal Wolsey details the life, people and events which occurred during this period of Tudor times. Read about the fascinating life of Cardinal Wolsey via the short biography and helpful timeline. Cardinal Wolsey Timeline and Biography - Why was Cardinal Wolsey famous?
Why was Cardinal Wolsey famous? Accomplishments and Achievements? Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was famous as the greatest statesman who served King Henry VIII. He fell from favour when he failed to secure a divorce for King Henry VIII from Katherine of Aragon to enable him to marry Anne Boleyn. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey built Hampton Court Palace which was later 'acquired' by the king. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey Timeline and Biography
This short biography provides a fast snapshot of the life of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey: - Date of Birth: Born in 1473
- Place of Birth : Ipswich, England
- Date of Death: Died on 29 November 1530 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England
- Parents: Father: Robert Wolsey of Ipswich (1438 – 1496)
Mother: Joan - Family Connections: He rose from humble beginnings to the most powerful position in England
Cardinal Wolsey Timeline and Biography
Important dates in a fast, comprehensive chronological, or date order, providing an actual sequence of important past events which were of considerable significance to the famous people involved in the time period of the Tudors via the Cardinal Wolsey Timeline and Short Biography. Specific information can be seen at a glance with concise and accurate facts about the life, history and timeline of Cardinal Wolsey. | Cardinal Wolsey Timeline and Biography |
| 1473 | Thomas Wolsey was the son of Robert Wolsey and his wife Joan. His father is reported by various later sources as a butcher but this has never been verified
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| 1580 | He attended Ipswich School and Magdalen College School leaving for University when he was 14
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| 1594 | Attended Magdalen College, Oxford studying theology
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| 1498 | 10 March 1498: Thomas was ordained a priest in Marlborough and became a personal chaplain to John Cardinal Morton, the Archbishop of Canterbury
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| 1506 | Thomas then became a personal chaplain to the governor of Calais where he met King Henry VII, the father of King Henry VIII
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| 1507 | Wolsey entered the service of King Henry VII as royal chaplain |
| 1509 | King Henry VII died on 21 April 1509 and his son King Henry VIII succeeds to the throne of England
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| 1509 | When Henry VIII became King Thomas Wolsey was appointed royal almoner and privy councillor
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| 1513 | Thomas Wolsey successfully organized an army for the invasion of France and accompanied King Henry VIII on his campaign Katherine of Aragon successfully ruled as regent whilst Henry was campaigning in France Battle of Flodden English victory over Scotland
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| 1514 | Thomas Wolsey was instrumental in concluding the the peace with France but this year saw the beginning of the wars with France and Scotland Thomas Wolsey was made Bishop of Lincoln and then Archbishop of York
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| 1515
| Thomas Wolsey became a Cardinal and Lord Chancellor of England |
| 1517 | The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther nails his "95 Theses" against the Catholic practice of selling indulgences, on the church door at Wittenberg The end of the wars with France and Scotland
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| 1518 | Cardinal Wolsey was created papal legate |
| 1520 | The Field of Cloth of Gold - King Francois I of France meets King Henry VIII but fails to gain his support against the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. This was a diplomatic triumph for Cardinal Wolsey who had successfully organised the event
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| 1522 | England invades France Anne Boleyn met and fell in love with Henry Percy a member of the Cardinal Wolsey retinue. The couple were betrothed but split up by Cardinal Wolsey on the orders of King Henry VIII. Anne Boleyn blamed Cardinal Wolsey and swore to take revenge on him
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| 1523 | England abandons attempted French invasion Cardinal Wolsey was made Prince-Bishop of Durham
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| 1526 | King Henry VIII becomes totally obsessed Anne Boleyn with whom he falls madly in love
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| 1527 | "The King's Secret Matter" was no longer a secret. It became publicly known that Henry was seeking a divorce from Queen Katherine of Aragon and Henry looked to Cardinal Wolsey to achieve this Cardinal Wolsey gained permission from the Pope to try the case in England. He presided at the trial with Cardinal Campeggio , who delayed the proceedings and finally adjourned the case to Rome
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| 1529 | King Henry VIII dismisses the Lord Chancellor Cardinal Wolsey for failing to obtain the Pope's consent to his divorce from Katherine of Aragon
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| 1530 | November: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was arrested on false charges of treason and died at Leicester on his way to London, some say of a broken heart
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Cardinal Wolsey Timeline and Biography
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