Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

King Henry VIII NPG D24156

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Simon François Ravenet

Henry VIII succeeded his father Henry VII to the throne in 1509. He is well known for his six marriages, and for ordering the dissolution of religious houses which took place between 1535-39. Aided by his ministers, Cardinal Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell, his reign was characterised by ambition abroad and ruthlessness at home, firmly establishing the Tudor family as the ruling dynasty in England. His quest for a male heir and a divorce from his first wife Katherine of Aragon, led to... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.