The Recurring Cast
Character · The six queens · 6 books

Henry VIII

Henry VIII is King of England, handsome and accomplished in youth, increasingly dangerous with age, whose search for a male heir shapes the lives of six women.

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Character facts

First appearance
Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen (2016)
Latest appearance
Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife (2021)
Books
6 (6 major)
Series
Six Tudor Queens
Author
Alison Weir
Circle
The six queens

Where to meet Henry VIII

Henry VIII first appears in Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen (2016), in a major role, book 1 of the Six Tudor Queens series.

Buy Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen

Every book with Henry VIII

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 2016MKatherine of Aragon: The True Queenmajor role · Six Tudor QueensBuy
  2. 2017MAnne Boleyn: A King's Obsessionmajor role · Six Tudor QueensBuy
  3. 2018MJane Seymour: The Haunted Queenmajor role · Six Tudor QueensBuy
  4. 2019MAnna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portraitmajor role · Six Tudor QueensBuy
  5. 2020MKatheryn Howard: The Scandalous Queenmajor role · Six Tudor QueensBuy
  6. 2021MKatharine Parr: The Sixth Wifemajor role · Six Tudor QueensBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Anne BoleynSecond queen3
Katherine of AragonFirst queen2