MONARCH AND DATES YEARS OF REIGN RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION NOTABLE FACTS AND EVENTS HENRY VIII (1491–1547) 1509–1547 Roman Catholic 1509 - Married Catherine of Aragon, his brother Arthur’s widow, by special papal dispensation. 1521 - Wrote In Defense of the Seven Sacraments against Luther; given title Defender of the Faith by the pope. 1528 - Obsessed with desire for male heir, he sought papal dispensation to divorce Catherine; request refused. 1533 - Repudiated papal
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