Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (c. 1484 – August 24, 1545) was the son of Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Bruyn. His father was the standard-bearer of Henry VII, who was slain by Richard III in person on Bosworth Field. Events January 25 - Peter Arbues, chief of the Spanish Inquisition, is assassinated when he is praying in the cathedral at Saragossa, Spain July 6 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of Congo River December 5 - Pope Innocent VIII gives the inquisition a mission to hunt heretics and... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... Events February 27 - Battle of Ancrum Moor - Scots victory over superior English forces December 13 - Official opening of the Council of Trent (closed 1563) Battle of Kawagoe - between two branches of Uesugi families and the late Hojo clan in Japan. ... Sir William Brandon (1426 – August 22, 1485) was a son of a senior Sir William Brandon of Wangford, Suffolk (d. ... Henry VII (January 28, 1457 – April 21, 1509), King of England, Lord of Ireland (August 22, 1485 – April 21, 1509), was the founder and first patriarch of the Tudor dynasty. ... Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death. ... Combatants King Richard III of England, Yorkist Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, Lancastrian Commanders Richard III of England† Nominally, Richmond in practice, the Earl of Oxford Strength 6,000 (king had 15,500 but Lord Thomas Stanley with 4,000 and his brother, Sir William Stanley with 2,500 betrayed...

Ancestry

His paternal grandparents were a senior Sir William Brandon of Wangford, Suffolk(d. 1491) and Elizabeth Wingfield (d. April 28, 1497). His paternal grandfather had served as Marshal of Marchalsea. His maternal grandparents were Sir Henry Bruyn and Elizabeth Darcy. Suffolk (pronounced SUF-fk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ... // Events December 6 - King Charles VIII marries Anne de Bretagne, thus incorporating Brittany into the kingdom of France. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 1497 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Marshal (also sometimes spelled marshall in American English, but not in British English) is a word used in several official titles of various branches of society. ...

His paternal grandmother was a daughter of Sir Robert Wingfield of Letheringham, Suffolk (1403–1454) and Elizabeth Gousell. Sir Robert Wingfield of Lethringham (1403-1454) in Lethringham, England was a son of a senior Sir Robert Wingfield (c. ... Events July 21 - Battle of Shrewsbury. ... Events February 4 - In the Thirteen Years War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederacy sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master. ... Elizabeth Gousell, also known as Elizabeth Goushill (1396 - 1491), was born in Haveringham, Nottingham to daughter of Elizabeth DArundelle Fitzalan and Sir Robert Gousell. ...

Background

Charles Brandon was brought up at the court of Henry VII. He is described by Dugdale as "a person comely of stature, high of courage and conformity of disposition to King Henry VIII, "with whom he became a great favourite". Sir William Dugdale (September 12, 1605 - February 10, 1686) was an English antiquary. ... For the play, see Henry VIII (play). ...

Political career

He held a succession of offices in the royal household, becoming Master of the Horse in 1513, and received many valuable grants of land. On 15 May 1513 he was created Viscount Lisle, having entered into a marriage contract with his ward, Elizabeth Grey, suo jure Viscountess Lisle, who, however, refused to marry him when she came of age. The Master of the Horse was (and in some cases, is) a historical position of varying importance in several European nations. ... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He distinguished himself at the sieges of Thérouanne and Tournai in the French campaign of 1513. One of the agents of Margaret of Savoy, governor of the Netherlands, writing from before Thérouanne, reminds her that Lord Lisle is a second king and advises her to write him a kind letter. Thérouanne is a commune of northern France. ... The cathedral of Notre Dame de Tournai Tournai (in Dutch: Doornik) is located 85 kilometers southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt in the Belgian province of Hainaut. ... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Archduchess Margaretha of Austria (10 January 1480 – 1 December 1530) was a Habsburg princess, the daughter of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Mary of Burgundy. ...

At this time Henry VIII was secretly urging Margaret to marry Lisle, whom he created Duke of Suffolk, though he was careful to disclaim (March 4, 1514) any complicity in the project to her father, the emperor Maximilian I. March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1514 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1519 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). ...

Suffolk took part in the jousts which celebrated the marriage of Mary Tudor, Henry's sister, with Louis XII of France. He was accredited to negotiate various matters with Louis, and on his death was sent to congratulate the new King Francis I. This article is about Mary Tudor, queen consort of France. ... Louis XII the Father of the People (French: Louis XII le Père du Peuple) (June 27, 1462 – January 1, 1515) was King of France 1498 – January 1, 1515. ... Francis I (François Ier in French) (September 12, 1494 – March 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. ...

An affection between Suffolk and the dowager queen Mary had subsisted before her marriage, and Francis roundly charged him with an intention to marry her. Francis, perhaps in the hope of Queen Claude's death, had himself been one of her suitors in the first week of her widowhood, and Mary asserted that she had given him her confidence to avoid his importunities. Claude of France with her daughters, Louise and Charlotte (who died young); Madeleine, Queen of Scotland; her daughter-in-law Catherine de Medici; and her youngest daughter, Marguerite, duchess of Savoy Claude of France (14 October 1499 – 20 July 1524), Queen consort of France and duchess of Brittany in her...

Francis and Henry both professed a friendly attitude towards the marriage of the lovers, but Suffolk had many political enemies, and Mary feared that she might again be sacrificed to political considerations. The truth was that Henry was anxious to obtain from Francis the gold plate and jewels which had been given or promised to the queen by Louis in addition to the reimbursement of the expenses of her marriage with the king; and he practically made his acquiescence in Suffolk's suit dependent on his obtaining them. The pair cut short the difficulties by a private marriage, which Suffolk announced to Wolsey, who had been their fast friend, on 5 March. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (c. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ...

Suffolk was only saved from Henry's anger by Wolsey, and the pair eventually agreed to pay to Henry £24,000 in yearly instalments of £1000, and the whole of Mary's dowry from Louis of £200,000, together with her plate and jewels. They were openly married at Greenwich on 13 May. The Duke had been twice married already, to Margaret Neville (the widow of John Mortimer) and to Anne Browne, to whom he had been betrothed before his marriage with Margaret Mortimer. Anne Browne died in 1511, but Margaret Mortimer, from whom he had obtained a divorce on the ground of consanguinity, was still living. Greenwich (pronounced grenn-itch , or by the locals) is a town, now part of the south eastern urban sprawl of London, on the south bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 1511 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He secured in 1528 a bull from Pope Clement VII assuring the legitimacy of his marriage with Mary Tudor, and of the daughters of Anne Browne, one of whom, Anne, was sent to the court of Margaret of Savoy. After his marriage with Mary, Suffolk lived for some years in retirement, but he was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. Events June 19 - Battle of Landriano - A French army in Italy under Marshal St. ... For the antipope (1378–1394) see antipope Clement VII and other Popes named Clement see Pope Clement. ... The Field of the Cloth of Gold , or in French Le Camp du Drap dOr, is the name given to a place in Balinghem, between Guînes and Ardres, in France, near Calais. ... mary elline m. ...

In 1523 he was sent to Calais to command the English troops there. He invaded France in company with Count de Buren, who was at the head of the Flemish troops, and laid waste the north of France, but disbanded his troops at the approach of winter. Suffolk was entirely in favour of Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon, and in spite of his obligations to Wolsey he did not scruple to attack him when his fall was imminent. Events April - Battle of Villalar - Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain. ... Location within France The Burghers of Calais, by Rodin, with Calais Hotel de Ville behind J.M.W. Turner: Calais Pier Calais (Dutch: ) is a town in northern France, located at 50°57N 1°52E. It is in the département of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a... Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen) has several main meanings: the social, cultural and linguistical, scientific and educational, economical and political community of the Flemings; some prefer to call this the Flemish community (others refer to this as the Flemish nation) which is, with over 6 million inhabitants, the majority of all Belgians... The recently-widowed young Catherine of Aragon, by Henry VIIs court painter, Michael Sittow, c. ...

The Cardinal, who was acquainted with Suffolk's private history, reminded him of his ingratitude: "If I, simple cardinal, had not been, you should have had at this present no head upon your shoulders wherein you should have had a tongue to make any such report in despite of us."

After Wolsey's disgrace Suffolk's influence increased daily. He was sent with the Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk to demand the great seal from Wolsey; the same noblemen conveyed the news of Anne Boleyn's marriage to Queen Catherine, and Suffolk acted as High Steward at the new queen's coronation. He was one of the commissioners appointed by Henry to dismiss Catherine's household, a task which he found distasteful. Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473–25 August 1554), was a prominent Tudor politician. ... A portrait of Anne Boleyn painted some years after her death. ...

He supported Henry's ecclesiastical policy, receiving a large share of the lands after the suppression of the monasteries. In 1544 he was for the second time in command of an English army for the invasion of France. He died at Guildford on 24 August in the following year. Events April 11 - Battle of Ceresole - French forces under the Comte dEnghien defeat Imperial forces under the Marques Del Vasto near Turin. ... Statistics Population: 66819 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU9949 Administration District: Guildford Shire county: Surrey Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Surrey Historic county: Surrey Services Police force: Surrey Police Ambulance service: South East Coast Post office and telephone Post town... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ...

After the death of Mary Tudor on 24 June 1533 he had married in 1534 his ward Catherine (1520–1580), suo jure Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, then a girl of fifteen. June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ... Events February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize Münster and declare it The New Jerusalem - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ... mary elline m. ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ...

His daughters by his marriage with Anne Browne were Anne, who married firstly Edward Grey, Lord Powys, and, after the dissolution of this union Randal Harworth; and Mary (b. 1510), who married Thomas Stanley, Lord Monteagle. By Mary Tudor he had Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1516–1534); Frances, who married Henry Grey, Marquess of Dorset, and became the mother of Lady Jane Grey; and Eleanor, who married Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland. By Catherine Willoughby he had two sons who showed great promise, Henry (1535–1551) and Charles (c. 1537–1551), Dukes of Suffolk. They died of the sweating sickness within an hour of one another. 1510 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln (March 11, 1516 - March 8, 1534) was the eldest child and only son born to Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, former queen consort of France. ... // Events March - With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I. July - Selim I of the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mameluks and invades Syria. ... Events February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize Münster and declare it The New Jerusalem - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ... Henry Grey, 1st duke of Suffolk, 3rd marquess of Dorset and baron Ferrers of Groby, Harrington, Bonville and Astley (c. ... Lady Jane Grey (ca. ... Lady Eleanor Brandon (1519 - September 27, 1547) was the third child and second daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, former queen consort of France. ... Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland (1517-1570) was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... Events Russia, Reforming Synod of the metropolite Macaire, Orthodoxy: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law code ( Stoglav ) Major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England. ... Events January 6 - Alessandro de Medici assassinated August 25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. ... Events Russia, Reforming Synod of the metropolite Macaire, Orthodoxy: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law code ( Stoglav ) Major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England. ... Sweating sickness was an unusual illness which was extremely virulent for about a century, confined mainly to England, and then seemed to vanish. ...

Wives and Children

He contracted to marry Elizabeth Grey, 5th Baroness Lisle (1505–1519). The contract was annulled. No issue 1505 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events March 4 - Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico. ...

First Marriage

Before February 1506, he married Margaret Mortimer (née Neville). 1506 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The marriage was annulled in 1507. No issue. 1507 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Second Marriage

About 1508, he married Anne Browne (d. 1511) 1508 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1511 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Issue

1. Anne Brandon (d. 1557)
2. Mary Brandon (1510 – c. 1542)

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Third Marriage

In May 1515, he married Mary Tudor (March 18, 1496 – June 25, 1533). 1515 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about Mary Tudor, queen consort of France. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1496 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ...

Issue

1. Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln (March 11, 1516 – March 8, 1534)
2. Lady Frances Brandon (July 16, 1517 – November 20, 1559)
3. Lady Eleanor Brandon (1519 – September 27, 1547)

Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln (March 11, 1516 - March 8, 1534) was the eldest child and only son born to Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, former queen consort of France. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... // Events March - With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I. July - Selim I of the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mameluks and invades Syria. ... March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... Events February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize Münster and declare it The New Jerusalem - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ... Lady Frances Brandon and her second husband Adrian Stokes, painted by Hans Eworth. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... // 1517 Nothing Actuall 1517 1517 1517 ==== 1517 1517 ==== 1517 ==== 1517 1517 1517 1517 151== 1517 1517 ==== 1517 1517 ==== 1517 ==== 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517 ==== 1517 ==== 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517 ==== 1517 1517 ==== 1517 1517 ==== 1517 ==== 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517 ==== 1517 ==== 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517 1517... November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ... Lady Eleanor Brandon (1519 - September 27, 1547) was the third child and second daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, former queen consort of France. ... Events March 4 - Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 16 - Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia. ...

Fourth Marriage

On September 7, 1534, he married Catherine Willoughby (c. 1519–1580) September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... Events February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize Münster and declare it The New Jerusalem - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ... Catherine Willoughby, Baroness Willoughby dEresby and Duchess of Suffolk (22 March 1519 - 19 September 1580) was a noblewoman living at the English courts of King Henry VIII, Edward VI and later, Elizabeth I. Noted for her Protestant reformist views, she fled abroad to Poland during the reign of Mary... Events March 4 - Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico. ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ...

Issue

1. Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (September 18, 1535 – 1551)
2. Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk (1537–1551)

September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... Events Russia, Reforming Synod of the metropolite Macaire, Orthodoxy: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law code ( Stoglav ) Major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England. ... Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk (1537-1551) was the son of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Catherine Willoughby. ... Events January 6 - Alessandro de Medici assassinated August 25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. ... Events Russia, Reforming Synod of the metropolite Macaire, Orthodoxy: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law code ( Stoglav ) Major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England. ...

Reference

• Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, C.1484-1545 by [S.J. Gunn] ISBN 0-631-15781-6