The Crown of Ireland Act 1542 is an Act of the Parliament of Ireland (33 Hen 8 c. 1), declaring that King Henry VIII of England and his successors would also be Kings of Ireland. Since 1171 the monarch of England had held the title Lord of Ireland. The long title of the act read An Act that the King of England, his Heirs and Successors, be Kings of Ireland. It has been suggested that Dynastic union be merged into this article or section. ... United Kingdom legislation comes from a number of different sources. ... Constituent countries is a phrase used, often by official institutions, in contexts in which a number of countries make up a larger entity or grouping, concerning these countries; thus the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has used the phrase in reference to the parts of former Yugoslavia... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Wales_2. ... 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One of the consequences of the Act was that in 1555, Pope Paul IV issued a papal bull declaring Philip II of Spain as King of Ireland because he was the consort of Henry VIII's Catholic daughter Queen Mary.^[1] After Mary died in 1558, Philip made no claim to the crown, but the principle was established that the Crown of Ireland, and its personal link to the English monarchy, was recognized from 1555 by the Holy See. Pope Paul IV (June 28, 1476 – August 18, 1559), né Giovanni Pietro Carafa, was Pope from May 23, 1555 until his death. ... Papal bull of Pope Urban VIII, 1637, sealed with a leaden bulla. ... Philip II (Spanish: ; Portuguese: ) (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598, King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until 1598, king consort of England (as husband of Mary I) from 1554 to 1558, Lord of the Seventeen Provinces (holding various titles for the... Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 6 July 1553 (de jure) or 19 July 1553 (de facto) until her death. ...

This Act has been repealed in the Republic of Ireland^[2] by the Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act, 1962 ^[3], but is still in force in the Northern Ireland.^[4] The short title was conferred by the Short Titles Act (Northern Ireland) 1951.^[5] Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... The short title is one of the parts, together with the long title, and the operative provisions (sections and Schedules), which comprise an Act of Parliament or Bill in the United Kingdom and certain other Commonwealth Realms. ...

References

• The Rights of Persons, According to the Text of Blackstone: Incorporating the Alterations Down to the Present Time, Sir William Blackstone and James Stewart, 1839, p. 92.

1. ^ Documents on Ireland, Heraldica website
2. ^ Statutes which have already been repealed, Irish Attorney General website
3. ^ Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act, 1962, Acts of the Oireachtas
4. ^ Official text of the Crown of Ireland Act (I) 1542 (c. 2) as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database
5. ^ Ibid.

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See also

• Protestant Ascendancy
• Style of the British Sovereign

The Protestant Ascendancy refers to the political, economic, and social domination of Ireland by Anglican landowners, Church of Ireland clergy, and professionals during the 17th, 18th, and 19th century. ... The precise style of British Sovereigns has varied over the years. ...

External links

• Official text of the Crown of Ireland Act (I) 1542 (c. 1) as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database