henry became head of the church in 1534.
henry became head of the church in 1534.
when did henry became head of the church?
1534
with charles v distracted by the internal politics of his many kingdoms and external threats, and henry and francis on relatively good terms, domestic and not foreign policy issues had been henry's priority in the first half of the 1530s. in 1536, for example, henry granted his assent to the laws in wales act 1535, which legally annexed wales, uniting england and wales into a single nation. this was followed by the second succession act (the act of succession 1536), which declared henry's children by jane to be next in the line of succession and declared both mary and elizabeth illegitimate, thus excluding them from the throne. the king was also granted the power to further determine the line of succession in his will, should he have no further issue. however, when charles and francis made peace in january 1539, henry became increasingly paranoid, perhaps as a result of receiving a constant list of threats to the kingdom (real or imaginary, minor or serious) supplied by cromwell in his role as spymaster. enriched by the dissolution of the monasteries, henry used some of his financial reserves to build a series of coastal defences and set some aside for use in the event of a franco-german invasion.
henry viii of england
after the imprisonment and ultimate failure of otto in transylvania, an assembly of charles' partisans confirmed his claim to the throne on 10 october 1307, but the most powerful lords, including matthew csák, ladislaus kán, paul šubić and the kőszegi brothers were absent from the meeting. henry became head of the kőszegi family after ivan's death on 5 april 1308. pope clement v sent a new papal legate, gentile da montefiore, who arrived to hungary in the summer of 1308. in the next few months, he persuaded the most powerful lords one by one to accept charles' rule. henry and his grandnephew nicholas (ivan's grandson and heir) attended the diet on 27 november 1308, where charles was unanimously proclaimed king. both of them appeared as leading participants of the national assembly in the subsequently issued document, representing their political influence and the great significance of their support for the angevin pretender. in preparation for charles' second coronation, henry kőszegi met papal legate gentile, archbishops thomas and vincent, and other bishops and nobles in his manor at tétény (present-day part of budapest) on 4 june 1309, where he confirmed his oath of allegiance to charles on behalf of himself, his grandnephew nicholas and their "familiares". henry emphasized, he maintains his position too, in that case, if he is unable to attend the ceremony. henry received guarantees in exchange for a written oath of loyalty; according to historian ádám vajk, for instance, he requested the confirmation of the election of ivan's natural son, nicholas as bishop of győr, in addition to the recognition of his rule over upper slavonia and the aforementioned four ispánates in southern and eastern transdanubia. eleven days later, charles i was crowned king with a temporary crown in the church of our lady in buda on 15 june 1309. henry and nicholas did not attend the ceremony, but they were represented by their relative bishop nicholas. benedict, ugrin csák's envoy at the coronation was captured by henry kőszegi's supporters on his way back to home. henry kőszegi died in the period between 20 march and 5 may 1310. his wealth and power was inherited by his elder son john, whose rebellion was crushed by charles in 1316, ending the kőszegis' rule in slavonia and southern transdanubia.
henry ii kőszegi