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![French Wars of Religion](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15794.png?v=1651818201)
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French Wars of Religion
The French Wars of Religion (1562-1598) were a series of eight conflicts between Protestant and Catholic factions in France lasting 36 years and concluding with the Protestant King Henry IV of France (r. 1589-1610) converting to Catholicism...
![Mary I of England](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12140.jpg?v=1709482264)
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Mary I of England
Mary I of England reigned as queen from 1553 to 1558 CE. The eldest daughter of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) with Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536 CE), she restored Catholicism in England while her persecution of Protestants led...
![St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7758.jpg?v=1713687066)
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St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai
St. Catherine's monastery, Mount Sinai, Egypt. It was founded by Justinian I in the mid-6th century CE.
![Portrait of Catherine de' Medici](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16070.jpg?v=1656460384)
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Portrait of Catherine de' Medici
Portrait of Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589), oil on canvas by Germain Le Mannier, c. 1547-1559.
Uffizi, Florence.
![Catherine of Aragon](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12069.jpg?v=1720706107)
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Catherine of Aragon
A portrait of Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536 CE), first wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). (National Portrait Gallery, London)
![Catherine Howard by Hans Holbein](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12117.jpeg?v=1721696767)
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Catherine Howard by Hans Holbein
A c. 1540 CE painting by Hans Holbein the Younger identified by some scholars as depicting Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). (Royal Collection)
![Catherine Parr](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12118.jpg?v=1721696765)
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Catherine Parr
A 16th century CE painting of Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). (National Portrait Gallery, London)
![Catherine of Aragon & Henry VIII](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12072.jpg?v=1634229902)
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Catherine of Aragon & Henry VIII
A 19th century CE painting by Henry Nelson O'Neil showing the court of 1529 CE which convened to annul the marriage of Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536 CE) and Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). The marriage would not be annulled until...
![Anne-Catherine Helvétius Portrait](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18466.png?v=1707402349)
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Anne-Catherine Helvétius Portrait
An 18th-century oil-on-canvas portrait by Louis-Michel van Loo of Madame Anne-Catherine Helvétius (neé de Ligniville, 1722-1800), famous as a Parisian salon host.
![Tomb of Catherine of Aragon](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12074.jpeg?v=1634229903)
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Tomb of Catherine of Aragon
The tomb of Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536 CE), first wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). Peterborough Cathedral, England.