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!!Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk (Henry Cavill)

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!!Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk (Henry Cavill)(Creator/HenryCavill)
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* UndyingLoyalty: Deconstructed. His loyalty to Henry costs him a lot, including his marriage.
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* HotBlooded
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* [[BurnTheWitch Burn The Heretic]]
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* KarmaHoudini: Subverted if you know your history, as he would die just two years after the events of his final execution, having been made bankrupt and lost everything he and his daughters had fought for throughout the series.

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* KarmaHoudini: Subverted if you know your history, as he would die just two years after the events of his final execution, episode, having been made bankrupt and lost everything he and his daughters had fought for throughout the series.

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** AntiHero: By Season 4. Type II.



* OlderThanTheyLook: Cavill's Brandon looks perpetually boyish, whereas the historical Brandon was actually seven years ''older'' than Henry VIII. During the Boulogne arc in season 4, Brandon looks forty at most when he was nearing sixty.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Cavill's Brandon looks perpetually boyish, whereas the historical Brandon was actually seven years ''older'' than Henry VIII. During the Boulogne arc in season 4, Brandon looks forty at most when he was would have been nearing sixty.




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* FreakOut: When Brandon has him arrested and the king charges him with treason.
* HiddenDepths: Was once a soldier-for-hire and is still a good archer.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: With the exception of [[YesMan Richard Rich]], who stays silent, everyone on the Privy Council denounces him immediately once he loses the king's favor.



* CoolUncle / EvilUncle: The only moments of genuine warmth he shows are with his nephew, Prince Edward. But still, he's a pretty evil guy.[[hottip: In RealLife, Edward VI would eventually end up having him put to death]]

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* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork
* CoolUncle / EvilUncle: The only moments of genuine warmth he shows are with his nephew, Prince Edward. But still, he's a pretty evil guy.[[hottip: In RealLife, Edward VI would eventually end up having him put to death]]


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!!Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk (Henry Czerny)
* BadassBeard
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Disappears after Season 1. The Duke of Suffolk ends up doing a lot of things in Season 3 which the historical Norfolk did.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Cavill's Brandon looks perpetually boyish, whereas the historical Brandon was actually seven years ''older'' than Henry VIII. During the Boulogne arc in season 4, Brandon looks forty at most when he was nearing sixty.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath
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* GlorySeeker In the first episode, he's shown willing to impoverish his country going to war with France simply so he can one-up HenryV.


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* LadykillerInLove: Subverted. The closest he comes is with Jane Seymour, if only because she both gave him a son and died when their marriage was at its apex. It didn't stop him from having affairs. Afterward, he marries purely for political reasons.
* {{Narcissist}}


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* BadassBeard: In Season 4

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* {{Badass}}: He handily wins a joust in Episode 2.08, for one.
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BadassBeard: In Season 44
** BadassBureaucrat
** FourStarBadass



* FourStarBadass


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* KnightInSourArmor
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!!King Henry VIII

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!!King Henry VIIIVIII (JonathanRhysMeyers)



!!Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk

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!!Charles Brandon, Duke of SuffolkSuffolk (Henry Cavill)



!!Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor

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!!Sir Thomas More, Lord ChancellorChancellor (Jeremy Northam)



!!Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

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!!Cardinal Thomas WolseyWolsey (Sam Neill)



!!Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex

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!!Thomas Cromwell, Earl of EssexEssex (James Frain)



!!Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford

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!!Edward Seymour, Earl of HertfordHertford (Max Brown)



!!Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

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!!Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of CanterburyCanterbury (Hans Mathieson)



!!Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire

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!!Thomas Boleyn, Earl of WiltshireWiltshire (Nick Dunning)



!!Princess/Lady Mary

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!!Princess/Lady Mary
Mary (SarahBolger)



!!Princess Margaret

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!!Princess Margaret
Margaret (Gabrielle Anwar)

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!!Katherine of Aragon (Maria Doyle

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!!Katherine of Aragon (Maria DoyleDoyle Kennedy)



!!Anne Boleyn

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!!Anne BoleynBoleyn (Natalie Dormer)



!!Jane Seymour

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!!Jane SeymourSeymour (Anita Briem; Annabelle Wallis)



!!Anne of Cleves

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!!Anne of ClevesCleves (JossStone)



!!Katherine Howard

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!!Katherine HowardHoward (Tamzin Merchant)



!!Katherine Parr

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!!Katherine Parr
Parr (Joely Richardson)
* {{Bookworm}}
* GuileHero: Manages to talk her way out of a heresy charge and execution. TruthInTelevision, too.
* TheHighQueen: She actually rules as Queen Regent while Henry is fighting in France.
* NiceGirl

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* InformedAttribute: Being played by JossStone makes it difficult to believe Henry when he says she looks like a horse.




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* BringMeMyBrownPants: She wets herself while watching Lady Rochford's execution.
* TooDumbToLive
* YourCheatingHeart
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* KarmaHoundini: Subverted if you know your history, as he would die just two years after the events of his final execution, having been made bankrupt and lost everything he and his daughters had fought for throughout the series.

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* KarmaHoundini: KarmaHoudini: Subverted if you know your history, as he would die just two years after the events of his final execution, having been made bankrupt and lost everything he and his daughters had fought for throughout the series.
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* HairTriggerTemper: Although not as bad as most other's.

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* HairTriggerTemper: Although not as bad as most other's.other examples.





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* AntiVillain: Type 1


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* HairTriggerTemper: Although not as bad as most other's.
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* DangerouslyGenreSavy: When it came to the politics of europe and the court, Cardinal Wolsey could play the game like no other.

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* DangerouslyGenreSavy: DangerouslyGenreSavvy: When it came to the politics of europe and the court, Cardinal Wolsey could play the game like no other.

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*DangerouslyGenreSavy: When it came to the politics of europe and the court, Cardinal Wolsey could play the game like no other.
*DrivenToSuicide
*FaceDeathWithDignity: His final prayer.
*EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His mistress, Joan Larke, as well as his children.
*ManipulativeBastard





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* ItsAllAboutMe




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* ItsAllAboutMe
* KarmaHoundini: Subverted if you know your history, as he would die just two years after the events of his final execution, having been made bankrupt and lost everything he and his daughters had fought for throughout the series.
* KickTheDog: In his final episode he is informed of Anne Boleyn's impending execution. His response? To ask whether he can keep his earldom.

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!!Sir Thomas More

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!!Sir Thomas MoreMore, Lord Chancellor



* TheGoodChancellor
* HonorBeforeReason



!!Edward Seymour

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!!Edward SeymourSeymour, Earl of Hertford



* TheGoodChancellor / TheEvilChancellor: Evil without a doubt, but an effective administrator regardless.

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* TheGoodChancellor / TheEvilChancellor: EvilChancellor: Evil without a doubt, but an effective administrator regardless.



!!Katherine of Aragon

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!!Katherine of Aragon
Aragon (Maria Doyle
* TheHighQueen
* UnwantedSpouse




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* BrainyBrunette
* TheHighQueen
* HotMom
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold




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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* TheHighQueen
* HotMom
* NiceGirl




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* BetterAsFriends
* NiceGirl
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* {{Foil}}: To Henry.

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* {{Foil}}: To Henry.Henry, in so many ways. Take one example: Henry takes multiple wives, kills two of them, and fathers children who, with the exception of the treasured Edward, he treats capriciously. Charles married twice, and genuinely loved both women. He took one mistress, who he also cared for, and he has an excellent relationship with his son.

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!!Thomas Cranmer

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\n* CoolUncle / EvilUncle: The only moments of genuine warmth he shows are with his nephew, Prince Edward. But still, he's a pretty evil guy.[[hottip: In RealLife, Edward VI would eventually end up having him put to death]]
* TheGoodChancellor / TheEvilChancellor: Evil without a doubt, but an effective administrator regardless.
* NouveauRiche: Surrey thinks he's this.
* SmugSmiler


!!Thomas Cranmer
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He keeps his wife in a box.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Disappears without a trace after Season 2. Following history, he was pivotal in Katherine Howard's fall, and thus should have been an important character in Season 4.
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* BoistrousBruiser: He loved to joust.

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* BoistrousBruiser: BoisterousBruiser: He loved to joust.

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* BoistrousBruiser: He loved to joust.



* CareerEndingInjury: A crippling leg injury, and an ulcerated leg wound, prevent him from being as physically active in Season 3 and 4. He spends the rest of the series walking with a cane.



* KillEmAll: If you rebel against him, you will pay dearly for it...
* SerialRomeo: A very dark example



* MySisterIdsOffLimits: Marrying Margaret did not please the king.

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* MySisterIdsOffLimits: MySisterIsOffLimits: Marrying Margaret did not please the king.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness
* BadBoss
* TheBluebeard: Had two wives put to death.
* HairTriggerTemper
* HeirClubForMen: Alas, his motivation
* ItsAllAboutMe
* {{Jerkass}}
* VillainProtagonist
* YourCheatingHeart




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* AntiVillain
* {{Archenemy}}: The Boleyns and then Cromwell.
* BadassBeard: In Season 4
* BetaCouple: He and his wife Catherine, to Henry and his assorted wives and mistresses.
* TheCasanova: In Season 1
* CharacterDevelopment: From a womanizing rake to a reliable courtier to a jaded old man.
* TheCharmer
* FourStarBadass
* {{Foil}}: To Henry.
* TheLancer
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: He angsts about what this entails. In Season 3, his oath to Henry drives him to commit actions against his better nature.
* MySisterIdsOffLimits: Marrying Margaret did not please the king.
* OnlyFriend
* OnlySaneMan
* TheReliableOne
* YourCheatingHeart
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!!King Henry VIII

!!Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk

!!Sir Thomas More

!!Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

!!Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex

!!Edward Seymour

!!Thomas Cranmer

!!Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire


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!!Katherine of Aragon

!!Anne Boleyn

!!Jane Seymour

!!Anne of Cleves

!!Katherine Howard

!!Katherine Parr


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!!Princess/Lady Mary

!!Princess/Lady Elizabeth

!!Prince Edward

!!Princess Margaret
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