. Historical portraits ... l the accession of Henry VIII,when he immediately emerges as the Kings favourite courtier andfriend. In 1513 he became Viscount Lisle and next year Duke ofSuffolk. He was in command of the English army at the siege ofTherouenne in 1513, of that which invaded Picardy in 1523 andof that which captured Boulogne in 1544. He seems to have beenas remarkable for matrimonial entanglements as his master, for hehad already had more than one wife, and one at least was living,when he courted Margaret of Flanders in 1514, and when in thenext year he married Henrys younger sister,
. Historical portraits ... l the accession of Henry VIII,when he immediately emerges as the Kings favourite courtier andfriend. In 1513 he became Viscount Lisle and next year Duke ofSuffolk. He was in command of the English army at the siege ofTherouenne in 1513, of that which invaded Picardy in 1523 andof that which captured Boulogne in 1544. He seems to have beenas remarkable for matrimonial entanglements as his master, for hehad already had more than one wife, and one at least was living,when he courted Margaret of Flanders in 1514, and when in thenext year he married Henrys younger sister, the widowed QueenMary of France. This marriage took place secretly, and Henrywas only appeased by the gift of all his sisters plate and a few years Suffolk and the Princess lived quietly in thecountry, but by 1517 he was back in favour, and was Henrys right-hand man for the rest of his life. Vigorous, patriotic, bluff andimmoral, he bore, both in character and person, a remarkable like-ness to his royal uJ >> u o 15 n D - Sl ra o c: td co o l-J ^ ^ 2 3 o Q ^ .^ •i-* a. Ci f3 K O X n. U CJ »—4 ~™ -/ < fx I o u CJ Uh
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