Season 3
(2009)
Overview
Henry's marriage to Jane Seymour is happy, fruitful and tragically short; the king brutally suppresses a rebellion against his religious reforms; England, Spain and the Pope ally against England, forcing Henry to marry a Protestant.
Cast
as Henry VIII of England
as Charles Brandon
as Thomas Cromwell
as Jane Seymour
as Anne of Cleves
as Catherine Howard
as Cardinal Von Waldburg
as Sir Francis Bryan
as Princess Elizabeth Tudor
as Ambassador Eustace Chapuys
as Princess Mary Tudor
as Sir Thomas Seymour
as Bishop Stephen Gardiner
Episodes
Civil Unrest 7.1
April 5, 2009
King Henry marries for the third time, taking as his queen the demure noblewoman Jane Seymour. A growing number of his …
The Northern Uprising 8.3
April 12, 2009
The uproar over the king's break with the Catholic Church turns into a full-blown rebellion that comes to be known as "…
Dissention and Punishment 7.5
April 19, 2009
Henry reconciles with his estranged daughters Mary and Elizabeth in time for the Christmas holidays, but betrays and br…
The Death of a Queen 8.0
April 26, 2009
The leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising are put to death, but Brandon is disturbed by the cruelty and merciless…
Problems in the Reformation 7.3
May 3, 2009
Henry remains in seclusion while mourning the queen's death, an opportunity that enemies of the crown seize to murder s…
Search for a New Queen 7.1
May 10, 2009
Matchmaking begins in earnest as Cromwell schemes to secure the Reformation by marrying Henry to a Protestant wife - bu…
Protestant Anne of Cleves 8.3
May 17, 2009
War looms with France and Spain aligning against England with backing from Rome, so Henry agrees to a politically fortu…
The Undoing of Cromwell 7.8
May 24, 2009
Henry moves swiftly to annul his loveless marriage to Anne of Cleves, and beds a new mistress, 17-year-old Katherine Ho…