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"The Tudors" The Death of a Queen (TV Episode 2009) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Apr 26, 2009 · The Death of a Queen: Directed by Ciaran Donnelly. With Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, James Frain, Annabelle Wallis. Forced to recant, Aske is hanged in Yorkshire, Cromwell coerces Brandon to execute more rebels as examples, and Jane suffers complications in childbirth.
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- Drama, History, Romance
- Ciaran Donnelly
- 2009-04-26
The Tudors (TV Series 2007–2010) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
During her time as Queen, Catherine is known for her beauty and youth and clashes with Princess Mary, her stepdaughter, over the lack of respect shown her. Disillusioned with her marriage, Catherine enters into an affair with Thomas Culpeper, a gentleman of the privy chamber.
Character NamePortrayed ByHistorical BasisFirst AppearanceKing Henry VIIIJonathan Rhys Meyers (2007–2010)Episode 1.01Cardinal WolseyEpisode 1.01Sir Anthony KnivetCallum Blue (2007)Episode 1.01Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of SuffolkHenry Cavill (2007–2010)Episode 1.01The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
Michael Hirst. Writer (8 Episodes) 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.
Henry quickly embraces Lutheran ideas, breaks with the Church, and marries Anne Boleyn, but Brandon sows seeds of doubt about his new queen's fidelity in the king's mind; a loyalty oath pits Henry against his mentor Thomas More.
