Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (died 1545), Soldier and statesman

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Soldier and statesman, who three times led invasions of France (1513, 1523 and 1544). Although he had a wife living, he secretly married Henry VIII's sister Mary, widow of Louis XII, in Paris (1515). He supported Henry's efforts to obtain a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, and was steward of his household.