Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
by Unknown artist
oil on panel, circa 1540-1545
34 5/8 in. x 29 1/2 in. (879 mm x 749 mm)
Purchased, 1879
Primary Collection
NPG 516
Sitterback to top
- Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (circa 1484-1545), Soldier and Lord Steward. Sitter in 9 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- 100 Portraits, p. 116
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 597
- Strong, Roy, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 1969, p. 305
Events of 1540back to top
Current affairs
King Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves in January but then takes Catherine Howard as a mistress in June. Henry and Anne's marriage is annulled and he weds Catherine in July.Sir Thomas Cromwell is beheaded for High Treason. Catharine Howard's uncle, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk replaces him as Henry VIII's chief minister.
Waltham Abbey becomes the final abbey to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Art and science
Stirling Palace begun for King James V of Scotland, it is built in the French Renaissance style.International
The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V enters Ghent in Flanders after the city had offered its allegiance to Francis I of France.Pope Paul III grants official approval the Catholic Order of the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, through the papal bull Regimini militantis ecclesiae (To the Government of the Church Militant).
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