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Establishment of the Kingdom of Ireland

Type Event Region Europe Time c. 1541

In June 1541, the Irish Parliament in Dublin passed an act changing the English king's title in Ireland from "Lord" to "King," making Henry VIII mona…

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  1. 1540–1541Dublin · DublinAfter the Silken Thomas rebellion, many Gaelic chiefs still regarded the pope as Ireland's secular overlord and the English king merely as the pope-granted "Lord of Ireland." Deputy Anthony St Leger and the council advised Henry VIII to have Parliament legislate that he style himself King of Ireland, cutting the legal dependence on Rome and supporting the policy of "surrender and regrant" to absorb local lords.
  2. c. 1541Dublin · DublinBoth houses of the Irish Parliament swiftly passed the Act that the King of England and His Heirs Should Be Kings of Ireland. St Leger gave royal assent on behalf of the king on June 18, and it was read out the next day in English and Irish. Henry VIII and his heirs were changed from "Lord of Ireland" to "King of Ireland," and Ireland legally became a kingdom in personal union with England.

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