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A Short Biography of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

Author Name:

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

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Other Names:

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

Born:

1471

Died:

1530




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Politician and prelate                          
                          
                          
When Henry VIII became king in 1509, Wolsey's affairs prospered. His political star was in the ascendant, and he soon became the controlling figure in all matters of state. The highest position he attained was Lord Chancellor and Cardinal in 1515, becoming Henry VIII’s first minister, enjoying great freedom and often depicted as alter rex - another king.