Five out of six of Henry's wives lived at the palace and it was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Henry's daughter Mary (Elizabeth's half-sister) spent her honeymoon at the Palace. During the Stuart period shows were held in the Great Hall and in 1604 the Hampton Court Conference took place - a meeting of English Puritans with King James I.
King Charles I lived at Hampton Court Palace in his capacity as King and also as Oliver Cromwell's prisoner during the English Civil War.