Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII of England, infamous for his six wives, broke with the Roman Catholic Church and essentially created the Anglican Church, with himself at its head.

1. Catherine of Aragon, 1509-1533 (annulled)
2. Anne Boleyn, 1533-1536 (beheaded)
3. Jane Seymour, 1536-1537 (died of natural causes)
4. Anne of Cleves, 1540 (annulled)
5. Catherine Howard, 1540-1542 (beheaded)
6. Catherine Parr, 1543 (outlived Henry)

Historians believe Henry had an affair with Mary Boleyn, older sister to Anne Boleyn, at some point between 1519 and 1524. During that time, he may have fathered children with the elder Boleyn.

Anne at first resisted Henry's advances, but the monarch, unable to conceive a male heir with then-wife Catherine of Aragon, pursued her anyway. He would eventually dissolve the relationship between the Church of England and the Vatican after the Pope would not annul his marriage, thus allowing him to marry Boleyn.

With the approval of Parliament, Henry married Boleyn and she bore him a daughter and heir, Elizabeth I. After a few failed pregnancies, and with it appearing that she would likewise be unable to birth Henry a male heir, the King had Boleyn beheaded and married new mistress Jane Seymour.

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• The following links are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1933: The Private Life of Henry VIII

• 1972: Henry VIII and His Six Wives

• 1979: Henry VIII (TV)

• 2003: Henry VIII (TV)

• 2007: The Tudors

• June 28, 1491: Born in Greenwich Palace

• 1509: Ascends to throne | marries Catherine of Aragon

• 1512: War with France and Scotland

• 1513: defeats Scotland

• 1516: Queen Mary I born

• 1526: begins courting Anne Boleyn

• 1527: appeals to Pope Celment VII for an annulment

• 1533: Henry is excommunicated | Secretly marries Anne Boleyn | Queen Elizabeth I born

• 1536: Catherine of Aragon dies | executes Anne Boleyn | marries Jane Seymour

• 1537: Edward VI born | Jane Seymour dies

• 1540: marries Anne of Cleves, quickly annuls marriage | marries Katherine Howard

• 1542: executes Katherine Howard

• 1543: marries Catherine Parr

• January 28, 1547: Dies

• Sir Montague Scratchbodies: Henry had Two Penises (April 5, 2008)

• The Website of King Henry VIII: Henry VIll Cartoons

• YouTube: "Henry VIII I Am"

• YouTube: Henry VIII: Big Tudor

• Wikipedia: I'm Henery the Eighth, I am

• Google Book Search: The Autobiography of Henry VIII. . .

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