henry v111

[coolgirl.com]

why do you think henry was married 6 times

.was it because he was unhappy
.did he love so many women
OR
.was it because he wanted a son to carry on the tudor name?

[dinsdale]

Henry VIII married Catherane of Arrogan in order to gain an allegence of England and Spain via marriage - H diveorced her, setting up the C of E, in 1533, he had lost interest in being friends with spain and set up the C of E.

In 1533, he married a pregnant Anne Boleyn, who gave birth to , Elizabeth (later Elizabeth I of England), three months later. Queen Anne had at least two pregnancies that ended in either miscarriage or stillbirth; Anne blamed the stillbirth on Henry. she was,ccused of adultary and beheaded, as were the 4 men she was accused of commiting adulatry with.

The day after annes execution Henry was engaged to Jane Seymor, They were married 10 days later. The Act of Succession 1536 declared Henry's children by Queen Jane to be next in the line of succession to the throne and declared both the princess Mary and the princess Elizabeth illegitimate. Jane gave birth to Prince Edward the future Edward VI, in 1537; Jane died at Greenwich Palace on 24 October 1537 from an infection during childbirth. Henry did declare jane seymor as his only true wife. also he was buried next to her at his death.

Anne of Cleaves - Henry was advised to remarry and did so to Anne of Cleves, he had never met her, only seen paintings. When they did marry, Henry found her repulsive and unattractive, he called her a "flounders mare" Henry was said to have come into the room each night and merely kissed his new bride on the forehead before sleeping. he marriage was subsequently annulled and Anne received the title of "The King's Sister," and was allowed to remain in hever casle.

On 28 July 1540 Henry married Catherine Howard Soon after her marriage, however, Queen Catherine had an affair with the courtier, Thomas Culpeper. Catherine was executed on 13 February 1542. She was only eighteen years old at the time.

Henry married his last wife, the wealthy widow Catherine Parr, in 1543, she nursed him to

[andy-hughes]

Hate to be picky, but the term was 'Flanders mare' - a reference to Anne of Cleaves' country of origin.

Henry was a wilful selfish unpleasant man who combined his 'duty' with his own ambitions and selfishness, largely because he could - being the monarch in those days was a whole different ball game than trotting along and reading a speech wrtten for you, and a broadcast on Christmas day.

In Henry's day what you said, went!

[vehelpfulguy]

I am not sure why this question is under Music. Anyway.

While people think Henry went from woman to woman every 5 minutes few remember that he was married to his first wife for about 24 years (1509 to 1533).

Remember we had had years of wars (war of the roses) before his father came to the throne (Henry 7th) so it was VITAL to have a son to carry on the line of succession or there would have been more wars.

It was only when his first wife failed to give him a male heir (after over 20 years of trying) did he try to divorce her.

And one of his wives died in childbirth, which is hardly his fault, and another one outlived him.