Divorced, beheaded, died

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Divorced, beheaded, died

• The six wives of Henry VIII and the English
  Reformation

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Henry VIII Tudor

• Became King in 1509 at age 18
• Founded the British Royal Navy
• Was a very athletic man, but gained severe weight
  as he grew older after a jousting accident

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Catherine of Aragon

• Youngest child of Ferdinand Isabella of Spain
• Married Henry in 1509 after the death of his
  brother Arthur
• Had three miscarriages until she gave birth to
  Mary in 1516
• Henry, upset at not having a male heir and
  thinking his marriage cursed by God, tried to
  divorce her. However, being Catholic, he could
  not
• Tries to get his Cardinal Wolsey to arrange the
  divorce, but it fails, causing Henry to split
  from Rome (Pope Clement VII)
• Eventually he annulled the marriage, and Henry
  married his mistress

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Anne Boleyn

• Married Henry in 1533
• Gave birth to Elizabeth in 1533
• Was arrested for treason and beheaded in 1536
• Allegedly had a sixth finger and a third breast,
  which Henry could have used against her in
  witchcraft proceedings

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The Act of Succession, 1534

• The Act made Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Anne
  Boleyn, the true successor to the Crown by
  declaring Princess Mary, daughter of Catherine of
  Aragon, a bastard. The Act also required all
  subjects, if commanded, to swear an oath to
  recognize this Act as well as the King's
  supremacy. Any one who refused to take an oath
  was subject to a charge of treason.

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Sir Thomas More

• English Humanist
• Author of Utopia about an imaginary land with
  an ideal political system
• Became Henry VIIIs chancellor in 1529 after the
  resignation of Cardinal Wolsey

• Known to have sent several Lutherans to the
  burning stake during his rule
• In 1533, refused to sign the Act of Succession
• Found guilty under the Treason Act of 1534 and
  beheaded

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Sir Thomas Cranmer

• First Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of
  England
• Hes the one who ruled Henrys marriage to
  Catherine of Aragon was a crime against the law
  of God.

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Sir Thomas Cromwell

• Henrys chief minister 1532-40
• Pushed the 1st Act of Supremacy through
  Parliament
• Pushed for the death of Thomas More
• Supported both the marriage of Anne Boleyn and
  her removal, as well as the marriage of Jane
  Seymour
• Executed (botchily) after his arrangement of his
  marriage to Anne of Cleves turned out to be a
  disaster.

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Jane Seymour

• Married Henry in 1536
• Gave birth to Edward, a son, by c-section in 1537
• Died from complications two weeks later
• Henry then marries

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Anne of Cleves

• Married Henry in 1540
• The marriage was arranged
• Henry took one look at her and annulled it within
  seven months (a Flanders mare)

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Kathryn Howard

• Married Henry in 1540 sixteen days after he
  annulled Anne/Cleves
• Wasnt even married two years when she was
  charged with treason (cheating)
• Beheaded in 1542
• Cousin of Anne Boleyn, who was also beheaded

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Katherine Parr

• Married Henry in 1543
• Outlived Henry, who died in 1547

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The Children of Henry VIII

• Last born- Edward
• Becomes King Edward VI at the age of 10, ruled as
  a regent under the guidance of the Earl of
  Somerset (Edward Seymour)- bad ruler
• Was sick to begin with
• Dies from either TB or arsenic poisoning at age
  16
• Primogeniture- first son becomes ruler
• Made King by the 2nd Act of Succession, which
  made Elizabeth a bastard child.

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Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary)

• First born child
• Becomes Queen after Edwards death
• Brings England back to Catholicism
• Married Phillip II, the King of Spain
• Starts persecuting Anglican church members
• Dies before she can give birth to an heir

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Elizabeth I

• Second child born
• Becomes Queen in 1558
• AKA Virgin Queen
• Ushered in the Elizabethan Era