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Title: HENRY VIII and his SIX WIVES


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HENRY VIII and his SIX WIVES
  • TUDOR KING OF ENGLAND
  • 1509-1547

2
KING HENRY VIII
3
CATHERINE OF ARAGON
  • Daughter of Ferdinand Isabella
  • Originally married to Henrys older brother,
    Arthur
  • Upon Arthurs death, Henry married her
  • England married Spain for political/religious
    alliance
  • Bore him 6 children, only 1 survived, Mary

4
DEVOUT CATHOLIC orPROTESTANT REFORMER?
  • 1521 awarded the title Defender of the Faith by
    Pope Leo X for his written attacks against Martin
    Luther
  • His personal and dynastic concerns got him into
    trouble with Rome and the Pope

5
HE WANTS A WHAT???
  • Henry became convinced that
  • Catherine was too old to give birth to more
    children
  • his marriage was cursed
  • Referred to her as his Spanish Cow!

6
His Appeal to the Pope
  • Henry wants a divorce and appeals to Pope Clement
    VII (Leo X was Clements Medici Cousin!)
  • BIG PROBLEM-Charles V, Emperor of HRE, would not
    allow Clement to end his aunts marriage
  • Henry became furious and dismissed Lord
    Chancellor Thomas Wolsey b/c he could not secure
    the divorce for Henry

7
THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT
  • 1529 Henry called Parliament into session
  • The Reformation Parliament legalized Henrys
    divorce to Catherine
  • Stated that no foreign ruler can interfere with
    the kings divorce or remarriage

8
WIFE 2Anne Boleyn
  • 1533 Henry secretly married Anne
  • Promptly excommunicated by the pope
  • 1st child Elizabeth
  • 2nd child a boy, stillborn
  • She has delivered herself of her savior.

9
THE KINGS POWER
  • Act of Supremacy the King, not the pope,
    declared the head of the Church of England
    (Anglican Church)
  • The King could appoint bishops and priests
  • Strengthened Henry VIIIs and Parliaments
    political power
  • Est. of Anglican Church

10
ACT OF SUCCESSION
  • 1534, declared Henrys and Annes children heir
    to the throne
  • Stated marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid
  • Showed Parliaments strength in decision making
    for canon and common law

11
SIR THOMAS MORE
  • Lord Chancellor overseer of the courts
  • Good friend of Henry
  • Devout Catholic
  • Resigned because he refused to recognize the Act
    of Supremacy
  • Sent to Tower and beheaded in 1535

12
ANNES WOES
  • Imprisoned in the Tower of London

13
Trial and Death of Anne
  • Placed on trial after accused of treason and
    incest with her brother (George Boleyn)
  • Sentenced to death
  • Beheaded by French swordsman in 1536

14
WIFE 3Jane Seymour
  • Gives birth to a son
  • Died from Puerperal Fever (Childbed Fever)
  • Will eventually rule as Edward VI

15
WIFE 4Ann of Cleves
  • Henry had 3 children no mother
  • Married Anne of Cleves to create an alliance with
    German Lutheran princes
  • He married Ann of Cleves from Jan. 6 July 9 1540

16
WIFE 5Catherine Howard
  • Married the cousin of Anne Boleyn
  • The Rose in His Majestys Court
  • Adultery with Thomas Culpepper!
  • Guess what happened.

17
WIFE 6Catherine Parr
  • Her good fortune-she outlives him!
  • She married Thomas Seymour (childhood boyfriend)
  • She had one child (Mary), but she died a few days
    later from puerperal fever!

18
THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII
  • DIVORCED
  • BEHEADED
  • DIED
  • DIVORCE
  • BEHEADED
  • SURVIVED
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