HENRY VIII and his wives

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1491

• June 28 Greenwich Palace
• Henry Tudor, the second child of Henry VII, was
  born

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Henry VIII

• Henry was a very tall, athletic, handsome guy
  with blue eyes
• He could speak 5 languages
• As a young man, he enjoyed dancing, gambling,
  hunting, horseback riding, tennis, composing
  music. He could also play the harp and viola
• He is described as a supreme egotist
• In his later years he became grossly fat,
  paranoid, and unpredictable

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1509

• Death of Henry VII Henry VIII became King of
  England, aged 17
• Henry married Katherine of Aragon

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Katherine of Aragon

• Katherine was 5 years older than Henry
• She was the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen
  Isabella of Spain
• She was originally married to Henrys brother
  Arthur
• Henry married Katherine to maintain the alliance
  with Spain after Arthur had died
• Katherine was a Queen for 24 years
• She gave birth to a daughter Mary and a son
  Henry, but he died when he was only 7 weeks old

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1516

• Queen Mary I Bloody Mary (1516 1558), the
  first daughter of Henry VIII, was born

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1532

• As Henry VIII needed a son to provide a male heir
  to the throne, he had his marriage to Katherine
  annulled

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1533

• Henry married Anne Boleyn in secret
• Queen Elizabeth I (1533 1603) was born

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Anne Boleyn

• Anne was English, and of noble birth
• She had beautiful long black hair and the most
  wonderful black eyes
• Henry was in love with her for about 7 years
  before they married
• She was Maid-in-Waiting to Katherine of Aragon
  and refused to be another of Henrys mistresses
• Shortly after they were married, Anne gave birth
  to Elizabeth
• Their relationship after the birth of Henrys
  second daughter started to deteriorate

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1534

• Act of Supremacy Henry VIII became Head of the
  Church of England, breaking away from the Pope
  and the Catholic Church

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1536

• Anne Boleyn was charged with having affairs with
  other men and she was executed at the Tower of
  London, where she was beheaded with a sword
• Henry married Jane Seymour
• Act of Union between England Wales

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Jane Seymour

• Many historians have said that Jane was Henrys
  favourite wife
• She was also of noble birth and was another
  Maid-in-Waiting to Anne Boleyn
• Henry and Jane got married just days after her
  predecessors death
• Jane is depicted as being gentle, calm, and quiet
  quite the opposite to Anne

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1537

• Birth of Henrys only son Edward VI
• Jane Seymour died 12 days later and was buried at
  Windsor Castle

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1540

• Henry married Anne of Cleaves divorced 6 months
  later

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Anne of Cleaves

• After Janes death Henry was advised to marry
  Anne of Cleaves to make an alliance with Germany
• Henry didnt want to marry an ugly lady, so he
  sent a painter to paint a portrait of her. The
  portrait persuaded him to marry her. However,
  when she arrived in England, Henry found her
  ugly. He insulted her by saying that she looked
  like a horse
• Therefore Anne was Queen only for 6 months but
  she stayed at the Court

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1540

• Henry married Anne of Cleaves divorced 6 months
  later
• Henry married Catherine Howard

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Catherine Howard

• First cousin of Anne Boleyn she was 19 and
  Henry 49 when they got married
• Katherine made the aging and ailing king feel
  young again
• But she had love affairs that eventually broke
  Henrys heart
• She was beheaded (along with the lovers) at the
  Tower of London in 1542 with an axe

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1542

• Catherine Howard was put to death for treason

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1543

• Henry married Catherine Parr

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Catherine Parr

• A model wife, an attentive stepmother, a caring
  nurse, a faithful companion
• She was in love with Jane Seymours handsome
  brother Thomas, but her family wanted her to be
  the Queen of England
• Henry married Catherine as he needed somebody to
  look after him in his old age
• She reunited Henry with his 3 children who all
  came back to the Court
• After Henrys death she married Jane Seymours
  brother

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1547

• Edward VI became King of England on death of
  Henry VIII
• Henry was buried next to his third wife Jane at
  Windsor Castle, as he had wished

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A poem to remember the various fates of the wives
of Henry VIII Divorced, beheaded,
died, Divorced, beheaded, survived.
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Materials used

• http//tudorhistory.org/wives/
• http//www.larmouth.demon.co.uk/sarah-jayne/wives/
  wives.html
• http//www.royalty.nu/Europe/England/Tudor/HenryVI
  II.html
• http//englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/wives.htm
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