Henry VIII

famous king in English history and founder of the church of England

second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York

well-known for having six wives born on 28 June 1491 in Greenwich, died on 28 January 1547

handsome and precocious toddler, energy and his temper

he learned archery, hunting and other military arts

when Henry was ten years old, his life was dramatically changed because his older brother Arthur died at the age of fifteen and his brother was the one who has been prepared to being king Henry was named the crown prince in 1509

highly intelligent Catherine bore him three sons and three daughters, all but one of whom died in infancy

the one was a girl, his wife was in the 40th, he wants a boy to be his heir to the throne, so he wants to annul the marriage from the pope attack on Martin Luthers church reforms that earned him the title Defender of the Faith from Pope Leo X

he joined an alliance with Francis I and Clement VII against Charles V. in 1528

in 1531 Henry finally decided to separate England from the Church of Rome and become head of the Church of England himself neglecting of the Pope and prepares the way for the protestant reformation

he was Catholic he was married to six women: I. Catherine of Aragon (annulled; died while detained under guard at Kimbolton Castle)

II. Anne Boleyn (annulled and later executed)

III. Jane Seymour (died days after giving birth, widely believed to be following birth complications)

IV. Anne of Cleves (annulled)

V. Catherine Howard (annulled and later executed)

VI. Catherine Parr (widowed)

Henry's consort is "divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived"

quote: "King Henry the Eighth,to six wives he was wedded.one died, one survived,two divorced, two beheaded." He maybe hasn't had 6 wives, because three were annulled and void. three true ones, others terrible mistakes

no womanizer "his Sexual shenanigans were not all that great" , 6 wives( not very good

Sophie G., Rosadela G., Christina S.