Henry VIII was the English king that got tired of the pope sticking his nose into English matters, so Henry told the Catholic church to p**s off and he started "The Church of England" which is now known worldwide as the "Anglicans."
Henry VIII also had 6 different wives, and had a penchant for beheading them.
The religious rivalries was john Calvin a french religious thinker also broke f4rom his catholic church. in England king heneryVIII also left his catholic church.
Sixth wife of Henry VIII - Katherine Parr (married Henry after Catherine Howard)Henry's last wife, Katherine Parr (b. c1512), had already been widowed twice, when she married Henry on 12 July 1543. She was a very sensible and intellectual lady, and outlived Henry, as he died on 28 January 1547. Katherine married again, after Henry's death, to Thomas Seymour, a brother of Jane Seymour. She became pregnant and gave birth to a girl on 30 August 1548, and died of puerperal fever on 5 September 1548.