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Henry VIII was wed to Catherine of Aragon (relative of the Spanish King). She could not produce him a male heir so he wanted to divorce her. The Pope would not permit it so Henry decalred himself head of the church (which became the Anglican Church) and executed those Catholics who resisted.

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