Why did queen elizabeth the first parents divorce?

Answer 1

Her tempermental father Henry VIII, married six times. Divorcing his first wife Catherine of Aragon, and making their child, Mary, illegitimate. He married his second wife, Anne Boleyn, but after a few years he had her executed and also declared their daughter, Elizabeth, illegitimate. His third wife he married straight away after Anne's execution, she was Jane Seymour. Jane died just after childbirth giving birth to Edward. His fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, was a disaster, he only married her for political means, but he considered her too ugly and wouldn't consumate the marriage, calling her a Flanders Mare. His fifth wife, Catherine Howard, was a great deal younger than him, but he loved her dearly. She was accused of adultery and also executed. His sixth, and last wife, Catherine Parr, had been married a few times before, so she was an older more wiser person. She outlived Henry. Even after Henry there was turmoil, as his sickly son Edward VI came to the throne, he died when he was 16. An upstart from the Tudor line, Lady Jane Grey, was put on the throne, but eventually toppled by the true queen, Mary I, and Jane was executed. Mary was not a popular queen because of her extreme religious beliefs. She even had her sister Elizabeth put in the Tower of London because she did not trust her. Imagine the terror for Elizabeth when you consider that's where her own mother was imprisoned and executed. Eventually, when Mary died, Elizabeth I came to the throne. It is not surprising then, given all the upset throughout these periods, that there was so much dysfunction in the family. Mary and Elizabeth must have had a miserable existence after their mothers were no longer wanted by Henry. Although he was reconciled with them before he died, and encouraged in this first by Jane Seymour, and then at the end by Catherine Parr. But it was a boy Henry wanted and when he died, he asked to be buried next to Jane Seymour in the Chapel at Windsor Castle - after all, she had provided a son.

Answer 2

The parents of Elizabeth I did not divorce. Her father was Henry VIII and her mother was his second wife, Anne Boleyn. Unfortunately, Anne Boleyn was unable to provide Henry with a male heir, having given birth only to Elizabeth and suffering two miscarriages over two years. When Henry tired of Anne, she was accused of various trumped up charges such as witchcraft, adultery and incest, and found guilty. Anne Boleyn was executed on 19 May 1536, when Elizabeth was only 3 years old. Henry got engaged to Jane Seymour the next day.

Answer 3

She suffered a series of shocking events. Her mother was put to death by her father's orders. Elizabeth then had four stepmothers, one who died shortly after childbirth and another who was executed.