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Henry VIII was married six times and had three living legimitate children. Mary Tudor (Mary I) was the daughter of his first marriage to Catherine of Aragon. She had many miscarriages but only brought one living child to term. Elizabeth I was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. She only had one child who was Elizabeth I. Elizabeth's father was Henry VIII. She lost several other babies, including some other male children, which was a great disappointment to Henry, who needed a son as heir in order to entrench the Tudor dynasty. His final child was Edward VI, the daughter of his third wife, Jane Seymour.

It is thought that Henry's inability to successfully have numerous healthy children with his wives, was due to his having contracted syphilis, which endangers the foetus during pregnancy.

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