Because he wanted to and could. He was Henry VIII. He was the king over two countries and not a very compassionate man. He had two of his own wives beheaded. Who was going to tell him no? At the time of his reign, mistresses were very common among kings and wealthy men.
Answer King Henry VIII of England had SIX wives, and at least two mistresses.
The number of mistresses Henry VIII had depends. He had at least three mistresses that he did not marry Elizabeth (Bessie) Blount Mary Boleyn Carey and Angus Blewitt, all of whom are reported to have children by him. Several of his wives started out as his mistresses before they married him: Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour and Katherine Howerd all started seeing him when he was married to someone else.
Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount was one of the mistresses of King Henry VIII of England. She had a son with the King, Henry FitzRoy, who was the only illegitimate child that Henry acknowledged as his own.
King Henry VIII only had six wives. He had a few mistresses though. Such as Anne Boleyn's sister, Mary Boleyn and Elizabeth Blount.
Henry VIII probably did have his own orchestra. He could have called it 'Henry's Quartet'.
Anne Boleyn. But! He had many mistresses. Which I'm sure he led to his bed for other reasons.
Henry VIII made a church for protestants so that he could divorce catherine of aragon
No, Henry's sixth wife was Catherine Parr not Anne Boleyn. No, she was his second wife.
No, I think!
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He married twice, his first marriage was toMaria Theresa of Spain, his second marriage was to Françoise de Maintenon. Besides his official wives, he also had a lot of mistresses.
Yes. She was first maried to Henry VIII's older brother but he died and she agreed to marry Henry VIII so that she could become Queen of England.