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Henry VIII
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When did Henry 8th and elizabeth of york marry?
Henry VII (1457 - 1509) married Elizabeth of York (1466 - 1503), the eldest daughter of Edward IV, on 18 January 1486. They had seven children, only four of which lived beyond childhood. Their surviving son became Henry VIII (1491 - 1547).
Henry visited Normandy in 1135 to see his young grandsons, the children of Matilda and Geoffrey. He took great delight in his grandchildren, but soon quarrelled with his daughter and son-in-law and these disputes led him to tarry in Normandy far longer than he originally planned.
Henry died on 1 December 1135 of food poisoning, according to legend, from eating "a surfeit of lampreys" (of which he was excessively fond), at Saint-Denis-en-Lyons (now Lyons-la-Forêt) in Normandy. His remains were sewn into the hide of a bull to preserve them on the journey, and then taken back to England and were buried at Reading Abbey, which he had founded fourteen years before. The Abbey was destroyed during the Protestant Reformation. No trace of his tomb has survived, the probable site being covered by St. James' School. Nearby is a small plaque and a large memorial cross stands in the adjoining Forbury Gardens.
Did Henry the eigths son edward ever become a king?
King Edward VI of England was the son of King Henry VIII and his third wife, Jane Seymour.
Although he had two older sisters, who later also became monarchs of England, he took precedence over them because he was male.
He became king on 28 January 1547 aged nine, and died on 6 July 1553.
The church started by King Henry VIII?
If you are speaking of Henry VIII, then that would be the Church of England, also known as the Anglican church.
Why did Henry VIII get divorced from his fourth wife?
Henry VIII wanted a wife to have a son so that he could take over when he died.
Because if he didn't find a wife to give him a son he would not be noble king for not giving his county a next ruler and if there wasn't a ruler there would be fighting over who will be the king and and blah, blah, blah.
Why was King Henry VIII famous?
He was famous for having 6 wives:
Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymor
Anne of Cleves
Catherine Howard
Katherine Parr
He also broke with Rome in 1534 so that he could divorce his first wife and marry his second, because he wanted a male heir to the throne (his first wife had gone through the menopause). The Pope would not allow him an annulment.
He was famous for his break from the Roman Catholic Church and his six wives.
What relation was Henry VIII to Mary queen of scotts?
Henry VIII was the Great Uncle of Mary Queen of Scotts
Mary's Grandmother Margret was the sister of Henry VIII
Did Henry VIII create the Protestant church?
MArtin Luther actually set up the lutheren church though !
What made King Henry VIII famous?
Henry VIII had 6 wives and with each one he hoped for a boy. He only had one. Also he made Church of England. His daughter Mary I of England followed roman catholics
He was famous for marrying six wives and for being fat.
Was King Henry the viii greedy?
It depends on when you mean. At the beginning of his reign he was not greedy for money because his father left him with a very sizable treasury. After many years of wars with Spain and France (not to mention the Field of Cloth and Gold) and the lavish way that he lived the treasury was almost empty. That is when he was greedy for money. After the break with the Church of Rome he closed down many churches because they would not agree with the new ideologies and took the money that they had. to rule also to have an army to protect him self from somaira iqbal
What king reined before Henry the second?
Richard III was king from 1483-1485, he was killed by Henry VII (then Henry Tudor) in 1485.
Before him, Edward V was king in 1483, and before him, Edward IV was king.
Henry VI was before Edward IV.
Did Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon have a good personal relationship?
Yes, according to many sources and accounts. She was the so oft said, "wife of his youth." History has shown that the woman a man loves and marries in his youth, will often, not in all cases, hold a very strong emotional connection, where the man is concerned. You've all heard the saying, "They never leave their wives." This is where this type of bonding comes in. In many cases, the couple will have literallygrown up together.They will often have bonded to one an-others families as well. If children are involved, that bond is even made much more stronger. Time only increases the emotional attachment that exists between a couple who have been together for many years.
King Henry had known Catherine since childhood. He had admired her from the time she was the young wife of his brother, Aurthur. And before many pregnancies, ill health and stress had taken their toll, Catherine was a very pretty girl. With light reddish hair, blue eyes and a very pale complexion, she was considered to measure up well to the beauty standards of her day. She was very short, but this was easily overlooked when she was still a slight, thin, beautiful girl with cascading strawberry blond hair.
It wasn't only Catherine's looks that held Henry's heart so firmly. She was extremely well educated and could converse with him on his level. She was also very exuberant and usually wore a pretty smile on her attractive face. Catherine enjoyed a game as much as anyone and always enjoyed Henry's childish games which found them running around the castle. Indeed, they were very young.
In essence, Catherine of Aragon was more than his wife. She was, in essence, family. No one understood him like she did. And he may have found some mothering in her too. He loved her cooking, her sewing, and still requested these services after his involvement with Anne Boleyn.
What was Catherine of aragon's favourite colour?
pink because that is what ALL girls favorite colour is.......
Who was more powerful - the pope or Henry VIII?
king Henry because he is king and he has loads of powers where as the Parliament has not got authority thaat much !
no he really was not a kind man if anything a ruthles one for example there is a school song about his wives and what he did to them
divorced beheaded died (natural causes) divorced beheaded survied (henery died before her )
his first wife mother to his first daughter Mary he left for Anne Burlyn ( not spelled correctly sorry) and then he had her beheaded but not after she gave birth to his secound daughter Elizebeth follwed by Jane mother to his last child and only son Edward who dided young after Jane. Then he had an aranged mariage to Anne of cleaves who he then divorced as he thought of her as to ugly, shortly after her he married a younger lady named Catherine who he had beheaded for aparently cheating on him and finaly his last wife who dided after him and moved to marrying his third wifes father or uncle (sorry i am not sure which)
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How many wives did King Henry v11 have?
He had six wives. To go into specifics:
Katherine of Aragon was his first. She was earlier married to his brother, Arthur, who died early in their marriage. She swore that they never "sealed the deal". Katherine of Aragon was born, bred a princess. It was her vision and life to be Queen of England. So she did what she thought would be the only way. She married his brother, Henry. Henry and Katherine were in love. They had six babies, though only one survived. That was Mary. After the death of their son that lasted for only 52 days, Henry gave up hope and decided to try other women. Now, look, Katherine of Aragon was 48-49 when Henry divorced her. Any chance that she would have another baby was slim, and if she did, the baby would be badly formed. She would have been proclaimed a witch and burned. So I guess you could say she was lucky that she didn't have any more. But Katherine did not give up hope, she was a strong Queen. She never once yelled at her husband and she never shed a tear in front of anyone and except the people she most trusted. She was completely brave as her husband, Henry, had sex with her ladies-in-waiting and other people she thought were her friends. I guess women were afraid to deny him. He was a king and if they angered him in any way, who knows what would happened to them, but they thought no one could replace the Queen.
England loved her, they adored Katherine. If you would have asked people back then, they would probably say they didn't know England without her. But the Boleyn came to court, and put Mary Boleyn in the king's bed. He grew tired of her and watched Anne Boleyn, Mary's sister, greatly. I've read post where they actually consider Mary Boleyn a wife, but she was not. Anyways, he soon fell in love with Anne and Annulled his marriage with Katherine and sent her to a nunnery.
Anne Boleyn was second. England did not like her so well. Anne clawed her way to the top. Anne was not Katherine, let's just say that. She fought with Henry and was very passionate. She wasn't careful enough, because she thought that Henry loved her so much that he would never do what he did to Katherine to her. But Henry grew angry and weary every day with her. He was getting older by the day and still there was no son. Anne finally became pregnant and England seemed to fall in love with her because there was a chance that there could be a son now. It was a daughter, and she named her Elizabeth. She became pregnant again. It was a miscarriage. Let's just get to the point, shall we? Henry was mad and went off to go have sex with other ladies. Anne was pissed off, and she wouldn't have him do that to her. So she fought with him more roughly. It was actually said that she hit him one night in a heated conversation. You might be going, Yes!!!!! But that was a fault on her part. Anne was use to fighting with Henry and then Henry feeling guilty and sending her great presents to make up for it all. But he didn't do it anymore. He grew cold toward Anne. It was needed for her to have a son. This is where the whole "George and Anne" theory starts. Anne needed a son and felt that her only chance was George. George, of course, being her brother and all, was disgusted with the idea. I honestly don't know what was going through his head at the time, not saying I believe in it. But let's just say it actually happened. Jane Parker(George's wife) was...a...let's just say a tattle-tale. She constantly knew everything and was gossiping. She was actually a vile woman, and George hated her deeply. Well, she supposedly saw Anne and George having sex and went to go to tell his Majesty, the King. Henry was mad and sent her to the tower and sent some of his men to investigate further. If you aren't familiar with the Tower of London, then you probably have no idea why she was beheaded. Tower of London was a torturous place. The put people on the rack and such. These men that the King thought had sex with Anne was sent there. They were tortured so badly, that they just said yes to the whole thing so the pain would stop. Some of the things they did, you make ask, in that hell-hole? Hm...well they tore off people's nails, they stretched them, they cut them, and other stuff I rather not go into detail. You can just imagine the terror and diseases going around in that place. So, in short story, Anne was found guilty and her head was cut off while so was George. The other men were either hanged, disemboweled, or beheaded. Later on Lady Jane Parker pleaded that she lied about the whole story. In other news, George was killed as innocent as a butterfly and so was Anne. Now that must have been great to have on Henry's mind.
Now before I start with Jane Seymour, I'm going to make the rest kind of short. I know a lot about Katherine Howard, but not so much about Anne of Cleves, Katherine Parr, and Jane Seymour.
Jane Seymour was his third. She was his Mistress while he was married to Anne. As soon as the shot went off that Anne was dead, Henry married Jane. He loved Jane. I mean, he really did. She was nice and fair, and truly an English Rose. But that doesn't mean he was faithful to her. At least he didn't take as many women as he did with Katherine of Aragon. Anyways, Jane became pregnant-yay!-and gave him a son. She ended up dying in birth, though. Tragic:(. Anyways, her son, Edward ended up dying at the age of 15. Double sad face:((.
Anne of Cleveswas his fourth. He was lied to, though. He was sent a portrait that showed a very beautiful girl. Except, someone probably paid that painter to make her look that way, so Henry would marry her. Ehh...bad choice. Anne ended up coming and the king was pissed. He was very, very mad. He annulled the marriage with her and just like that, she wasn't Queen anymore. She ended up being his faithful sister and friend and living in England all her life. She had a very happy ending. But guess who the king dumped her for? Her lady-in-waiting Katherine Howard, of course.
Katherine Howard was his fifth wife...yes we are almost done. Katherine Howard was a...foolish, vivacious, vain, naive, child. She was 16 when she married the king, she was 17 when she got her head cut off. Not a very fun life, now was it? Katherine Howard was put in the king's way to seduce and be Queen. By no other than her Uncle, the same Uncle who got Anne Boleyn in all of this trouble. Yes, Katherine Howard was Anne Boleyn's cousin. Ironic, isn't it? Anyways, Henry was old and his leg was terrible from the accident he had in jousting when he was married to Anne Boleyn. So, you can imagine the smell and how it completely disgusted this sixteen year old girl. He bedded her pretty much every night when she became his wife and she never became pregnant. He was actually faithful to her...gasp!! She actually one time thought she was pregnant, but she was not. She was only in it for the gifts...and she got a lot. Thomas Culpeper was actually her cousin, too! But that stuff didn't matter back then. They married in their families so they could keep the fame going. Anyways, the fell in love. Now who do you think arranged them to meet alone one night? Jane Parker...yup. She made it all happen. Well someone told the king about this and...eek...you know what happens next. Katherine was sent to the tower with her two former lovers before she came to court and Thomas Culpeper. She had her head cut off a few days later.
Katherine Parr was his sixth wife. Her old husband finally died and Henry asked for her hand in marriage. Though she didn't want to do it because she secretly loved Thomas Seymour!!!!!! No, she was smart enough not to get her head cut off and didn't have a fling with him after the marriage. She was more of a nurse to Henry than a wife. She loved to read, but she was a heretic. Henry didn't know and even though if she went to the tower, he was going to show her mercy anyways. But they had a warrant for her arrest. But guess what? He died before she could be arrested! She outlived the guy! She went off and married Thomas Seymour and they lived happily ever after, till she caught her step daughter, Lady Elizabeth, in a tight embrace with him. He ended up getting his head cut off and Lady Elizabeth ended up having to leave for a while.
So there you go, that's the whole deal with his wives. Anne of Cleves ended up being the wife that actually was content and didn't end up having her head cut off or banished to a nunnery or catching her husband(though she had none) with her step daughter. Sorry if this is really long, I seem to know the history way too well.
What is the name of Catherine of Aragons children?
Catherine(or Katherine) of Aragon and Henry VIII were married almost twenty years but in all those years she only bore him two children that were born alive or lived longer than a couple of hours. Their names were Henry and Mary. Henry was born new years day of 1511. Henry VIII was estatic at the birth of his son, arranging for tournaments riding under the banner "Sir Loyal Heart" for his wife. Little Henry died on Feburary 22, 1511 of an unknown illness. Catherine was very religious and spent hours on her knees praying. Mary Tudor was born Feburary 18, 1516. She was a very sickly child. She suffered from poor eye sight, sinus infections, headaches, and sometimes vomiting. She was raised as a strick Catholic with no room for any debating of the bible or the teachings of the pope. She murdered an estimated 300 people-including women and chidlren-durring her reign for hersey-in other words not being catholic or accused of not being catholic. To learn more about Catherine of Aragon, Mary I, or Henry go to TudorHistory.org.
How was sir thomas cromwell executed?
Thomas Cromwell basically fell out of favour of the King. He was made into Lord Privvy Seal but after that he began to disagree with the king's policies. The final straw between Cromwell and Henry was that he persuaded the king to marry his fourth wife Anne of Cleeves when Henry himself was sceptical of her. Henry hated Anne of Cleaves as a wife and lover and therefore blamed all of this on Cromwell. However it was Sir Charles Brandon who made the desicion for Henry as he was jealous of Cromwell and his success. After Cromwell's execution Henry famously quoted "They made me rid my life of the best manservant I ever had." this shows his regret for waht happened but it was basically because he made him choose the wrong wife.
Political reason why Henry VIII broke with rome?
There was never a pope of England
Henry made the break with the pope (who lives in rome) as the pope refused for him to get a divorce from catherine of aragon, who failed to produce a male heir. the catholic faith at that time forbidded a man or a woman to divorce one another, but this all changed when Henry decided to open up a new church with him as its leader 'the church of England.' this church was a protestant. some historians also believd that the break with rome had financial implications. Henry needed money ant the catholic church had it!
Anglican Catholic Answer!
True enough ,no pope of England but there was an English Bishop of Rome !
Henry didn't ,'make the break with Rome,' it was infact Rome that broke with Henry over Catherine of Aragon, quite a different thing, d'ye see! It was the papacy that scored a home goal in doing so! He couldn't give Henry an annulment because the German Emperor had the Pope bottled up and in gaol, he was also Catherine's nephew!
No matter how much we hear of this business at that time, it was not a thing regarding religion was a fraca between two rulers! Two things changed the scenario, one was that the pope took umbrage at an English Church pointing out about the Pope disregarding the ancient canons and the fact that amongst the wider Church for some two or three hundred years there had been ongoing attempts to curb the Pope's authority! Now there was a whole new game to play! The Pope wasn't pleased. He'd been trying to narrow the goal posts and Henry had set them at the width of the field.
What is quite interesting is that the Convocation of the English Church took time out in the early days of the Reformation in England to put out markers affirming its beliefs in The Seven Ecumenical Councils, [more or less.] 1536/7 /46. This was a direct challenge to the papacy, authority was being taken out of Rome's hands and put back where they were in early scripture, in Acts, that is in the hands of the College of Bishops.
When did Henry viii lead England's reformation and establish the protestant Church of England?
He didn't make "the Protestant Church" he made a sect, or a branch of Christianity. He created the Anglican Church in 1534.
Who is Henry the eighths wife?
Mary, Queen of France, born 18th March 1496 and died 25th June 1533. Hope this helps!
Why did Henry VIII have a whipping boy?
A whipping boy was a young boy assigned to a prince, usually around the age of the prince, who was punished in lieu of the prince.
So, when Henry VIII was young he would have had a whipping boy assigned to him and this child was punished whenever Henry misbehaved or fell behind in his schooling.
Whipping boys existed because of the 'devine right of kings' which stated that kings were appointed by God and implied that no one but the king was worthy of punishing the king's son. Kings were often far too busy, therefore tutors found it hard to enforce rules or learning. They were generally of high birth and educated with the prince since birth, forming an emotional bond between the two. The idea of the whipping boys was that seeing a friend being whipped or beaten for something that he had done wrong would be likely to ensure that the prince would not make the same mistake again.
What was Henry VIII's mother's name?
King Henry VII of England, previously Henry Tudor, Duke of Richmond, had become King by defeating King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field on 22nd August 1485. This brought to an end the long and bloody civil war known as The Wars of the Roses.
His wife was Elizabeth of York, born on 11th February 1466, the daughter of King Edward IV of England and his wife, Elizabeth Woodville. Henry Tudor and Elizabeth were betrothed in 1483, and when Elizabeth's father died, Richard moved to make himself the King of England.
Following this, Henry Tudor invaded England from France and became King of England. By marrying Elizabeth, he united the warring families of Lancaster and York - descendants of King Edward III and this was one of the means by which he ensured that the civil war would not break out again.
Henry VII and Elizabeth were parents of Arthur, Prince of Wales and his younger brother, Henry who became Henry VIII. When Arthur died aged 16, they tried to produce another baby to ensure the succession to the crown.
A baby girl - Katherine was born and died on 2nd February 1503. Elizabeth contracted an infection following the birth and she died on 11th February 1503 - her 37th birthday. She is buried in the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London.
King Henry VII only had one wife, Elizabeth of York. His son, King Henry VIII had 6 wives, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Pharr.
