Henry VIII

He wanted money because:

A) He was bankrupt, is says in Re-Discovering the Making of the UK by Heinemann.

B) He needed money for war with Spain if they were about to attack, because of Catherine of Aragons divorce.

He seems best know for his attempts to divorce his first wife

In Henry's time almost everyone in Europe including England practised the Roman Catholic faith which made divorce illegal. Royalty could, however, petition the Pope in Rome to seek an annulment to their marriages on certain grounds ie the marriage had not been consumated.

When the Pope refused to annul Henry's marriage to Catherine. Henry passed the Act of Supremecy making himself head of the English Church.

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury was then able to annul the marraige.

Mary daughter of Cathrine of aregon

Mary Tudor, who became Mary I, was Henry VIII's oldest child. Her mother was Katherine of Aragon, Henry's first wife.

Queen Elizabeth I.

For having 6 wives and Starting the church of England(now known as Anglican.) For chopping people's heads off!

She was accused of adultery

It is believed he wrote and sang Greensleeves. It is said he wrote the song when he was dating Anne Boleyn and sang this song for her.

In ancient times some cultures wouldn't allow females to own property so the heir had to be a male. In modern cultures this is mostly not the case but, there are a few cultures that still cling to the old ways.

Henry VIII is known to have been an avid gambler and dice player. In his youth, he excelled at sports, especially jousting, hunting, and real tennis. He was also an accomplished musician, author, and poet; his best known piece of music is Pastime with Good Company ("The Kynges Ballade"). Henry VIII was also involved in the original construction and improvement of several significant buildings, including Nonsuch Palace, King's College Chapel, Cambridge and Westminster Abbey in London. Many of the existing buildings Henry improved were properties confiscated from Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, such as Christ Church, Oxford, Hampton Court Palace, palace of Whitehall, and Trinity College, Cambridge. http://www.astrotheme.com/portraits/Q6x4RE2Fk766.htm Henry VIII is known to have been an avid gambler and dice player. In his youth, he excelled at sports, especially jousting, hunting, and real tennis. He was also an accomplished musician, author, and poet; his best known piece of music is Pastime with Good Company ("The Kynges Ballade"). Henry VIII was also involved in the original construction and improvement of several significant buildings, including Nonsuch Palace, King's College Chapel, Cambridge and Westminster Abbey in London. Many of the existing buildings Henry improved were properties confiscated from Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, such as Christ Church, Oxford, Hampton Court Palace, palace of Whitehall, and Trinity College, Cambridge. http://www.astrotheme.com/portraits/Q6x4RE2Fk766.htm

No, no one thought Henry viii but the Spanish king thought one of his daughters. Elizabeth the first.

Henry VII was the first tudor monarch, he married Elizabeth of york and they had 8 children, four of which survived. He was crowned on 22nd of August 1485and during his reign brought weath and prosperity to England.

No. He didn't hate the pope. He wanted to Divorce his 1st wife Catherin, but England was catholic at the time, and he couldn't annul the marriage without a real reason, so he broke away from the church and made England Protestant.

My Ladye Greensleeves - to give it its full title - is a ballad forever associated with Henry VIII. For centuries, it was said that the lovelorn monarch wrote it for his second wife, Anne Boleyn. Some of the lyrics - "I have both waged life and limb/Your love and good will for to have" appear to be the words of a man who divorced his wife, split from the Roman Catholic Church and executed several of his most trusted advisors, merely so he could marry Anne.
However, the truth is far less romantic - most historians now believe this most British ballad dates from Elizabethan times, and is based on an Italian style of song that did not reach England until after Henry's death.
i hope this answers your question :)




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History suggests that Henry VIII composed this ballad, but it is highly unlikely he actually did. The style of the song suggests it probably wasn't written until the Elizabethan Era.

She was intended to die because Henry did not like her and did not want to spare her so he first divorced her to get his love anne boleyn. He got Catharine jealous by doing all sorts of stuff with Anne, so he got his soldiers and beheaded her another thing why he beheaded her because she had a girl called Mary

King Henry VIII married his brother's widow Katherine of Aragon when he was 17 and she was 24. By 1525, after sixteen years of marriage and with no male heir to the crown of England, Katherine was 40 and unlikely ever to produce one. As it happens there were some nice young girls at the court, amongst which was Ann Boleyn who took the king's eye. So he arranged to have his first marriage annulled (cancelled) and married Ann Boleyn instead.

King Henry VIII of England was the second son of King Henry VII, his elder brother, Prince Arthur was due to inherit the throne.

Prince Arthur died aged 15 on 2nd April 1502, leaving Henry next in line to succeed.

well he had 6 wives so you could count them. He had 3 kids so their birth could count. Also his birth and his coronation would count. Look for a timeline of his reign to find more detailed information

Henry VIII had 2 known daughters, Mary (later Queen Mary I also known as "Bloody Mary") with his first wife Catherine of Aragon, and Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth I) with his second wife Anne Boleyn.

A strange fact about Henry VIII is that he had a high pitched voice, which some people said was even higher than that of his elder daughter Mary. This is pretty strange when you think of the gargantuan figure in the Holbein portrait having a squeaky voice! However it was said that this high pitched voice was lovely when he sang.

Henry VIII broke with the church because the Pope refused to grant him a divorce from Katherine of Aragon. He desired a divorce so that he would be free to marry Anne Boleyn, who he believed would produce a male heir. Queen Katherine was beyond childbearing years. The combination of Queen Katherine not producing a living male heir and Henry's passion for Anne Boleyn drove him to break with the church.

In his leisure time, Henry VII liked to wrestle, hunt (especially wild boars), and he enjoyed chasing women,