Henry VIII. (1491 – 1547) King of England, King of Ireland, Prince of Wales

Parts of his life Early life and first marriage Second wife Anne Boleyn Birth of a prince and death of his third wife, Queen Jane Mistresses Later years and death Henry VIII. as a killer

Early life and first marriage He was born at Palace of Placentia in Greenwich. Henry VIII was the second child of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. When he was three, he was created Duke of York and he was given extensive education – he became a king after his brother´s death (1502)

Early life and first marriage At first, he was a catholic His wife Catherine of Aragon couldn't have a baby, so he wanted a divorce. He asked pope Clement VII for annulment X didn´t get it => he proclaimed independence Church on pope and made the Anglican Church

Second wife Anne Boleyn Henry divorced and married with Anne Boleyn Pope reacted by moving to excommunicate Henry in 1533 Henry and Anne had child, Princess Elizabeth Anne Boleyn was the most important Henry´s wife because of reform of Church and create of The Anglican Church

Second wife Anne Boleyn She was executed for adulterous with five other men, for incest with her brother George Boleyn (he was executed too) and for conspiracy to kill Henry.

Birth of a prince and death of his third wife, Queen Jane Few days after Anne´s execution, Henry found another woman- Jane Seymour They have only one male offspring – Prince Edward, the future Edward VI

Birth of a prince and death of his third wife, Queen Jane 1537 – Jane died of puerperal fever => entire court mourned with Henry for many days Henry considered Jane to be his only „true“ wife (because of only male offspring)

Mistresses The first mistress of Henry was Anne Hastings, wife of Georg Hastings. She ended in monastery. Second was Jane Popincourt, who left with Duke of Longueville to France when Henry was bored with her.

Mistresses Another Mistress was Mary Boleyn. She was sister of Anne Boleyn. She had two children (maybe with Henry), but he never admitted them as his own.

Mistresses Last mistress was Elizabeth Blount, who had with Henry one son – Henry FitzRoy He became Duke of Richmond and married Mary Howard. He died three years later.

Later years and death Henry desired to marry again – with Anne Cleves. Although he found her unattractive, he married her in 1540 After while he decided to end the marriage.

Later years and death 1540 – Henry married young Catherine Howard, Anne Boleyn´s first cousin. Henry was delighted with his new queen. Soon after marriage, Catherine had affair with courtier Thomas Culpeper and she was in her 18 years executed

Later years and death His last wife was widow Catherine Parr She argued with Henry over religion, she was radical but Henry was conservative => this almost led to her death X she helped Henry with his first two daughters She over lived Henry and died in 1548

Henry VIII. as a killer Henry during his life executed: 2 queens 2 cardinals 2 archbishops 18 bishops 13 abbots 500 priors Unknown number of religious 38 doctors of theology and justice 12 dukes 164 members of aristocracy 153 townsman 110 pure women

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