1. The Six Wives of Henry VIII

2. A Renaissance Man Huge in his day King of England from 1509 to 1547 Fluent in multiple languages and before he became heavy very athletic

3. Wife No. 1: Catherine

4. Youngest daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon, who was

5. married to Isabella I of Castile The famous couple who helped Columbus “sail the ocean blue in fourteen hundred and ninety two.”

6. The third daughter of this famous couple was Joanna the Mad (Juana La Loca) She married

7. Philip I, the Handsome, Archduke of Burgundy Son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

8. Charles V They gave birth to Charles I of Spain. Who became Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor And thus a powerful nephew of Catherine of Aragon Funny guy, Charles. Is reported to have said: "I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse."

9. Catherine She was married to Henry’s older brother, Arthur, first in November 1501. Arthur died however in 1502 Henry VII, worried about ties between Spain and England, arranged for the next brother to marry, thus Henry VIII

10. Wife No. 1: Catherine Catherine of Aragon married Henry VIII in 11 June 1509 18 Feb 1516, she gave birth to Mary, who would become Queen Mary (Bloody Mary)

11. Mary Queen Mary (1553- 1558) “Bloody Mary” You got a problem with that?

12. Philip II and Mary Phillip II, King of Spain and son of Charles V. Married Mary, daughter of Catherine of Aragon 25 July 1554 “Kissing Cousins”

13. Wife No. 1: Catherine In 1525 Henry was not only worried about not having a male heir, but he began an affair with Anne Boleyn He then sought an annulment from the Church. But Charles V’s hold on Pope Clement VII prevented it. Dismissed from court in 1531

14. Wife No. 2: Anne Boleyn Married Henry in secrecy Jan. 1532 23 May 1533 Archbishop of England declared the marriage good. Gave birth to Elizabeth Sept. 1533 Accused of adultery and executed in 19 May 1536

15. Elizabeth I

16. The Other Boleyn Girl Henry did have an affair with Anne’s older sister, Mary Boleyn

17. The Other Boleyn Girl

18. Wife No. 3: Jane Seymour Married to Henry 20 May 1536 12 Oct. 1537 gave birth to Edward (to become King Edward VI) Died Oct. 1537 from postnatal complications

19. Wife No. 4: Anne of Cleves Married 6 Jan. 1540 Marriage annulled on 9 July 1540

20. Wife No. 5: Catherine Howard Married Henry 28 July 1540 Cousin of Anne Boleyn Started “playing around” shortly after the marriage Executed 13 Feb. 1542

21. Wife No. 6: Catherine Parr Married Henry 12 July 1543 Most married English Queen, four times. After Henry died in 1547 she married longtime lover Thomas Seymour

22. Wife No. 6: Catherine Parr Historians say that Catherine Parr was instrumental in creating good relations between Henry and his children and was a supporter of Edward VI and the “new faith”

23. Henry VIII: The Renaissance Version of Big Love