the six wives of henry viii. a renaissance man huge in his day king of england from 1509 to 1547...

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

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

Wife No. 1: Catherine

Youngest daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon,

who was

married to Isabella I of Castile

The famous couple who helped Columbus “sail the ocean blue in fourteen hundred and ninety two.”

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

She married

Philip I, the Handsome, Archduke of Burgundy

Son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

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."

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

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)

Mary Queen Mary

(1553-1558) “Bloody Mary” You got a problem

with that?

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”

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

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

Elizabeth I

The Other Boleyn Girl Henry did have an

affair with Anne’s older sister, Mary Boleyn

The Other Boleyn Girl

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

Wife No. 4: Anne of Cleves Married 6 Jan.

1540 Marriage annulled

on 9 July 1540

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

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

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”

Henry VIII: The Renaissance Version of Big Love