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

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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.

• 1509 – 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

• 1536- 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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