Henry VIII

Henry VIII
This painting could never had been painted with all the people standing next to each other, the question at the end of this class whill be why.....
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Henry VIII
This painting could never had been painted with all the people standing next to each other, the question at the end of this class whill be why.....

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Henry VIII
At the end of this class you'll know more about king Henry VIII and his six wives
This painting could never had been painted with all the people standing next to each other, the question at the end of this class whill be why.....

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Henry VIII youth
  • Second son of king Henry VII
  • Wasn't supposed to be king
  • Got royal titles 

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Arthur, Prince of Wales
Had a political marriage to


Catherine of Aragon
Daughter of the king and queen of Spain
The marriage was arranged when Arthur was two and Catherine was three.
They married when they were both 14

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Arthur, Prince of Wales
He dies after six months of marriage

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Henry VIII
  • Older brother dead - Henry now heir to the throne
  • Catherine is still a good marriage candidate
  • His father is unsure about it, but when Henry becomes king he does marry her

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In comes Anne Boleyn

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How does divorce work in these times?
  • You had to get permission from the pope

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Pope Leo X
Charles V
(Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, king of Spain, lord of the Netherlands, AND nephew of Catherine of Aragon)
Henry VIII

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In comes Anne Boleyn
  • Henry still divorces Catherine
  • Excommunicated by the pope
  • Starts the Church of England - a new church lead by the king
  • Anne Boleyn was crowned the new queen
  • But she was involved in politics, some men believed too involved

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In comes Anne Boleyn
  • Henry still divorces Catherine
  • Excommunicated by the pope
  • Starts the Church of England - a new church lead by the king
  • Anne Boleyn was crowned the new queen
  • But she was involved in politics, some men believed too involved
  • And also she only got one daughter who survived

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Beheaded
"I heard say the executioner was very good, and I have a little neck,"

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But don't worry, the next one is in line....
Meet Jane Seymore

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Except she dies just over a year later...
Giving birth to a son!!!!

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Wants to get married again
He sees this portrait of a girl who'd also be a good political alliance

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Wants to get married again
He sees this portrait of a girl who'd also be a good political alliance
So without meeting her he agreed to marry her
Her name: Anne of Cleves

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Anne of Cleves
But when he sees her in real life he really doesn't like her looks....
"Surely, my lord, I liked her before not well, but now I like her much worse! She is nothing fair, and have very evil smells about her."

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Anne of Cleves
But when he sees her in real life he really doesn't like her looks....
"Surely, my lord, I liked her before not well, but now I like her much worse! She is nothing fair, and have very evil smells about her."
So he marries her just to divorce her

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So he finds Katherine Howard
She is believed to be 17 when they married

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So he finds Katherine Howard
She is believed to be 17 when they married
Henry was almost 50 and looked like this

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So he finds Katherine Howard
Henry found letters she exchanged saying she was in love with another man
So he beheaded her too

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And then there was a third Catherine, Catherine Parr

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