henry viii. (1491 – 1547) king of england, king of ireland, prince of wales
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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