Wives of Henry VIII

This mnemonic device is used to remember the culmination of the six wives of King Henry VIII. Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Katherine Parr are the women who have varying personalities but share a common spouse, the short tempered tyrant, King Henry VIII. Many important facts about what kind of a person King Henry VIII was are hidden by his authoritarian regime and sadistic actions as the monarch in the 1500s. Before King Henry VIII took the throne, he had a greater interest in the arts and religion rather than monarchies. One fact that was found on the History Extra magazine that surprised many was that Henry…

Weir, Alison. The Six Wives of Henry VIII. New York: Grove, 1991. Print. This book emphasizes about the King Henry the VIII’s wife and King Henry VIII. Henry VIII was England’s most infamous monarch when it comes to matters of the heart. He was married to six different extraordinary women, this book is richly detailed meticulously researched history book. Alison explains misunderstood queens and their lives. These queens come to life with this book: Katherine of Aragon, was stubborn and…

Introduction Arguably the most infamous monarch in British history, Henry VIII impacted the world and changed England through his marriages. However, the six women themselves are far more than just the ill-fated wives of a monarch desperate for a male heir. These six women are from different backgrounds; from a Princess of Spain to a daughter of an English noble. Something all six women have in common is their marriage to Henry VIII. Henry VIII was the second king of the Tudor Dynasty of…

Alysha Clark History 101 Professor Crosby 1 October 2014 The Fates of Henry VIII’s Wives King Henry VIII, son and successor of King Henry VII, was known for his ever-changing marital status. Married six times, the easiest way to remember the order was a little rhyme: divorced, beheaded, and died, divorced, beheaded, and survived. Henry struggled to produce a male heir and maintain a faithful (and beautiful) wife. As Henry’s reasons to marry each woman differed, so did the reason of the…

The Unique Story of Henry VIII and Wives King Henry VIII had six wives, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Kathryn Howard, Katherine Parr. “Henry is the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.” (Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547)) “In his youth he was athletic and highly intelligent. He speaks good French, Latin, and Spanish; he is very religious; heard three masses daily when he hunted, he is extremely fond of hunting, and never takes that diversion without tiring…

Elizabeth Jones Honors English Mrs. Warren 5 November 2017 King Henry VIIIs Love Life King Henry VIII, born June 28, 1491 presided over England during the beginning of the Renaissance and the English reformation. Henry was the second son of Henry VII, first of the Tudor line, and Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV. (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica) In the 56 years that King Henry lived, he had six wives. Some would say he was a good husband and others would tell you he is evil. The…

Henry Tudor became Henry VIII when his father died in 1509. He reigned as King of England until his own death in 1547. History remembers him as one of the most infamous kings who ever lived. Henry VIII was married six times. After the Pope denied him the right to leave his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, he turned his back on the Catholic Church and created the Church of England in 1534. Now the official head of the English church, Henry VIII granted himself the right to a divorce. He then…

Henry VIII is one of the many famous Kings in history and one of the the very few to pass on a legacy. He was born on June 28, 1491 in a city called Greenwich located in England. His father was King of England and did not acknowledge Henry VIII as much compared to his two older siblings. His father had viewed Henry’s older brother, Arthur as the future heir since he showed that he had the credentials to take over the throne, although only after Arthur’s death due to an unknown illness and his…

“Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII’s Discarded Bride” by Elizabeth Norton is a biography about Anne of Cleves’s life, specifically, on her quick and brief marriage with the notorious Henry VIII of England. The biography mentions how Anne of Cleves was born and raised in tremendous royalty, due thanks to her ancestors whom were kings of England and France. As the story continues, Norton goes on to mention Anne’s encounter, marriage, and divorce, with the King of England. This condensed, yet interesting,…

Henry VIII used princely magnificence as a way to impress and gain parity over his rivals and that can be seen through the plentiful sums of money he spent in order to build and redesign structures such as the Hampton Court and Nonsuch Palace as well as spending vast amounts of entertainment, clothes, jewellery and art. In this essay, I will be looking at the materialistic obsessions of Henry VIII, his court during his reign and how he used princely magnificent to gain parity over his rivals.…