King Henry VIII: Most Popular Kings Of All Times

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King Henry is perhaps the most popular kings of all time. Mostly known because of the amount of wives that he had. Henry VIII was born in Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, United Kingdom on June 28 1491.When Henry was a kid he was highly intelligent and was very athletic. Henry’s other interest were books,music, and he was a lavish patron of the arts and even participated in wrestling,jousting,hunting and writing .Later on in England after the death of Henry VII (Henry VIII’s Brother) died, Henry VIII immediately took the throne at age 17 and came into power and also married his brother 's widow six week later , Catherine of Aragon (Born in 1516), in 1509 of which Catherine had later produced only one surviving child a girl named
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Apparently, it had seemed that King Henry VII remained oblivious to the fact that he was not much more to the world until his Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, informed him of his upcoming death but of course did it when he knew Henry had a couple hours left.Going back to when henry was still alive he had suffered from a lot of accidents and disease his entire life.During Henry’s routine every day Henry woke up he would consume up to 5000 calories every single day, which caused his body weight to sky rocket and to be wheeled around his castle.Henry was reported to have a 54 inch waist and weighed almost 400 pounds! In Henry’s 20’s Henry had a 30 inch waist and a 39 inch chest making him a monster.Unfortunately, this wasn’t enough to stop Henry when he discovered his amazing new food ham, which later was combined with a horse riding accident while attempting to joust in his mid 40,s left the king effectively bed ridden. 10 years later, Henry had died from the combination of his monstrous weight and a stockpile of diseases and illnesses which had plagued him for the years.To be specific on what Henry’s diseases and injuries were at first when the jousting accident happend he had fallen of the top of the horse,then fell on top of him. He was unconscious for two hours and had been thought at first to be fatally injured. Although he had recovered,the incident had sealed his career. And it was also told that he may well have caused an undetected brain injury which profoundly affected his personality.His doctors later reported that he “had badly ulcerated legs,was unable to walk,his eyesight was fading”,(according

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