Characteristics Of King Henry VIII

¨Wife murdering Tyrant,¨ ¨Gross Man Child,¨ and ¨Self- Indulging¨ these are some of the many statements made about England's ruler, King Henry VII. King Henry was was a tyrant of england and greatly abused power. He had a galore of loathsome actions during his time on the throne. For example he was constantly taking his country into war, had numerous of executions that were based off of impulsive behaviors, and . But on the flip side, there were some positive legacies he has, Henry helped the economy to flourish during his rule, To start off, King Henry VIII was constantly taking his country into wars, that the was not likely to win, continuing to make his country furious with him. According to history.com, Henry was terrible in battle and …show more content…
He still did numerous of negative things. First, Henry VIII was constantly trying to take over Scotland. This way he could have take it over a also rule over them as well. Though his plan backfired because after his many efforts to take over Scotland, he sent them into an alliance with France, who was greatly against him. Though, eventually Henry used one of his alliances to go to war with france, this being the third war of his rule so far. History.com says ¨By that point, Henry was too fat to lead his men on horseback; he had to be carried on a liter along the battle line.¨ This shows that he to his country into war, even though he was not physically capable of defending his country. Also, even though the wars were over, Henry VIII was still very much struggle, in time he went bankrupt. In the end none of his money went to good use, except for a small portion that went to a very …show more content…
On the other hand, in the times before Henry’s rule, the British navy started out with only three ships, this increased as he reigned as king until he died. At this time there were about 50 ships to the British navy, according to history.com. Plus, fivegoodthingsdaily.wordpress.com said that besides him gaining ships he founded the Royal Navy in England. Even though Henry founded the Royal Navy gained ships for their navy he lost a lot of people due to him beheading them. First, King Henry had a legacy full of killings. He was majorly known for killing almost all of his 6 wives. Two of his six wives were annulled because they could not provide a son to come to the throne once Henry passed, they each only could give him one daughter each. Also he executed two other wives because neither was able to give him children so he decided to behead them as the solution. Lastly, he got married to a woman who was also not able to provide a son for she had died of natural causes. According to tudorhistory.org, in the end he ended up marrying Katherine, who was able to provide a son for him, though he died when Henry VIIII was only ten years old. Once he passed Henry was brought to power and since he was born as the same religion as his beloved father, it stayed. Though once he was killed at age 16, the oldest daughter Mary came to throne, she