English+Renaissance+-+Henry+VIII



//If a lion knew his strength, it were hard for any many to hold him// - Sir Thomas More of Henry VIII (AS)

[|HenryVII Amber]

Henry married Catherine of Aragon soon after ascending the throne in 1509. Catherine was his late brother's widow. (NS)

Henry was obsessed with producing a male heir, and when the Catholic church did not allow him to annull his marriage with Catherine, he left the church and made himself the head of the Church of England. (NS)

He was a true Renaissance prince, skilled in athletics, poetry, music, and language (AS).

[|King Henry Bio (Nikelle)]

Henry took the throne at a young age of 17, bringing a much needed youthfulness to the throne. (AH)

Henry gained popular support through Nationalism and the spread of Protestant ideas (AS).

In 1547, Henry's frail and sickly nine year old son Edward VI, succeeded his father (AS).

Out of all 6 wives, his favorite was most likely Jane Seymour, his third wife, largely due to the fact that she finally gave him a son, a male heir to the throne. (AH)



Henry had three children among his 6 wives: Mary I, Edward VI, and Elizabeth I. All three took turns on the English throne after their father died, though Elizabeth had the longest and most-loved reign of the three. (NS).

King Henry about the being the head of the church of england: //"Well-beloved subjects, we thought that the clergy of our realm had been our subjects wholly, but now we have well perceived that they be but half our subjects; yea, and scarce our subjects; for all the prelates at their consecration make an oath to the Pope clean contrary to the oath that they make to us, so that they seem to be his subjects, and not ours." // (AH) King Henry had two of his six wives executed for infidelity. CRK CRK