HENRY VIII
HENRY VIII
Henry Tudor was born the 28 of June of 1491 and he was the king of England from 1509 until his death in 1547.
He married six times (Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr.), beheading two of his wives who were Anne Boleyn and Catherine.
He had three children Mary (his first daughter), Elizabeth and Edward who succeeded him after his death becoming Edward VI.
His reign is well known for the English Reformation that Henry started mainly for his desire of divorcing Catherine of Aragon but also because he wanted to have all the power of his country that's why he made himself the Supreme Head of the Chruch in 1534. After that Henry ordered the clergy to preach against superstitions images, relics, miracles and pilgrimages and to remove almost all candles from religious settings.
Henry VII died the 28 of January of 1547 as a middle-aged man, Henry became covered with pus-filled boils and possibly suffered from gout. A jousting accident opened a violent wound in his leg which ulcerated. and a recent theory suggests that he suffered from untreated type II diabetes.
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