Who was the real Henry VIII? Henry VIII's reign (1509-47) is usually remembered for the King's six wives and his legendary appetite. Infamously, he sent two of his wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, to their deaths on the executioner's block at the Tower of London.
Of his six wives, Henry VIII had two killed: Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. He accused Anne of adultery, and she was convicted and beheaded on May 19, 1536; that she had not given birth to a male heir was, however, Henry's primary motive for having her executed.
Henry divorced two of his wives (Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves), he had two of his wives executed (Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard) and one of his wives (Jane Seymour) died shortly after childbirth. His last wife (Catherine Parr) outlived him.
Jane's sweet and charming demeanor captured Henry's heart. Married just days after her predecessor's death, she was to become Henry's favorite wife. Jane, unlike any of Henry's other wives, gave Henry the one thing he wanted most -- a son, an act that would lead to her death.
Jane Seymour is often described as Henry's true love, the woman who tragically died after giving the king his longed-for son.
Henry VIII's reign (1509-47) is usually remembered for the King's six wives and his legendary appetite. Infamously, he sent two of his wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, to their deaths on the executioner's block at the Tower of London.
Concerning the real head of Marie Antoinette, it was buried along with her body in the Madeleine cemetery, in a mass grave without names to avoid any possible private or public celebration and to erase her memory from every royalist heart, if any was left in Paris.
Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren't all his to start. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens.
George III was devoted to his wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. They had 15 children, 13 of whom reached adulthood.
In 1997, Ziona succeeded his father Chana, who in turn had succeeded Khuangtuaha in 1966. He had 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law, 33 grandchildren and one great grandchild; 181 family members in total and counting. His family and their four-story residence are one of the major tourist attractions in Mizoram.
Henry VIII (1509-1547) is one of history's most famous monarchs. His radical political and religious upheavals reshaped the Tudor world. He is best known for his six marriages and his life-long pursuit of a male heir.
Oedipus, in Greek mythology, the king of Thebes who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
Katherine was first married to Henry's older brother, Arthur, who died soon afterwards. With their prudent father's blessing, Henry chose to marry his brother's widow in 1509 to continue the Spanish alliance (and to hang on to her dowry).
Based on the testimony of her son, Marie Antoinette was accused of incest and died at the guillotine. The young Louis XVII, just eight years old, remained in jail under the supervision of his new tutor. Confined in filthy conditions, he soon fell seriously ill.
Wife 4: Anna of Austria, Married 1570 - 1580
Anna of Austria, Philip II's fourth wife, was also his sororal niece and paternal cousin once removed. Her mother was Maria of Spain, Philip's sister.
A lover of arts and letters, Joan I founded the famous College of Navarre. She was the mother of three French kings: Louis X, Philip V, and Charles IV.
Although after his death Richard III was accused of having Edward and his brother killed, notably by More and in Shakespeare's play, the facts surrounding their disappearance remain unknown. Other culprits have been suggested, including Buckingham and even Henry VII, although Richard remains a suspect.
War with France. The renewal of war in France was triggered by John's second marriage. His first wife, Isabella of Gloucester, was never crowned, and in 1199 the marriage was dissolved on grounds of consanguinity, both parties being great-grandchildren of Henry I.
Isabelle and John were married on 24 August 1200; Isabelle was no more than 12 and may have been as young as 10, John was 33 or 34. When John remarried in 1200 to Isabelle d'Angoulême, he housed his new wife with his ex-wife, which could have been rather awkward for both women.
Edward VI. Edward VI, born 12 October 1537, was Henry VIII's first surviving and only legitimate son and the heir to the throne. Henry VIII described him as 'his most noble and most precious jewel.
According to his account: Anne Boleyn was rather tall of stature, with black hair and an oval face of sallow complexion, as if troubled with jaundice. She had a projecting tooth under the upper lip, and on her right hand, six fingers.
On 19th May Anne was beheaded at the Tower of London- the first English queen to be publicly executed. Henry married his mistress Jane Seymour just over a week later. Jane, a committed Catholic, begged Henry to abandon the Dissolution of the Monasteries.