Henry VIII

Henry VIII at the age of 18.

This time we are going back to the 14th and 15th centuries to the times of the Tudor Dinasty.

Henry VIII

Henry VIII  (1491–1547) was King of England  from 1509 to 1547. Henry was the second monarch of the Tudor Dynasty. He was the second son of King Henry VII (the first Tudor monarch) and Elizabeth of York.

He is famous for having married six times and having beheaded two of his wives. His first wife was Catherine of Aragon,  the daughter of the Spanish King and Queen, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile. Catherine had first married Henry´s brother, Arthur, and after his death she became King Henry VIII´s wife. After the many years they were married they only had one daughter, Mary Tudor. Willing to marry Ann Boleyn and because of his disagreements with the Pope he separated from the Roman Catholic Church and declared himself as the Supreme Head of the Church of England. His other wives were Jane Seymour,  Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Katherine Parr. 

Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Young. 1539-40