He was a controversial King who made many scandalous and significant changes during his rule. He changed the face of Christianity and his influence can still be seen in England today. Three of his children went on to rule England after him, and ironically, after his desperate pursuit of a male heir, it was his daughter Elizabeth who went on to become one of the greatest monarchs in English history, Elizabeth I.
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No children came from his next three marriages. King Henry with his son Edward and third wife, Jane Seymour. Let us know what you think by leaving a comment, below!
Seated beneath a canopy and surrounded by senior court officers, he was served on bended knee and presented with several different dishes to choose from at each course. As well as his six wives, he kept several mistresses and fathered at least one child by them. But the evidence suggests that, behind closed doors, he was no lothario. When he finally persuaded Anne Boleyn to become his mistress in body as well as in name, he was shocked by the sexual knowledge that she seemed to possess, and later confided that he believed she had been no virgin.
When she failed to give him a son, he plumped for the innocent and unsullied Jane Seymour instead. His personality also changed, turning from suspicious to downright paranoid. This change, combined with his self-righteousness and absolute power, made Henry very dangerous. His confused legacy. By the time he died in , on his 56th birthday, Henry VIII reportedly weighed nearly pounds, and was a very sick, unhappy man. He remained an active ruler until the end, however, and his death left confusion and disorganization in its wake.
His young son and successor, King Edward VI, was controlled by his advisers, and his death of tuberculosis in sparked a succession crisis. While not without her own flaws, historians celebrate Elizabeth for keeping England together in a time of bitter religious divisions, a feat that was particularly remarkable given that she was—after all—only a woman.
But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Once he was out of bed, he preferred hunting or hawking over the business of governing.
When his outdoor activities ended, Henry could find time to meet some of his obligations, but work had to be completed quickly — his nights were usually filled with dancing, gambling or playing cards.
But while ruling the land, he also made sure to enjoy himself. This 30,word text became a best-seller. Not only did Henry rule a kingdom, but he was also tall over six feet , in good shape thanks to his love of hunting and jousting and had beautiful reddish-gold hair. On top of that, he was an accomplished musician who sang and played instruments such as the recorder and the lute.
As Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch of Oxford University told The Telegraph in , "His sexual shenanigans were not all that great by the standards of most monarchs of the time.
Though Henry was a healthy young man, he was still paranoid about getting sick and dying. Given the times, there were plenty of illnesses for him to worry about, but two particular concerns were the sweating sickness a common and often deadly ailment and the plague.
When a severe wave of the sweating sickness hit in , Henry left London for nearly a year.
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