Did Henry VIII really have 6 wives or is that just more anti-male propaganda?

Question

Come on, like, if you lived in a country where *millions* of loving-fathers had their children stolen then would you believe such hog-wash? Didn't think so.

GLH, but your a 'lawyer', dude. Like, duh, of course you support getting $millions$ for stealing children...... And yes, of course, like many loving fathers; I'm in Fathers4Justice. You got a better idea?

Answer 1

Actually an ancient Nursey rhyme tells the true tale //

Henry The EIght He Had Six Wives

Two Divorced

Two Beheaded

One Died and One Survived "

Tis true and is not male bashing hog wash // Henry felt obligated to provide his Kingdom of England a Male heir. England had only experienced one Queen within Five Hundred Years and She was considered to be a Disaster. Henry was nearly ten years younger than first wife Catharine of Aragon and despite several pregnancies the result was one strong healthy girl. Henry wanted a divorce - - - Catharine refused. The matter dragged on while Henry took lively interest in young vibrant Anne Boylen,

Wrenching England away from the Domination of Rome, Henry became a Champion of the Protestant Reformation by prclaiming himself Head of The Church of England, then he gave Archbishop Cramner permission to grant a divorce. Henry then married Anne Boylen. She spat out a brat - - - a daughter, a major disappointment at the moment - - - later one of England's greatest Monarchs. Anne Boylen was high maintainence and after years fighting for a divorce, Henry needed nurturing & tenderness. He found this in Jane Seymour.

Anne was accused of Adultry - - - much like Evangelical Christians of Today, in Tudor times that was sufficient to judge Anne guilty of treason - - - Off with her Head.

Henry truly loved Jane Seymour more so when she gave birth to a Son, Alas medicine & hygeine were in a state of disrepair during the 1500's in England and Jane died within a few weeks from infection.

Henry was now getting fat & tired - - - but his Kingdom needed a alliance so based on a picture Henry married a German Princess named Anne of Cleeves. An arranged Marriage it fell apart on first sight and neither of them felt drunk enough to plunge into the rigors of a wedding night - - - both were polite, a quiet divorce was in play and Anne of Cleeves retired to a castle with a generous income. Henry was still old & fat - - - wicked forces in play placed a pretty young girl named Katherine Howard in Henry's way and he fell, hard, hoping at last he would find marital happiness. Instead an ugly mess, confessions of adultry extracted from a court musician - - - tortured to spill the word, the musicans had dallied withe Queen. As for The Queen - - - some call her heroic, instead of cozying up to Henry, she told him that he was Old & Fat & Gross - - - so it was off with her head....

Older fatter feeling need of a nurse for his two dauhters and son, the heir to the throne, Henry took a final wife, Katherine Parr, when he died, she went on to another advantageous marriage before succumbing to illness.

Peace....

Answer 2

START OF ESSAY "Henry was not born to greatness. The second son of Henry Tudor, he might easily have ended up in the footnotes of history.At the age of 10 he attended the wedding of his 15 year old brother to Catherine of Aragon, a match arranged when they were both toddlers. Arthur and Catherine were married for 20 weeks when they both became deathly ill, and Arthur died. If Arthur had lived a few more months, Catherine might have been pregnant and Henry might never have been king. ===== No one really knows what happened to Henry to make him so arrogant. This handsome, educated brilliant boy would be ordering his first executions on his honeymoon at the age of 18. According to the contemporary historian, Raphael Holinshed (died c. 1580) the number of executions in his reign amounted to 72,000. Anyone who disobeyed the orders of King Henry VIII were executed for treason. For a country with population less than 3 million, this would be the proportional equivalent of World War II. Although Henry is known today for the beheadings of two of his wives, they were only a small part of the general violence.

Answer 3

Yes he did.

Millions of loving fathers having their children stolen??? what utter rubbish are you talking about???

Or are you perhaps one of those control-freak, purple-clad Fathers For Justice idiots who think that the best way to win back access to their children is to sit on the top of a crane or throw stuff around the House of Commons? Just the sort of stable influence every child needs in their life - a dad who dresses as superman and breaks the law.

In our law firm we have dealt with two cases where access to the child was in dispute and where the father was linked to the FFJ mob. In both instances he had BEATEN his wife in front of the child. Strangely enough, access was denied. Justice was done. There was another case in our local court the other day - the father couldn't understand why he was being denied any access to his kids - after all, he had only broken into the house contrary to an injunction and then held a knife to his ex-wife's throat in front of the children and threatened to kill them all if he didn't get to see his kids... I guess you think that's pretty reasonable behaviour?

Actually, Henry VIII would make a good figurehead for FFJ - beheading your wife if you can't get your own way seems like fairly standard practice for your lot.

UPDATE : Millions from stealing children??? - we do our work on Legal Aid. No-one ever got rich doing Legal Aid work. Our code of practise enshrines reconcilliation and the fact that the happiness, safety and well-being of the children is paramount. If you can't get access to your kids then it's for very good reasons - because most decent, caring fathers have very little problem seeing their kids. You FFJ Guys make me laugh - all that aggression and yet you wonder why no-one will trust you near your kids. Loving fathers do not subject their kids to the sight of their fathers beating up their mothers. Try growing up a bit.

I also think you owe an apology to all the other people that answered your question thinking it was about a Tudor Monarch rather than a cheap shot at the imaginery iniquities of the family justice system.

Answer 4

yes he had at least 6 wives....but if you read your history...he also had them be-headed!!!
Henry VIII (28 June 1491–28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. He was the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty, succeeding his father, Henry VII. Henry VIII is famous for having been married six times, "divorcing" two by execution, and ultimately breaking with Rome. He wielded perhaps the most untrammelled power of any English monarch, and brought about the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the union of England and Wales.

Several significant pieces of legislation were enacted during Henry VIII's reign. They included the several Acts which severed the English Church from the Roman Catholic Church and established Henry as the supreme head of the Church in England; the Laws in Wales Acts 1535-1542, which united England and Wales into one nation; the Buggery Act 1533, the first anti-sodomy enactment in England; and the Witchcraft Act 1542, which punished 'invoking or conjuring an evil spirit' with death.

Henry VIII is known to have been an avid gambler and dice player. In his youth, he excelled at sport, especially jousting, hunting, and royal tennis. He was also an accomplished musician, author, and poet; his best known piece of music is Pastyme With Good Company (The Kynges Ballade). Henry VIII was also involved in the construction-from-scratch and improvement of several significant buildings, including Nonsuch Palace, King's College Chapel in Cambridge and Westminster Abbey in London - the existing buildings improved were often properties confiscated from Wolsey (such as Christ Church, Oxford, Hampton Court Palace, palace of Whitehall) and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Answer 5

Yep. He even formed his own schismatic version of the Catholic church in order to do so.
Lemme see, there was Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr. Catherine A was divorced, Anne Boleyn was beheaded, Jane Seymour was beheaded, Anne of Cleves was divorced after a month, Catherine Howard died after giving birth to Charles, and Catherine Parr outlived the old coot.
Not anti-male, more a sad saga of a self-indulgent monarch at the end of the age of absolute kings.

Answer 6

Yes:

1) Catherine of Aragon who was divorced for failing to provide a male heir to the throne and because the King had fallen in love with Anne Boelyn. This divorce created the schism between England and Rome that would eventually create the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican/Episcopalian movement. Catherine of Aragon provided one daughter, Mary, who would reign as Queen between Edward VI and Elizabeth I.

2) Anne Boelyn who also failed to provide a male heir and was beheaded on trumped-up charges of infidelity (a crime constituting treason if you're married to the King). She also provided one daughter, Elizabeth I.

3) Jane Seymour who did provide the King's male heir, Edward VI, but died of natural causes soon afterwards.

4) Anne of Cleves whom the King married for political reasons but found, on actually meeting her, that the portraits of her beauty were somewhat exaggerated. As such he divorced her quite swiftly but it was amicable and she continued as a courtier with a title "Her Royal Highness the King's Sister." Outlived Henry and every other wife, dying in 1557.

5) Catherine Howard, much younger than the King, and married largely for sex, but not much attracted to him she slept with half the court. Henry therefore had not choice but to have her beheaded as well.

6) Catherine Parr, married for love, and for someone to look after him in his old age. Outlived him by five years.

As the rhyme goes:
Divorced, beheaded, died
Divorced, bheaded, survived.

Answer 7

he only had one at a time he kept cutting there heads off , go Henry lead on for modern man .

Answer 8

Why did Henry VIII have six wives?
Monarchs in the Tudor times rarely married for love. Often they married to link up families to other rich and powerful families both from England and from other important countries.


Henry had six wives because....
He had the first wife because he was betrothed to her by his father. He had the second wife because he fell in love and also needed a legitimate male heir. He had the third wife because he still needed a male heir. He had the fourth wife because of diplomatic reasons. He had the fifth wife because he fell in love again. He had the sixth wife because he was old and sick and needed a companion and nurse who wouldn't give him too much trouble.

Henry's main aim was to make sure that the Tudors would keep on ruling England after he died. Henry believed that only a boy could inherit his kingdom. But his son Edward ruled only for six years.

Who were the six wives?
They were (in order)

1. Katherine of Aragon (divorced)
Catherine of Aragon was a Spanish princess who had previously been married to Henry's brother Prince Arthur. Henry was betrothed to Katherine by his father in 1509 and they had a daughter Mary who later become Queen Mary 1. Katherine had six children but only Mary survived. In 1527 Henry announced his desire to divorce Katherine because she had failed to produce a male heir.

2. Anne Boleyn (executed)
Anne Boleyn grew up in the family home of Hever Castle and was a young and beautiful lady-in-waiting to the former queen, Catherine of Aragon. She married Henry in 1533 and bore him Elizabeth who was later to become Queen Elizabeth I. When Anne miscarried a second child Henry accused her of witchcraft and had her beheaded at the Tower of London for adultery and incest.

3. Jane Seymour (died)
Jane Seymour and Henry married a few days after Queen Anne was executed in 1536. Jane gave birth to a baby boy on 15th October 1536. Henry was said to be devastated when she died two weeks later of blood poisoning. Her son succeed Henry to become Edward VI.
Jane Seymore shares Henry's grave in Windsor Castle.

4. Anne of Cleaves (divorced)
Anne of Cleaves and Henry were married in 1540 to form a tie between England and the Protestant princes of Germany. After only six months Henry found the political alliance no longer to be to his advantage and so divorced her the same year.

5. Catherine Howard (executed)
Henery married 19 year old Catherine Howard, Anne Boleyn's cousin and maid of honour to Anne of Cleaves. In 1542 Henry once again accused his wife of adultery and had Catherine beheaded at the Tower of London.

6. Catherine Parr (outlived Henry).
Henry's last wife was twice widowed Catherine Parr. She was Henry's sixth and last wife. Catherine outlived Henry - so she is said to have survived.

Answer 9

He kept marrying and fuking until he got a son. All he wanted was an heir to the throne. DUHHH!

Answer 10

Your question makes no sense whatsoever.
Additionally, it is (like) stupidly phrased