Hi I need Henry VIII problems family,personal,love life,wealth,war,image to his people?

Question

and his religon and the church any info would be helpful thanks

Answer 1

Henry began as a true Renaissance Prince: tall (6' 2" - 6' 3"), handsome, intelligent, and he inherited the red-gold hair of the Plantagenets along with their temper. He loved dancing, music, hunting and jousting - he sustained an injury while riding which was probably the cause of the leg ulcer which gave him great pain later in life. As he grew older, he turned into the cruel, megalomaniac monarch that is evident in some of his portraits.

Henry is chiefly remembered for his six wives, two of whom he had beheaded; his break with Rome (in 1509 he was given the title Defender of the Faith by the Pope), after which he was the Supreme Head of the Church of England, and his single-minded pursuit of an heir, which was very important in those times to establish and strengthen one's own dynasty on the throne.

Katherine of Aragon was Henry's first wife. She had repeated miscarriages, but did manage to give him a living daughter, who became Mary I (Bloody Mary). When Henry realised that there would be no sons, he quickly fell in love (lust) with Anne Boleyn and sought to divorce Katherine. This is where all the trouble with Rome begins.

Anne Boleyn was bewitching and refused to become Henry's mistress. She was holding out for marriage or nothing. Eventually the King married her, and she gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth I. After more miscarriages, Henry grew tired of her and her temper (and her inability to give him a son), and cooked up charges of treason, incest and witchcraft against her. She was beheaded by sword, by a swordsman from Calais.

Meanwhile, Henry had been attracted to another lady at Court, Jane Seymour. She was much more biddable than Anne. Not long after Anne's execution, Henry and Jane married. Jane was the only wife to give him a living son, Edward VI, but she died very shortly afterwards. Henry had not had time to fall out of love or become bored with her, and he is buried next to her under a plaque in St George's Chapel, Windsor.

Next, Henry sent the painter Hans Holbein to Europe to portray various candidates for his next wife. One refused Henry on the grounds that she only had one head. Henry's eye fell on the very flattering portrait of Anne of Cleves; when he saw her he was horrified, and called her the "Mare of Flanders". Politically, he was forced to marry her, but they divorced amicably and she became the King's "Sister" to live on. She's buried in Westminster Abbey.

Ageing now, and possibly wanting to recapture his youth, Henry fell in love with young Catherine Howard, whom he called his "Rose without a Thorn". However, Catherine had had a lax childhood (morally) and was not terribly bright; Henry was terribly upset when he found that she had thorns after all, and had her beheaded by the axe. It is told that Catherine tried to speak personally to Henry while he was in the Chapel at Hampton Court, and ran screaming for mercy, but the king's guards caught her and her attempt failed. To this day, it is said that her ghost re-enacts this last dash through the Long Gallery.

Henry's last wife, Katherine Parr, was an older, widowed lady who was more of a companion and nurse, tending to her husband's ulcerated leg and reading and debating with him. She came close to disaster once or twice with her volatile husband, but managed to avoid it and lived on after Henry's death to marry her previous love and bear a daughter.

Henry had some illegitimate children also, but he acknowledged only one, a son by Elizabeth (Bessie) Blount named Henry Fitzroy ("son of the king"), Duke of Richmond, who died in young manhood.

One can tell a lot from the portraits; they were meant to show character, strength, wealth, etc.

Henry as a young man. He looked rather like his grandfather, Edward IV:
http://www.suite101.com/files/topics/16700/files/henryviii.jpg
Henry as a child, and a selection of portraits:
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/images/HenryVIII01_small.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/king_henryVIII_gallery.htm&h=104&w=100&sz=3&hl=en&start=40&tbnid=xay2ill5xgPvXM:&tbnh=84&tbnw=81&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dyoung%2Bhenry%2Bviii%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3D
This is the portrait we usually associate with Henry VIII: legs apart, wide and strong, sumptously dressed, radiating majesty and power (by Holbein):
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/portraits/images/henry_VIII.jpg
Henry becoming older here; we can see the gimlet-eyed cruelty in his face:
http://www.jack-of-all-trades.ca/meandmine/ab13.jpg
Henry in old age:
http://www.editworx.co.uk/images/hever/main/henry%20VIII.jpg
http://www.marileecody.com/h8bw.jpg

Here are some pictures - and biographies - of Henry's wives:
http://tudorhistory.org/wives/
http://www.historyonthenet.com/Tudors/six_wives_henry_viii.htm
Katherine of Aragon, as a young woman:
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/aragonsittow1.jpg
http://www.jack-of-all-trades.ca/meandmine/ab17.jpg (an older Katherine)
Anne Boleyn:
http://www.tudor-portraits.com/AnneBoleyn1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/anoria_j/Medieval_images/Anne_Boleyn_18th_century_Painting.jpg
Jane Seymour:
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/redjane.jpg
Anne of Cleves:
http://gallery.euroweb.hu/art/h/holbein/hans_y/1535h/04cleves.jpg (the flattering portrait!)
http://tudorhistory.org/cleves/cleves3.jpg
Catherine Howard:
http://tudorhistory.org/howard/kathryn.jpg
http://gen.culpepper.com/historical/images/howard2.jpg
Katherine Parr:
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/parrbiography.jpg

I attach some links containing much more detailed information:
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page19.asp
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/tudor.htm
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Henry_VIII.htm
http://www.larmouth.demon.co.uk/sarah-jayne/wives/wives.html
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/henry8-main.html
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/henry8.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/tudors/kings/henry8.htm (simply-written, but good)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUDhenry8.htm
http://tudorhistory.org/henry8/ (you can click about for more information)
There is also www.tudorplace.com, but I can't seem to get a good link.

Hope this is not too much!

Answer 2

Not sure which history books you have been reading. Henry VIII was Catholic born and bred. Although Henry broke with Rome, The Church in England remained in the Catholic tradition until Henry VIII died. The Mass was still celebrated in Latin and Henry bequeathed large sums of money so that Masses for the dead could be said for the repose of his soul. Hardly the action of a protestant!! After Henry's death the Church in England went through the most turbulent times: swinging violently in the direction of strict reformed protestantism under Henry's son Edward VI, then straight back to full unity with Rome and finally caught half way between the two in an uneasy mish-mash which we call Anglicanism. Since Victorian times and the Oxford Movement, the Church of England (can't speak for the american church) has been slowly but surely climbing on board the Roman Boat. The Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Church are close these days and enjoy a relatively warm and friendly relationship.

Answer 3

One of my favorite historical periods. Henry VIII was an interesting character and there are many sites about him. If your library carries it I recommend the movie Anne of A Thousand Days or the PBS series the 6 wives of Henry the VIII, ( it is on this Sunday)
Fat old Henry , aside from being a glutton was a tyrant. If laws and Church rules did not suit him the changed them. It was Henry's way or no way. If his wife could not produce a male heir , they were history, even drummed up false charges against Anne Boelyn, his second wife, of affairs with half of his court, who were tortured into false confessions, then off with her head. Oh I could go on and on but try the movie, check out the web sites. Read of the life Elizabeth the 1st also, for more insight on her father, Henry. And speaking of wealth, he spent exhorborant amounts of money. Hampton Court , his palace, was taken from Cardnial Wolsey who built it, that is an interesting story/part of Henry's rein, like I said, if he wanted it he got it. Have fun researching, it really really is interesting.

Answer 4

Henry was a complex ruler. He loved women, (not just his wives, as he had at least one son out of wedlock) he was quite a sportsman in his younger years and truly admired when married to Catherine of Aragon. However, when she could not bear him a male heir, things changed. He became obsessed with getting an heir, and when the wives could not , he got rid of them. He was a raving lunatic in his later years, said to be caused by syphilis. Tudor history is one of the most interesting periods in British history, look up info on the web, try the documentaries such as The 6 wives of Henry VIII , quite informative.

Answer 5

henry 8 was a fat man. he got married a couple of times i think 6, made a new religon so he could get divorced, had 3 children 1 boy(edward) and 2 girls (elizabeth and mary). declare war on the catholics and he was a crazy man

Answer 6

He was a king that was king too early in life and he was extremely unprepared for the role. He was very self centered, and very misguided. He married a Catherine of Argaon (Isabella and Ferdinands daughter) and if he had stayed with her his life would have been much different. He would have turned into a great king with Catherine's guidance. During this time period it was of great importance to the future of te country to have a male heir and because Catherine never bore him a son e needed to get rid or her and take on a new queen. In order to do that he had to seperate from the catholic church. Even though he felt he was a true catholic until his dying day. He broke from the church, granted his own divorce and banished Catherine, and kept her seperated from Mary. When Anne Boelyn only had miscarriages, and one daughter Elizabeth, he found a way to get rid of her. She was executed and Jane Seymour became queen. She gave birth to a son, Edward. Shortly after the birth of her son, she died of an infection. He then blindly married a german princess named Ann of Cleves. He didn't like her and thought she was unattractive so he divorced her and sent her to live in his kingdom for the rest of her life. She was not allowed to talk with her family again. He then fell for Catherine Howard (a distant relative of Anne Boelyn) a young girl at court. After they married he found out she had an affair and since that is considered treason, he had her executed. After her he married Katherine and died when married to her. She took good care of him and by this time, he was pretty tamed. She also tried to bring the kids together, but they ended up getting seperated. She did end up taking in Elizabeth to live with her in her home. She ended up going a bit mad at the end.

Answer 7

He was Catholic
He married 6 times
He had a wiked temper
He declared himself head of the church so he could divorce
most people were afraid of him
he left no hier to the throne
he kept on re-marrying so he could produce a male heir..but it never happened.
.....there is an excellent book I read on him..."The autobiography of Henry VIII"...it's all his own words on his life.

Answer 8

why don't you go to the library and get out a book to answer your questions...sounds like you are working on some sort of report.

or, just search on the internet...just takes a little time...

Answer 9

Check out: http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/England/Tudor/HenryVIII.html

Answer 10

ref to wikipedia.org,look for henry v11,or kings of england.good info.

Answer 11

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_viii

You don't know his religion? You must live under a rock.