How many wives did King Henry the 8th have and how many were executed?

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To King Henry VII of England, a second son, Prince Henry,was born at the Greenwich Palace, London, on June 28, 1491. After Arthur, his older brother, died, Henry was left heir to the throne. He went on to become the most formidable and famous king who ever reigned in England. His handsome physical appearance&emdash; very tall with broad shoulders, strong athletic limbs, and fair skin&emdash; added to his popularity. Throughout his reign King Henry VIII was married six different times. He married for both political and formal reasons.

Henry married his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, in June, 1509. Anne Boleyn became his second wife in secret in January, 1533. Jane Seymour, Henry's third wife, provided him the much desired heir to the throne in October, 1537. Henry married Anne of Cleves, his fourth wife, under political terms with Western Germany in 1540. Henry's fifth wife, Catherine Howard, was Anne of Cleves's maid of honor. She married Henry in 1540 also. Finally, Catherine Parr helped to bring his family together when they married in July, 1543. Catherine Parr outlived King Henry VIII when his glorious reign ended with his death on January 28, 1547.

Henry's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, was the widow of King Henry VIII's older brother, Arthur. Catherine was left widowed after a year of marriage when Arthur died in 1501. It was King Henry VII's dying wish for his son, Henry, to marry Catherine of Aragon. It was important for Henry to keep the alliance between England and Spain. Between the years 1510 and 1518, Catherine gave birth to six children, including two sons, but all except one daughter, Mary, were stillborn or died in early infancy. Catherine was unable to provide a male heir for King Henry VIII, which eventually led to the end of their marriage. Pope Clement VII refused to annul Henry's marriage to Catherine. Henry finally broke with the Roman Catholic church, and his new Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cromwell, had their marriage annulled. Soon after, Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, making the king head of the English church. Although Catherine was loved by the English people, she was forced to spend the last years of her life isolated from all public life.

Anne Boleyn was the second wife of King Henry VIII. They were privately married in January 1533, but the marriage did not become known until Easter of that year. Anne Boleyn was the mother of the future Queen Elizabeth I, born in September of 1533. During their marriage Henry quickly lost interest in Anne and began to have affairs with other women. All Anne had to do to save their marriage was provide a male heir for the King. After two attempts she failed. Committed to the Tower of London, Anne was charged with adultery and alleged to have been involved in several affairs. On May 19, 1536, she was convicted by a unanimous vote and beheaded. According to many historians, it is very likely that Anne was innocent, but she was declared guilty because of a temporary court faction supported by Thomas Cromwell.

Jane Seymour, the mother of King Edward VI, was the third wife of King Henry VIII. Jane was the daughter of one of the King's knights. In Henry's attempts to win Jane, he sent her a love letter and a purse. Jane sent the letter and the purse back unopened with a touching message about her family's honor. The King promised to defend the honor, and they were married May 30, 1536. Jane was the first and only wife to provide King Henry VIII with a proper male heir. However, Jane was unable to recover from the birth and died twelve days later.

The fourth wife of King Henry was Anne of Cleves, a German princess. They were married for political reasons; in fact, Anne was chosen by Thomas Cromwell, the Lord Chancellor. This marriage was politically convenient, as Henry needed a strong political alliance with Lutheran Germany to establish ties between England and the other protestant countries so that England would not become totally isolated. Their marriage soon became a political embarrassment when the alliance between the Catholic powers failed. The marriage was annulled on July 9, 1540. Anne was rewarded with a large income as long as she remained in England and was given the title of "King's Sister."

Catherine Howard, one of ten children of Lord Edmund Howard, was Henry's fifth wife. Catherine had been a maid of honor in his previous marriage to Anne of Cleves. Henry's marriage to Anne was annulled on July 9, 1540, and he and Catherine were secretly married on July 28. Catherine had been previously engaged to her cousin, Thomas Culpepper. She was thought to have had affairs with him and two others&emdash; Henry Mannock, a music teacher, and Francis Dereham. In November 1541, the King learned of these supposed affairs and became irate. He allowed Parliament to pass a bill of attainder declaring it treason for an unchaste woman to marry the king. On February 14, 1542, two days after the bill was passed, Catherine was beheaded in the Tower of London for crimes of treason

Catherine Parr was King Henry VIII's sixth and last wife. They were married on July 12, 1543. Catherine was the daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendall, an official of the King's royal household. She had been married twice before her marriage to Henry, having been widowed first by Edward Borough, who died in 1529, and then in 1542 when her second husband, John Neville, Lord Latimer, died. Catherine was a highly educated and deeply religious woman. She had a great influence on the king as his reign ended. She brought the family close together and developed close friendships with Henry's three children. After Henry died in January 1547, Catherine remarried a former suitor, Thomas, Lord Seymour of Sudeley. She died shortly after giving birth to a daughter in 1549

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Henry VIII's wives: the quick version! First wife was Catherine of Aragon. He divorced her because a) she hadn't given him a son and he wanted the dynasty his father started to continue and b) he wanted to marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope wouldn't agree to the divorce so he broke away from the Catholic church and declared himself head of the new Church of England. Number 2: Anne Boleyn. She gave him a daughter (later Elizabeth I) instead of a son, which he wasn't happy with after all the fuss there'd been. In addition, she had enemies who wanted Henry to marry one of their relatives instead so they'd have the power and influence, and more enemies who blamed her for the fact that England had split away from the Catholic Church. She was accused of adultery, which is treason if you're married to the king, and beheaded. She may not have been guilty. Number 3: Jane Seymour. Gave him a son (Edward VI) and then died immediately afterwards. Number 4: Anne of Cleves. Protestant German princess. Not as pretty as Henry had hoped, so he divorced her. Number 5: Catherine Howard. Pretty, silly, much younger than Henry. Was also accused of adultery and then beheaded. Probably guilty. Number 6: Katherine Parr. Managed to outlive him.

Answer 6

He had six wives, but only two were executed.
Catherine of Aragon - Daughter of Queen Isabella of Spain, and King Ferdinand of Spain, married Arthur, King Henry VIII's older brother, but when he died, promised she could produce an heir, and married Henry. She had six children, but only one survived infantry, Mary*. He then had the marriage annulled, because he had fallen in love with Anne Boleyn, who refused to be his mistress, like her sister Mary was.
When Anne married him, she too promised she could produce an heir. She didn't. She had one daughter Elizabeth**, and two miscarriages. Anne was accused of having an affair, which there is no proof of, but there is proof that the King had many affairs during their marriage. She was then executed, and that same day, the King betrothed Jane Seymour, which many believe was one of his mistresses while married to Anne. She soon gave birth to a son, Edward***, but alas, died just twelve day later.
To smooth tied with Germany, Henry married Anne of Cleves, a German Princess. He however, had their marriage annulled within the year, when he fell for a Catherine Howard, a girl who had been newly appointed as a lady-in-waiting to Anne.
When they got married, Catherine had been previously engaged to her cousin, but obviously, being Queen of England was much better than the wife of a courtier. However their marriage lacked love, and Catherine, like her distant cousin Anne before her, had an affair with Culpepper, her cousin, and was then sentenced to a tower, and eventually, killed.
Catherine Parr was last, and luckily outlived the King. She cared for her step-children, and was very loving. Eventually the King died, and she married Lord Seymour.

* Queen Mary, nicknamed "Bloody Mary", for her numerous killings of Protestants; She succeeded her younger brother Edward VI, after his death in 1553
** Edward ruled over England from 1547, at the time of his father's death, until 1553, when he died. HE was only nine, when he took the throne. He also was a Protestant, which was the religion his sister (see *) was so famous for killing
***Queen Elizabeth I was somewhat famous for her absurd laws. There have been rumors of everyone having to wear a knit hat on Sundays, the banishment of cloaks, and the color purple and more

Answer 7

He had 6 wives and 2 were executed for treason.

Answer 8

Six wives... he had his first marriage to the Spanish Catherine of Aragon annulled so he could marry Anne Boleyn, who he had charged with adultery and beheaded after she failed to bear him a son (among other reasons), then he married Jane Seymour who died after giving birth to a son, then he married a woman called Anne of Cleves but he didn't really think she was all that much so he had that annulled, then he married Anne Boleyn's cousin Catherine Howard but that was annulled and she was beheaded two years later, again on charges of adultery, then he married one more Catherine (Parr) and she managed to keep her head by outliving him.

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actually he only killed two of his wives... Anne Boyeln and Catherine Howard (who where actually cousins!). he had them beheaded for treason. he annuled his marriage to his first wife on the basis that he claimed since she was married to his brother aurther first his marriage was never legal because it was against the rules of the church, his real reason was that he had no sons and his wife katherine of aragon was too old to have more children and hehad also fallen in love with anne boyeln. some might claim that catherine died from a broken heart and from neglect b/c she was seperated from her daughter and sent to appaling lodgings that as a princess of spain/queen of england she would not have been use to.after he married and executed anne boyeln he married jane seymor but she died giving birth to his only son edward (he had a daughter mary with catherine and another elizabeth with anne). after jane he married anne of cleves but didnt like her and divorced her 6 months later..then came catherine howard who was executed (for being unfaithful, probably the only one of his wives that actually was guilty) after her he married another Catherine (anone seeing a pattern?) parr, and she out lived him. also another little pattern that the queens really should have paid attention to..... anne boyeln = catherine of aragons lady in waiting jane seymor = anne boyelns lady in waiting catherine howard = anne of cleves lady in waiting .... hmmmm i wonder where he found his wives? :)

Answer 11

Hi,

Indeed as people have said 6 wives.
Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. But apparently he only really ever loved his first wife Katherine of Arragon.