I have to laugh at this guy.
Okay now that is out of my system.
He slept around and remarried 6 times and had almost 30 kids (from wives and mistresses).And this was all for one thing and one thing only.A legitimate male heir.No he couldn't have a girl! Absolutely not.He must have a boy.And out of these almost 30 kids all he had was 3 heirs.
And the boy was (of course ) first.All that work for Henry and all he got was a sickly boy king only capable of making it to the age 13.And he did an awful job as king.
And next came his oldest daughter who was nuts!Killing people,displaying parts of their body's through out town.
And the best thing Henry ever did was have Elizabeth "Good Queen Bess" the last person he suspected to be a good ruler.
The guy was an idiot.Or am I the only one who thinks this way?
why? He instituted a monarchy, that while not totally thought through, has sustained the Bristish people, and empire, for quite a lot longer than his contemporaries thought it would.
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He's an idiot because he made himself head of the church just so he could divorce Catalina of Aragon.Which didn't work out the way he wanted,so later he tried to back out of it saying he shouldn't have done it,just so he could have his marriage to Anne Boleyn annulled.And both were annulled because neither wives gave him what he wanted.
That is what makes him an idiot.A sneaky idiot.But an idiot none the less.
He exercised his power to the fullest extent. He transformed Church the way it suited him - that was in his power, because he was afterall, chosen by God to be a king...or so was believed.
I personaly am a far bigger fan of Henry VII as far as politics go. He had it together.
The best ways to remember what happened to Henry VIII's wifes - beheaded, divorced, died, beheaded, divorced, survived.
I love that.
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Last edited by lil bitchiness on Apr 26th, 2006 at 07:21 PM
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1st (Catalina of Aragon)Divorced and Died,
2nd (Anne Boleyn)Divorced and beheaded,
3rd (Jane Seymour)had the sense to die before he tired of her,
4th (Anne of Cleves)Divorced,
5th (Cathrine Howard)Beheaded,
6th (Cathrine Parr)Out lived him.
Trust me I know,I had to do a 10 page report him.
I really hate how he just created a church so he could divorce and killed women because they wouldn't give him what he wanted. I don't know much about the man but he sounds like a total ass.
I didn't know there was a History forum... Henry the VIII, is one of my favorite characters in history....Really exciting....All he wanted was a Male heir.....He would even kill to get it. Besides that he was so unhealthy that he had his own special doctors supplying him with herbal concoctions for his digestive system, and I think also gout. These physicians were not available to to common people. Also, if the common people used similar concoctions of herbs, roots...etc....They were said to be in cahoots with the devil......Witch Craft.
He was incredibly unhealthy.. He was massively overweight (had a 54 inch (137cm) waist). Suffered from Gout as you said.. he also had syphilis from birth... He had an ulcerated wound on his thigh from a jousting accident.. this wound meant he couldn't exercise anymore.. and this led to him putting on a huge amount of weight.
Well I guess he gave all his wives syphilis then and as we all know syphilis will eventually destroy your brain and cause "Crazy like" behaviors....I think I had also read that Hitler had it, but not sure.
From what I have read about Henry, he was quite a catch in his younger days, and yes quite fit. It's interesting how the story continues on to his daughter Elizabeth with Mary (bloody Mary) for the thrown because of no male heir. Quite fascinating though sad story....Cause eventually Elizabeth had Mary executed, though I had read that she did have remorse over it, but still it had to be done in the name of the thrown.
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) first.All that work for Henry and all he got was a sickly boy king only capable of making it to the age 13.And he did an awful job as king.
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Apr 26th, 2006 03:45 AM
Henry the VIII, is one of my favorite characters in history....Really exciting....All he wanted was a Male heir.....He would even kill to get it. Besides that he was so unhealthy that he had his own special doctors supplying him with herbal concoctions for his digestive system, and I think also gout. These physicians were not available to to common people. Also, if the common people used similar concoctions of herbs, roots...etc....They were said to be in cahoots with the devil......Witch Craft.
