Henry+VIII+and+his+wives!

= ﻿ __Henry VIII and his wives**!!**__ = =**Henry VIII had six wives.He was a man who was very intrested in music but also a king who was very fussy with his wives. His first wife was Catherine of Aragon who had previously had been married to Henry's older brother, Arthur, who had died in a accident. Henry divorced Catherine because he wanted a son to rule after him. Catherine of Aragon had a daughter called Mary and then his next wife was Anne Bolyen. Anne Bolyen had a daughter called Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in September 1533. Anne was executed on Tower Green at the Tower of London on May 19th 1536. Henry's next wife was called Jane Seymour. People say Jane Seymour was Henry's favorite wife! Jane had a son called Edward VI. He lived from 1547-1533. Jane died 2 weeks after Edward's birth and was buried in a tomb being prepared for Henry VIII, in Saint George's Chapel in Windsor. Jane was the only one of Henry's wives to be buried with him. Katherine Howard was Henry's 5th wife. A cousin of Anne Boylen, Henry****'s second wife, Kathryn was a maid to Anne of Cleeves.She married Henry when she was just 19 and he was 49 and in poor health. Within a year of marriage there were rumours of the Queen's infidentily and in November 1541, an investigation was begun. Like a cousin Anne, she was pronounced guilty and executed on the Tower Green in February 1542. She was laid to rest near Anne in the Chapel of St Peter and Vincula at the Tower of London. Then Henry VIII married Catherine Parr. She outlived Henry and ended the Tudor family in 1607.** = =**__Catherine of Aragon__** = =**Catherine of Aragon married Henry in 1509. They had two children a boy Edward and he only lived for 52 days and a daughter Mary (Queen Mary I ), who was born in Febuary 1516. Henry was fustrated in his attemps to produce a son and has several mistresses, one of whom was Mary Boylen, the sister of Henry's second wife, Anne. Henry became increasingly irratated at Catherine's ability to produce a son and heir for him so he asked the Pope for a annulment to their marriage which was refused. Catherine left the court and died at Kimbolton Castle in 1536.** = =**__Anne Boylen__** = =**Anne Boylen married Henry in 1533. Their only child, Elisabeth, (Queen Elizabeth I), was born in September 1533. Anne tried on several occasions to produce a living male heir but was unable to him. Henry soon fell for one of Anne's maids, Jane Seymour and plotted to remove Anne as Queen. Anne fell pregnant with Henry's child in 1533 and Henry immediatley rejected the athority of Rome and asked the Archbishop of Canterbury to grant him an allument instead. The king was persuaded to start and investigation into his wife for possible treason. Many of Anne's family and freinds were investigated and killed under these charges. Anne herself, was executed on Tower Green at the Tower of London on May 19th 1536.** = =__**Jane Seymour**__ = =**Jane Seymour married Henry in 1536. She provided him with his with him as much as he needed son, Edward, (King Edward VI), born at Hampton Court Palace, in October 1537. Jane died just 2 weeks after Edward's birth and was buried in a tomb being prepared for Henry, in St George's chapel in Windsor. Jane is the only one of Henry's wives to be buried with him. Henry seemed genuinley sad at the death of a wife who finally produced him a son. As England's position was difficult following the split from Rome, Henry looked abroad at a foreign. Edward died 9 days after he was born and also died before Jane herself.Jane was Henry's favourite wife.** =