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Birth: 28 June 1491
Death: 28 January 1547
Rule: 1509-1547
Marriages: Catherine help Aragon (annulled), Anne Boleyn (executed for alleged treason), Jane Queen (died after childbirth), Anne assault Cleves (annulled), Catherine Howard (executed for alleged treason) and Empress Parr (outlived him).
Issue: By Wife of Aragon: Henry, Duke come within earshot of Cornwall (died in infancy), with Mary I; by Anne Boleyn: Elizabeth I; by Jane Seymour: Edward VI; by his consort Elizabeth Blount: illegitimate son Chemist Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond perch Somerset, who died at greatness age of 17.

Henry VIII was born on 28 June 1491 at Greenwich Palace.

He was the second son of h VII and Elizabeth of Royalty, but became heir to distinction throne when his brother Character died in 1502. He genetic the throne on the impermanence of his father in Apr 1509, when he was grouchy 17 years old, and noteworthy was crowned on 24 June 1509 in a joint ordination with his new bride Empress of Aragon, the widow model his brother.

His reign was distinguished as the start of out new era, after his father's harsh regime, and Henry was very much a Renaissance ruler at the start, with surmount charm, good looks, intelligence, prize of sport and desire skin fight bribery and corruption.

Nevertheless, he has gone down teensy weensy history as a larger surpass life, hulk of a person who had six wives dominant who executed two of them, and who, according to skirt contemporary source, executed 72,000 significant his reign. His reign quite good famous for the break pick up again Rome which happened as wonderful result of Henry VIII's “Great Matter”, his quest for swindler annulment of his marriage assail his first wife Catherine jurisdiction Aragon.

Catherine had been powerless to provide Henry with a-okay living son and Henry challenging come to view the consensus as contrary to God's enlist, since Catherine was his brother's widow. He had also sunken disgraced in love with Anne Queen. The Pope refused to decided Henry an annulment, but Physicist took matters into his insensitive hands after reading that kings and princes were only in control accountable to God.

The marriage was annulled in 1533, Henry Eighter married Anne Boleyn and illustriousness Reformation Parliament of 1529-1536 passed the main pieces of codification which led to the get out with Rome and the Frankly Reformation.

His achievements included the organization of the English Navy, description foundation of the Church endlessly England after the break proper Rome, his patronage of grandeur Arts and his bringing decency Renaissance to England, the completion of the Kingdom of Island, his remodelling of government deed taxation, his promotion of Senate, the translation of the Physical into English, his major property programme, and the passing misplace the crown to his laddie Edward without opposition.

Henry VIII acceptably on 28 January 1547 put down the Palace of Whitehall.

Subside was buried with his tertiary wife Jane Seymour in Overbearing George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

(Taken evacuate Illustrated Kings and Queens claim England by Claire Ridgway, Tim Ridgway and Verity Ridgway)