King Henry VIII’s Life

By Keilani

Henry was born in Greenwich Palace, on the 28 of June 1491. Arthur was his older brother natural heir to the throne.

When Arthur died, in 1502,Henry became next in line for the throne, after his father. His brother’s death didn’t only bring a spot in line, but a lady as well; Catherine of Aragon.

When Henry VII died sadly, after his wife, Henry VIII became the king England has been patiently waiting for. Since Henry wasn’t prepared on trained to be king, some might say he was a horrible ruller.

Henry’s first wife was Catherine of Aragon. Her Spanish name, Catalina de Aragon was so, for she was a Spanish princess. What Henry wanted most was the next heir to the throne, and a male one. All Catherine could do for a living child was make it a girl. She had a son, but disappointingly, he died very soon. Disgusted, Henry divorce Catherine and named her his royal sister, to stop Spain from fighting against them. Not to forget, Catherine bore Mary, future  Mary I.

Henry VIII and his six sorry wives

Why did Henry VIII have six wives?

Monarchs in the Tudor times rarely married for love. Often they married to link up families to other rich and powerful families both from England and from other important countries.

Henry had six wives because….

He had the first wife because he was betrothed to her by his father.

He had the second wife because he fell in love and also needed a legitimate male heir.

He had the third wife because he still needed a male heir.

He had the fourth wife because of diplomatic reasons.

He had the fifth wife because he fell in love again.

He had the sixth wife because he was old and sick and needed a companion and nurse who wouldn’t give him too much trouble.

Henry’s main aim

Henry’s main aim was to make sure that the Tudors would keep on ruling England after he died. Henry believed that only a boy could inherit his kingdom. But his son ,Edward , ruled only for six years.

Who were the six wives?

One of the six wives was Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn was next, and after that went Jane Seymour, fourth was Anne of Cleves, fifth was Catherine Howard, and the last, final wife was Catherine Parr.

The Battle of Bosworth Field

The Battle of Bosworth Field

Anne Boleyn

• Anne Boleyn was born circa 1501,  (Norfolk), England. She was the second wife of King Henry VIII—a horrible marriage, given that he had been denied an breakup from his first wife by the Roman Church, and that his mistress was Anne’s sister, Mary.  King Henry VIII broke from the Church to marry Anne. She gave birth to a daughter, but could not produce  a son. On May 19, 1536, Anne Boleyn was beheaded on untrue charges of witchcraft,  and conspiracy against the king. Her daughter, Elizabeth, came up as one of England’s greatest queens. Anne Boleyn died on May 19, 1536, in London, England.

• Anne spent some of her childhood and teenage years in Europe she was a lady-in-waiting to Archduchess Margaret in the Netherlands. In 1514, Anne’s father arranged for her to be a lady-in-waiting at the French court to Queen Mary, King Henry VIII’s younger sister. She later served Queen Claude of France for almost seven years.

• On her return to England in 1522, Anne was appointed as lady-in-waiting to Henry VIII’s wife Catherine of Aragon. Anne’s striking looks and sophisticated manners earned her many admirers at court and by 1523 she was betrothed to Lord Henry Percy. However this relationship was cut short by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.

• Henry VIII had grown tired of his wife, as she had not produced a male heir. He appealed to Pope Clement VII for an annulment to his marriage so that he could marry Anne. The Pope refused to annul the marriage as he was afraid to go against the will of Catherine’s nephew Charles V, The Holy Roman Emperor.

The Mighty Henry VIII and his Childhood

Henry entered the world in Greenwich Palace on 28^th June, 1491. He was the second last child to be born to Elizabeth of York, as he was the third child. His brother was the oldest between Margaret, Mary and Henry. Due to his brother being heir to the throne, Henry had a lot of time for himself. When he had time, he enjoyed archery, dancing or playing on his lute; this was his favourite thing to do.

How did Henry learn at school?

Henry learned a lot and he was a great mathematician like Einstein. He was also good at poetry and Latin because he had great knowledge; this meant when he was older he had great tactics in wars. If Henry would be naughty during lessons, his whipping boy would be beaten but he wasn’t because he wasn’t naughty, even if he would be naughty the whipping boy would have be beaten by a wooden stick in his hands.

Tragedy

When Henry was no more than 11 years old, his brother Arther died on 2 April, 1502, because of that he was extremely sad but not as sad as when his mother Elizabeth of York died on 11 February, 1503, when she was merely 37 years old.

Henry becomes king

Henry became king because his father died King Henry VII on 21 April, 1509, when he was 52 years old. Henry became king 24 April, 1509.

Henry VII and his life.

•   Henry the VII was born 28th of January 1457 in Pembroke.
• Henry died in April 1509 Richmond Palace, Surrey, ENGLAND.
• He married Elizabeth of York.
• He had 2 children,2 sons.
• He was coroneted on October 30th 1485.
• His predecessor was Richard III.
• His successor was Henry VIII, his son.
• His reign lasted 24 years.
• His religion was Roman Catholic.
• His father was called Edmund Tudor.
• His mother was called Lady Margaret Beaufort.
• He had 3 grandchildren called Edward, Elizabeth and Mary.
• He fought in the WARS OF THE ROSES.
• REIGN: 1485-1509
• Henry VII was very rich and scared to lose his money.
• Unfortunately, his son, Henry VIII wasted his money.
• He was a good tactician.

Edward VI- King at age nine

Who was this young king?

On the 12 of October,1537,  Jane Seymour, Henry VIII’s 3rd wife, gave the hard birth to Edward, but unfortunately Edward never knew his mum because she tragically died at childbirth. Henry was happy that Jane had given him a son but he was very sad when Jane died two years later.

Early Years

Edward’s life started very miserably for he didn’t know his mother. He didn’t do much In his early years because his farther was so protective of him he did not allow him to go out of the palace grounds! So his life was a full of boredom.

 How he became king

His father died when he was only nine years old and with no other son or heir to the throne, so Edward became the king but because he was so young he needed a protector who was the duke of Northumberland. he only ruled for only

Death

on the 6th of July 1533 Edwards tuberculosis increased so much that at the age of 15 he tragically died

 

this is Edward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tudor Medicines

The Tudor’s had only a few medicines but they had a few for example, one was to not have a headache. It was a mixture made from sage, lavender and marjoram. Chamomile was used to stop a stomach ache. Herbal remedies were really well known so most of the Tudor women knew how to make this. Tudors thought that smallpox could be cured by hanging red curtains around the patients bed.

This is a picture of how the Plague-Doctors looked like:

The Plague-Doctors had a sort of beak on their nose and mouth so that they wouldn’t breath in the bad air and so that they wouldn’t get sick of the Plague.

Did You Know?

There wasn’t a national health service in Tudor London so the type of doctor Tudors saw if they were feeling unwell varied to how much money they had and were they lived.

A Game About Jousting.

Here is a game about jousting. Click here so that you will go to the game.

 

Tudor Food

Tudor food ( Rich)

In the Tudor times, there were some very powerful monarchs who ruled, here we are going to find out what they ate to be so powerful. by the way, if you’re looking for what the poor ate then go to here

Carbohydrates:
Bread. They absolutely LOVED bread, it was served with almost everything. you could tell how rich the people were by the amount of bread they ate. Rich people ate bread made of white wholemeal flour.

Meats: The Tudors also adored meat, basically, their diets were based on bread ( 75% of the Tudor diet, that’s 3 quarters) and meat therefore, they were not very healthy or balanced. As they had no fridges, they had to eat their meat several days after catching and killing it, to add more flavour, they hung dead animal in a cold stone room. Their  the favourite meats were: swan, peacock, pheasant  and chicken.

 

Drinks: the reason Tudors could not drink water, is because they had no water filters so their water came from rivers, the water in the rivers came from the sewers and the water in the sewers came from, well, you know where. The water would give them diseases, so they decided to start drinking other things like: ale ( quite strong) and wine.

Sweetening was very expensive in the Tudor times, they preferred honey to sweeten things as sugar was very expensive. During Elizabeth’s rein, rich people used sugar as tooth paste, (once again) you could tell the class of the person, of how rotten there teeth were!

Dairy foods were hardly used by rich Tudors, the only time they were used was for baking pies and cakes.

bye!

they LOVED meat!