Henry VIII

Question 1

Name Henry VIII’s wives in order

Answer 1

Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymour
Anne of Cleves
Catherine Howard
Catherine Parr

Question 2

Name the wife:

(1485-1536): Demoted for Bearing No Son

Answer 2

Catherine of Aragon

Question 3

Name the wife:

(c. 1501-1536): The Union That Sparked Reformation, Beheaded

Answer 3

Anne Boleyn

Question 4

Name the wife:

(1508-1537): Died After Giving Birth to Male Heir

Answer 4

Jane Seymour

Question 5

Name the wife:

(1515-1557): Strategic, Six-Month Marriage

Answer 5

Anne of Cleves

Question 6

Name the wife:

(1523-1542): Treasured, Then Executed

Answer 6

Catherine Howard

Question 7

Name the wife:

(1512-1548): Peacemaker Who Outlived Henry

Answer 7

Catherine Parr

Question 8

Who was the only child to survive past infancy?

Answer 8

Mary I

Question 9

Thought to be the only woman the king ever truly loved

Answer 9

Catherine of Aragon

Question 10

Henry had a brief marital affair with Elizabeth “Bessie” Blount.

What was the name of their child? Henry’s only acknowledged illegitimate child.

Answer 10

Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset

Question 11

While still married to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, who did Henry develop a fondness for?

Answer 11

Anne Boleyn

Henry sought the Pope’s approval for an annulment.

When the Pope refused Henry’s request, the king divorced Catherine against the will of the Roman Catholic Church and established the Church of England—ushering in the Reformation.

Question 12

How did Anne Boleyn die?

Answer 12

Beheaded

Question 13

Henry became smitten with Anne Boleyn, but why did she refuse the king’s advances?

Answer 13

She had no interest in being a mistress and held out for marriage.

Question 14

Why was Anne Boleyn beheaded?

Answer 14

She was found guilty of charges including adultery, incest and conspiracy against the king.

Many historians believe Henry fabricated these charges.

Question 15

What was the fate of Jane Seymour?

Answer 15

Jane gave birth to Edward VI and died from complications of the birth several weeks later.

Question 16

Why did Henry marry Anne of Cleves?

Answer 16

It was a strategic marriage.

His chief minister suggested that he seek a European alliance and marry one of the sisters (Anne and Amelia) of Germany’s Duke of Cleves.

Henry requested portraits of them and picked the more attractive of the two sisters. When Anne arrived, Henry was shocked that she looked nothing like the painting.

He tried to halt the wedding, but because the arrangement had progressed so far, they married on January 6, 1540. Anne, the so-called “ugly wife,” accepted a divorce and generous settlement six months later and lived in peace as the “King’s Sister” until her death in July 1557.

Question 17

What was the fate of Anne of Cleves?

Answer 17

She accepted a divorce settlement and lived in peace as the “king’s sister” until her death.

Question 18

Why was Catherine Howard beheaded?

Answer 18

She was executed for adultery and treason

Question 19

Whats the mnemonic for remembering the names of the wives?

Answer 19

“Arrogant Boys Seem Clever, Howard Particularly”