Henry VIII

Question 1

Who were Henry’s six wives and what happened to them

Answer 1

Katherine of Aragon – divorced
Anne Boleyn- beheaded
Jane Seymour- died
Anne of cleaves-divorced
Catherine Howard - beheaded
Katherine parr- survived

Question 2

Who were Henry’s illegitimate children and their mums

Answer 2

Mary- Katherine of Aragon
Elizabeth- Anne Boleyn
Edward- Jane Seymour

Question 3

When did Henry marry Katherine of Aragon

Answer 3

1509 ( just before he became king)

Question 4

Why did Henry want to divorce her

Answer 4

Because he wanted a son
After a few years, he got fed up with her
She was getting old and fat, and she was not fun anymore
He wanted a new younger model

Question 5

What happens to Katherine of Aragon

Answer 5

He wants rid of her, but the Catholic Church doesn’t agree with divorce
The pope refused the divorce
Henry broke away from the church, but he gets the divorce

Question 6

When did Henry marry Anne Boleyn

Answer 6

1533 (the same year he divorced Katherine)

Question 7

Why did Henry want to beheaded Anne Boleyn

Answer 7

She gave him another daughter , but he still wasn’t happy, he accuses her of having boyfriends and being unfaithful 

Question 8

What happens to Anne Boleyn

Answer 8

Henry decides to execute her, Anne put to death. Her head is chopped with a sword.

Question 9

When did Henry marry Jane Seymour

Answer 9

1536 (11 days after Anne was executed)

Question 10

Did Henry truly love her and why

Answer 10

Yes because she gave him a son

Question 11

What happened to Jane

Answer 11

Unfortunately, she died after she gave birth to Edward

Question 12

When did Henry next marry

Answer 12

1540 three years after Jane died, he marries Anne (a German princess)

Question 13

Why did he marry her

Answer 13

He only married her to make friends with Germany, and he only saw for the first time on their wedding day

Question 14

What happens to Anne

Answer 14

Henry does not love her.
He said she is ugly, and we said she looks like a horse
he decides divorce or after less than six months.

Question 15

When and who did he marry next

Answer 15

Three weeks after the divorce, Henry marries, young, Catherine, Howard

Question 16

What happens to Catherine

Answer 16

Catherine is unfaithful and has a boyfriend.
Henry found out she has a lover
he ordered she was executed
in February 1542 She was beheaded with an axe

Question 17

When did Henry marry Catherine parr

Answer 17

In 1543, Henry married for the last time

Question 18

What did Catherine parr do

Answer 18

She looks after him and his children because he’s getting old and sick

Question 19

What happened to Catherine parr

Answer 19

She survived
Henry died 1547

Question 20

Was Henry a saint or a sinner

Answer 20

Henry was a sinner because
he had little regard for people
He had six wives.
He made hospitals close down.
He executed 2 of his wives .
He married 11 days after Anne Boleyns execution. He used the thrown to promote glory increased own power.
He executed advisers
he increased England’s inflation
He shutdown, monasteries, and took the riches for himself
when people rebelled the north of England. Henry had them executed.