He went to war with France in and built more warships. In he united Wales with England, and in he declared himself King of Ireland. Henry VIII is most famous for divorcing his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, because she could not give him a male heir, and then marrying five times more!
Although Henry remained a Catholic to the end of his life, this was the beginning of the Church of England. In Henry used his new power to begin to close down the monasteries and take their land and money.
All this changed in when the king — then in his mid-forties — suffered a serious wound to his leg while jousting. This never properly healed, and instead turned ulcerous, which left Henry increasingly incapacitated. By the time of his death, he had to be winched onto his horse.
It is this image of the corpulent Henry VIII that has obscured the impressive figure that he cut for most of his life. Despite the popular image of Henry VIII throwing a chicken leg over his shoulder as he devoured one of his many feasts, he was in fact a fastidious eater. Only on special occasions, such as a visit from a foreign dignitary, did he stage banquets.
Most of the time, Henry preferred to dine in his private apartments. Find out more. After a long and successful career, she sank in off Portsmouth, during an engagement with a French fleet. She was excavated and successfully raised from the bed of The Solent in , with many artefacts still intact.
What happened to the Mary Rose? Both his daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, were also born at Greenwich. Greenwich Palace and the Tudors.
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