Horrible Histories Special: Cruel Kings and Mean Queens by Deary Terry
Author:Deary, Terry [Deary, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Henry Vlll (1509–1547) –
Henry Ate
Claim to fame
• Got rid of the Catholic Church in
England and made himself head of
the new Church. That gave him
the chance to divorce his first wife
and also to pinch the riches of the
Catholic Church.
• He built the first modern navy.
• He liked hunting, eating, riding,
eating, archery, eating, music,
eating … and getting his own way.
Anyone who annoyed him tended
to get the chop – even a good
friend like Thomas More.
Cruel king
Henry was famous for his cruelty.
Some of his worst acts were…
1 Henry held a party. He dressed in
bright yellow, had a thanksgiving
service at church followed by
feasting, jousting and dancing. What
was he celebrating? The death of his
first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
2 Henry insisted on wife number
two, Anne Boleyn, going through a
long, difficult coronation ceremony
even though she was expecting a
baby. Not only was she tired – she
also needed to go to the loo quite
often. She couldn’t leave the
coronation ceremony to do this, so
two ladies-in-waiting sat under her
table with a potty.
3 When Anne gave birth to a
daughter Henry was upset. He
wanted a son. He showed Anne how
annoyed he was by refusing to go to
the christening.
4 When he grew tired of Anne
Boleyn, he had her accused of having
other boyfriends. Her only real crime
was that she couldn’t produce a baby
boy who could be the next Tudor
king of England.
5 As soon as Henry heard the
cannon fire that signalled Anne’s
death, he set off for the house of his
next love, Jane Seymour. They were
engaged the next day. Jane was his
favourite wife – maybe because she
gave him a sickly son, Edward,
before she died.
6 He agreed to marry his fourth
wife, Anne of Cleves, after seeing a
painting
of
her.
She
looked
attractive. When he met her he
realized she was not so pretty – so he
divorced her.
7 Henry married Catherine Howard
when she was just 19 but decided to
have her executed when he heard
she’d had other boyfriends before
she married him. The young woman
ran to him, screaming for mercy,
begging to be allowed to live. He
ignored her pathetic pleas and sent
her to her death. Within a week of
the execution he was celebrating
with a feast again.
8 Wife number six was due to marry
Henry’s brother-in-law, Thomas
Seymour. The greedy old king took
her for himself instead, not caring
about how poor Thomas felt. Never
mind – Henry died less than four
years later and Catherine Parr finally
married Thomas.
9 Henry wasn’t satisfied with having
his enemies’ heads lopped off. After
Thomas More’s head was cut off, it
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