King Henry VIII might be known as a bad husband with a hot temper who straight beheaded a couple of his wives. But he was ...

Henry VIII is perhaps best known for being a terrible husband, but marrying six times wasn't the only thing about him that was extreme. A closer look at small facts about King Henry VIII's reign ...

Renaissance England is inseparable from the reign of King Henry VIII, the notorious monarch who famously had six wives—most of whom met unfortunate ends. Initially married to Catherine of Aragon, ...

Katherine Parr is remembered as Henry VIII’s lucky queen, the one who got away, or, as the old rhyme says, the one who “survived.” She is also thought of as the dowdy, plain, and reliable one. But ...

Handwritten annotations in the Tudor king’s psalter show how he looked to scripture to justify his break from Rome and the annulment of his first marriage Vanessa Braganza | Historian, Harvard ...

King Henry VIII divorced a Spanish princess; annulled his marriage to the daughter of a German baron; mourned his queen who died 12 days after she birthed a son; and had three other wives decapitated.

It’s all but impossible to learn about Henry VIII’s six wives without picking a favorite. Perhaps you’re partial to the stubborn and imperious Catherine of Aragon, who refused to get divorced without ...