I have studied about HENRY VIII at English class at KGU. He had had six wives and also he was king of England. Then I was ihnteresting in his life. This book is started that Cartherine Parr, she is his 6th queen in English, and her new maid are talking at the palace of Whitehall. They arrived at the palace, then they opened a box. There are some letters in it. And she began to read the letters.
He was dead in 1547, when he was young he was very handsome and he was clever, he could speak five languages.He was young England king.
His first wife was, Katherine of Aragon.She was Spanish,she first came over to England to marry Henry's brother Arthur, but he died.She then married Henry and she was queen for twenty-four years. She only had one child, his name was Princess Mary.
Tough she was queen of England,Henry wanted a son very much. At Catholic Church people couldn't divorce , then Henry broke with the Pope and the Catholic Church, and that's how the Church of England began. He became Head of the Church. That is reason why he want a son and he need a younger wife. The first queen of England, Katherine of Aragon died after ten years.
His second wife was Anne Boleyn. She was his mistress, he was in love with her for about seven years.But the time they married was less than three and a half years. Because she had a mistress and she only gave him a daughter, Princess Elizabeth. She nearly had another baby, but she had a miscarriage, it was a boy. Henry was very angry and she was in the Tower of Lomdon.And she was beheaded there.
His third wife was Jane Seymour, and he married her after ten days of Anne's death.She was quiet and careful.She gave him a boy, who is King Edward.But she died soon after Edward was born. He aws very sad.
His forth wofe was Anne of Cleves,a German Princess.After her death he was very sad and lonely. He wanted a new wife. Someone told him about her.They said that she was beautiful , young, and clever. And at the time he wanted to please her, but he couldn't go and see her for himself, so he sent his artist to painta picture of her.He painted a fine picture of her.He immediately fell in love with her and decided to marry her.But he found she had a sad face and a long nose.He didn't awnt to marry her, but he had to marry her. After six months he divorced her.
His fifth wife was Katherine Howard, she was one of the ladies at Queen Anne's palace. She was only eightteen years old.She was young, beautiful, and exciting. Actualy she didn't love him, because he was forty-nine years old, and very fat. She had lover, after she got marry they met secretly at night. Somebody told the King that thing. She was beheaded at the tower.
His fifth wife was Catherine Parr.She loved another man.They talked about getting married, but she had to marry Henry. After Henry died, six month later she marryed her lover.Thougt she got baby, she died. Henry had two daughter, one of the daughter was Elizabeth, she became Queen.She was Queen of England for forty-five years.She was a very great Queen, but she never married, and had no children. When Queen Elizabeth died, King Henry's family came to an end, and a Scottish King became King of England. ( 589 words )
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