Henry VIII

       Henry VIII was the only King of England to have done away in one fashion or another most of his six wives.  He is also the only English monarch to have a hit song in his honor.  Henry VIII is the second of the Tudor kings and should be remembered for sucessfully separating the Church of England from the Roman Catholic church, rather than his multiple marriages and how he dealt with his wives.  Another act in his favor is to oversee the legal union of England and Wales.  Henry VIII believed in ruling with absolute power as well as the throne of England must be inheritied by a male heir.  Thus his penchant for serial marriages. He felt that no female would be capable of holding the The Tudor dynasty together  following the fragile peace in the aftermath of the War of the Roses. Henry VIII grew very obese at the end of his life giving fodder to the rumors of the time of his unearthly lusting, gluttony and quest for power.  Whether all that is true or not remains up in the air.  What is known to be true is that Henry was an accomplished composer, musician, author and poet, not to mention an avid and accomplished gambler.

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