King Of England VIII Henry ^2,3

  General Notes:

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England was a Catholic country until Henry VIII founded the Church of England. He founded th e Church of England because the Pope would not annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon. Th e grounds were that Katherine had already been espoused to his brother, Arthur, so Henry fel t the marriage should be annulled because it never should have taken place. That it was jus t Henry's ruse to dispose of his wife so he could take another, is beside the point. The Pop e would not grant the annulment. So Henry divorced Katherine by civil law, by which his daugh ter, Mary, was declared illegitimate, and Henry became Head of the Church of England, just a s the Queen is today.

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Record Change, 23 Oct 2001. ^2,3

VIII married Elizabeth Blount, daughter of John Blount and Catherine Pershale, about 1535 in not ².^,3 (Elizabeth Blount was born about 1502 in Kinlet, Shropshire, England ^2,3 and died before 15 Jun 1541 ^2,3.)

VIII next married Queen Of England Catherine Catalina, daughter of Castile And Leon Ferdinand Ii V The Aragon and Queen Castile And Leon I Isabel, in Greenwich, Kent, England ².^,3 (Queen Of England Catherine Catalina was born on 15 Dec 1485 in Alcalba De Henares, Madrid, Spain/,^2,3 died on 7 Jan 1536 in Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire, England ^2,3 and was buried on 29 Jan 1536 in Peterborough Abbey, Northamptonshire, England ^2,3.)

VIII next married Jane Seymour, daughter of John Seymour and Margery Margaret Wentworth, on 30 May 1536 in Prob., Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England ².^,3 (Jane Seymour was born about 1509 in Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England,^2,3 died on 24 Oct 1537 in Hampton Court Palace, Middlesex, England ^2,3 and was buried on 12 Nov 1537 in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England ^2,3.)

VIII next married Marchioness Of Pembroke Anne Boyeln, daughter of Earl Of Wiltshire Thomas Boyeln and Countess Of Wiltshire Elizabeth Howard, in Westminster, Middlesex, England ².^,3 (Marchioness Of Pembroke Anne Boyeln was born about 1501 in Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England ^2,3, christened in 1507 in Hever, Kent, England,^2,3 died on 19 May 1536 in Tower Green Tower Of London, London, Middlesex, England ^2,3 and was buried in St. Peter Ad Vincula, Tower Of London, Middlesex, England ^2,3.)

VIII next married Queen of England Catherine Howard, daughter of Edmund Howard and Joyce Jocosa Culpepper, in Lambeth, Surrey, England ².^,3 (Queen of England Catherine Howard was born about 1517 in Lambeth, Norfolk, England,^2,3 died on 13 Feb 1542 in Tower Green, Tower Of London, Middlesex, England ^2,3 and was buried in St. Peter Ad Vincula, Tower Of London, Middlesex, England ^2,3.)

VIII next married Princess Of Cleves Anna, daughter of Duke Of Kleve Julich III Johann and Princess Of Julich Marie, in Greenwich Palace, Greenwich, Kent, England ².^,3 (Princess Of Cleves Anna was born on 22 Sep 1515 in Dhusseldorf, Rheinland, Germany,^2,3 died on 16 Jul 1557 in Chelsea, Middlesex, England ^2,3 and was buried on 4 Aug 1557 in Westminster, Middlesex, England ^2,3.)

VIII next married Catherine Parr, daughter of Thomas Parr and Maud Matilda Green, on 12 Jul 1543 in Hampton Court Palace, Middlesex, England ².^,3 (Catherine Parr was born in 1512 in Kendal Castle, Kendal, Westmoreland, England,^2,3 died on 5 Sep 1548 in Sudley Castle, Sudley Manor, Gloucestershire, England ^2,3 and was buried in Sudeley Chapel, Sudley Castle, Gloucestershire, England ^2,3.)