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HENRY VIII

Henry VIII was born on June 28^th 1491 and died on January 28^th 1547 .

He was King of England from 1509 to his death. He was also King of Ireland in the continuity of his father Henry VII . He bore the title of King of France too. Legal and theological controversy over the validity of his first marriage and especially, ending around its cancellation, had considerable religious, political and diplomatic implications . First private , it became a major issue in the late 1520s and had a major European importance and led England to break his link with Rome. Yet he remained a believer in his heart and followed Catholic theological teachings, even after his excommunication from the Catholic Church. After many years, the break was definitive and he created the Anglican Church of England. He married then Anne Boleyn who gave her a little girl (Elizabeth) but he executed her after a few years under a suspicion to have an affair with her own brother. He married Jane Seymour who died giving birth to their only son. Then ha married a European princess Anne of Cleves but he didn't like her so he divorced her to marry Catherine Howard who cheated on him and he executed her and finally he married Catherine Parr but he died before her. Some people called him BlueBeard because he had six wives.

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