Henry in middle age | |
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During 1513?, the [Duke of Norfolk]? defeated the invasion attempt of [James IV of Scotland]? at Flodden? during Henry's absence at war against France.
Henry VIII greatly improved English seapower and instituted an efficient navy. Henry is also famous for his six wives. After divorcing Catherine of Aragon, he married [Anne Boleyn]?. While Anne bore Henry a female child Elizabeth, she did not give him the male heir he so desperatly wanted. For this reason he had her executed on trumped up charges of adultery and married [Jane Seymour]?. Seymour gave Henry a male child, but she died while doing so. The boy was sickly, however, and Henry tried three more wives, none of which bore him any children. At his death he left three children each of which had a turn on the British throne: [Edward VI]?, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. Also see the notes on Thomas Abel, Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, Sir Thomas More, [John Fisher]?, Bishop of Rochester |