Презентация "Six wives of Henry VIII"

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Six Wives of Henry VIII. King Henry VIII, Tudor monarch, ruler of England in sixteenth-century, had six wives. From first three marriages he had 10 children from whom has survived only three — Maria from first marriage, Elizabeth from the second and Edward from the third. All of them subsequently reigned. Henry's last here marriages were childless.

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Henry VIII.

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Henry VIII's first wife - Queen Catharine of Aragon. She has been married to Arthur, senior brother Henry VIII before his death. Henry VIII married Ekaterina right after introductions on a throne in 1509. The First years of marriage were to all appearances happy, but all children of young spouses were born dead, or died in infancy. The unique survived child was Maria (1516—1558), who was to become Queen Mary I, also known as Bloody Mary, for the number of Protestant executions in her reign.

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Queen Catharine of Aragon.

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Henry VIII's second wife - Queen Anne Boleyn. While married to Catharine, the King fell in love with Anne Boleyn. During long time she was Henry's unapproachable beloved, refusing to become its mistress. Anne Boleyn became wife of Henry in January, 1533, in September, 1533 has given birth to daughter Elizabeth, who would later become Queen Elizabeth I, arguably the strongest and most successful monarch in the history of Britain. Soon Anna has lost love of the spouse, has been accused of adultery and beheaded in a Tower in May, 1536

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Queen Anne Boleyn.

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Henry VIII's third wife, Queen Jane Seymour succeeded in giving birth to an heir to the crown — Prince Edward, who later succeeded his father to the English throne as King Edward VI. Henry married her in a week after execution of the previous wife. Unfortunately, the Queen died a few days after childbirth from an infection.

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Anne of Cleves was the sister of ruling duke of Cleves. Marriage with her was one of ways to fasten Henry's union with Francisk I and the German Protestant princes. As an obligatory condition of the conclusion of marriage Henry has wished to see a portrait of the bride. Henry has liked a portrait, but the bride who has arrived to England Henry categorically has not liked. Anne became Henry VIII's fourth wife, but the King was not attracted to her, and the marriage quickly resulted in divorce. Anne stayed in England, however, and remained in good relations with the King and all three of his children, as well as with his future queens.

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Queen Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves.

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King Henry VIII's fifth wife was Catherine Howard. An attractive young lady, she had been pushed into the marriage by her own ambition, as well as the pressure of her powerful family. Catherine Howard was the niece of powerful duke of Norfolk and a cousin of Anna Boleyn. Henry married her in July, 1540 on passionate love. It was soon found out, that before her marriage Catherine had had several lovers, among them being a musician, Henry Mannock, or Manox; her cousin, Thomas Culpepper; and Francis Dereham, to whom she had been betrothed. Dereham and Culpepper were executed in December 1541 and their accomplices were punished. On the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded too.

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Catherine Howard.

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King Henry VIII's sixth wife — King Henry VIII's last wife — was Queen Katherine Parr. Queen Katherine Parr was the only one of Henry VIII's wives to have survived him. A well-educated lady, and a excellent writer with a keen intelligence and solid moral fiber, Katherine Parr was the Queen to outlast the intrigues of court, the bad temper of the King, and the general rigors of court life. She was a sweet-tempered, kind person, and the children of King Henry VIII loved her. After Henry's death she has married to Thomas Seymour, the brother of Jane Seymour.