Tag: Children of Henry VIII

  • Henry VIII – Family Man?

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    Daniela
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    The Oxford University Press asks, “was Henry VIII a “family man” so to speak?” The notion seems vaguely ridiculous; by 1547, the philandering English monarch had laid claim to six wives, two of which he had executed, including the infamously-beheaded Anne Boleyn. However, King Henry’s children were perhaps among his most prized possessions, comprising the…