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Major points in his life.
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Henry's wedding to Catherine of Aragon was kept low-key and was held at the friar's church in Greenwich. -
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Henry married Anne Boleyn in London. -
Anne Boleyn gave birth to Elizabeth I.
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Parliament recognised the King's status as head of the church in England
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The day after Anne's execution the 45-year-old Henry became engaged to Jane Seymour, who had been one of the queen's ladies-in-waiting. They were married ten days later at the Palace of Whitehall. -
At 8 am on 19 May 1536, Anne was executed on Tower Green.
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On 12 October 1537, Jane gave birth to a son, Prince Edward, the future Edward VI.
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The birth was difficult, and Queen Jane died on 24 October 1537 from an infection.
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The marriage to Anne of Cleves took place in January 1540. -
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On 28 July 1540, Henry married the young Catherine Howard, a first cousin and lady-in-waiting of Anne Boleyn -
Catherine was beheaded on 13 February 1542
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Henry married his last wife, the wealthy widow Catherine Parr, in July 1543.A reformer at heart, she argued with Henry over religion. Parr helped reconcile Henry with his daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. In 1543, the Third Succession Act put them back in the line of succession after Edward. The same act allowed Henry to determine further succession to the throne in his will. -
Later in life, Henry's heailth declined. He became obese, he was covered with painful, pus-filled boils and possibly had gout. His obesity and other medical problems can be traced to the jousting accident on 24 January 1536 in which he suffered a leg wound. The chronic wound became ulcerated, preventing him from maintaining the level of physical activity he had previously enjoyed. Henry's obesity hastened his death at the age of 55, on 28 January 1547.