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He was born at the Greenwich Palace. In his lifetime he weighed around 400 pounds, and grew to be about 6 feet and 2 inches tall.
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Henry became king at 18, after his father had died. His brother, Arthur, was supposed to become king, but he died at a young age.
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Peace was agreed between England and France, with Henry’s sister Mary marrying the French king Louis XII to seal the deal.
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In 1526 they signed the Treaty of Hampton Court, which eventually led to a military alliance by 1527 in which Henry became involved in a wider alliance against Emperor Charles.
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Henry declared his independence from Rome in a series of Acts passed between 1532 and 1534.
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One of his wives had led him establish the Church of England. (1534) While being married to Anne Boleyn in the Roman Catholic church it wasn’t allowed to get divorced. This was a large factor in him breaking off from the Roman Catholic Catholic Church and making the Church of England.
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After the foreign policy gambles and defeats of the 1520s, Henry turned away from Europe to focus on domestic issues: this mostly concerned a divorce from his first wife Catherine or Aragon in order to marry Anne Boleyn.
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He died at the age of fifty five, in his lifetime he had 6 wives. He executed around 57k-72k in his life. He also published books!!