Ladies what is your opinion on King Henry the 8th?

Question

Apparently, he killed 8 of his wives because they wouldn't bear him a son. Back then, they believed that woman chose the s*x of the child. (We know now that it is the man that decides upon the s*x of the son).

I just thought it was funny how we could take false ideals and stereotypes so far. What do you think?

Answer 1

i think he was a man wh*re, who probably couldn't get it up and had major issues and took it out on his wives by having them murdered. i also think absolute power corrupts absolutely. and that the church should have given him his d**n divorce and save all those women. that's why i believe very strongly in divorce, it may be more expensive but at least i got to keep my head. ( and that's about all i got to keep too)

Answer 2

i think it was quite funny how stupid he was! but also sad since he killed so many people that he shouldve loved=|!!!!

but it made history, no?

i WOULD go out with his son, but im sure hes quite old now:P

Answer 3

First of all, you need to go back and study history and get your facts straight!

Henry VIII did NOT have eight wives. He only had six.  English schoolchildren used to be taught this rhyme as a way of remembering the order of Henry VII's wives:

"Divorced, Beheaded, Died. Divorce, Beheaded, Survived"  and even that's not all that accurate.

The marriage between Henry and wife #4 Anne of Cleves was never consumated, so it was ended in annulment. They were only married 6 months, yet, they remained on friendly terms afterwards.

He DID divorce his first wife Catherine of Aragon because she couldn't bear him a son who survived. The one boy she did bear, Henry,  died 52 days after birth. The daughter, Mary, survived. Catherine and Henry were married for over 20 years when he first attempted to claim the marriage was "invalid"...and he came up with all sorts of convoluted excuses to push Catherine out! Also, he had fathered several illegimiate male children by mistressess...but for whatever reason chose not to marry the "babymamas."

Two of his wives were executed.  Both were beheaded. Anne Bolyn and Catherine Howard. Anne's daughter was Queen Elizabeth I..who was conceived illegitimately btw.  One of the reasons why Henry was in such a hurry to divorce his first wife Catherine!  The death sentence for Anne appeared to be a set up because she was no longer "convenient."

As for Catherine H,  she never bore him any children, but instead decided to play Henry's game and was having affairs of her own...so he decided to have her killed rather than be considered a royal cuckhold...and also also risk having an illegitimate "heir" by Catherine evenutally taking the throne!

Wife #3, Jane Seymour, gave birth to a son,  Edward, who became king at age 9, but died at the age of 16. Jane died of puerperal fever. This was not long after Edward's baptism and being named "heir apparent." Henry mourned Jane for two years after her death...so it's possible Jane was the only one of the six wives he truly loved...if that jerk was really capable of loving anyone but himself!

The 6th and final wife, Katherine Parr survived Henry VIII! They had no heirs together, but she helped raise his son Edward who saw Katherine as "mother."

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Also, I think attempting to use Henry VIII and his wives as some sort of feminist "cautionary tale"  is a misue of history. None of those wives saw Henry as a "rescuer."  At least 4 of them were pretty much forced into the marriages. After all, Henry VIII was a man who couldn't and didn't take "No" for an answer. In this day and age, Henry's behavior would be considered a form of sexual harrassment!

In those days, women didn't get a lot of choices as to who they could marry. Out of all six of the wives, only Katherine Parr actually chose her husband after Henry's death. She married Jane Seymour's brother, Thomas, the man she truly loved...and it was considered by some a mini-scandal at the time.

NONE of those matches between Henry and his wives were what we today would consider "love matches." The marriages were arranged for political purposes...in order to produce the son and heir.  Yet, for all that craziness...it was still a WOMAN who rose to power, wasn't it?

Most women today are considerably more savvy and would NOT accept such an arrangement.  Also, the educated ones would would not see him as a "prince." that will rescue them.  My opinion of Henry VIII? He was a morbidly obese, power hungry dog, but no more of a dog than a lot people in history...be they male or female...who are power mad.

Answer 4

I think he did some major changes to the country, some good, some bad. I don't think he was fair to all his wives.

By the way, he only had SIX wives, and ordered TWO to be killed by decapitation (Anne Boleyn and her cousin Catherine Howard).

And, his only son (Edward), borne of Jane Seymour, died at a young age.

Answer 5

im not thrilled..