Why did Henry VIII want a son?

Answer 1

cause he was a fat man and got wat he wanted

Answer 2

King Henry VIII of England reigned from 1509 to 1547, and famously married six times.
His main reason for doing this was he wanted to produce an undisputed, male heir to the throne, avoiding the possibility of a civil war after his death.

Undisputed

Henry's father, King Henry VII was the victor of the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, bringing to an end the long and bloody civil war known as The Wars of the Roses.

This was a conflict over the throne between the descendants of King Edward III and its origins can be traced back to the year 1399 when King Richard II, the rightful king by the usual rules of inheritance, was deposed by Henry Bolingbroke who became King Henry IV.

Male

The last time a female stood to inherit the throne of England was in 1135 when Matilda, daughter and rightful heiress of King Henry I, reigned - very briefly.

She was deposed by her cousin Stephen of Blois, who became King Stephen and this led to a 19 year civil war known as "The Anarchy."

Answer 3

because he wanted one

Answer 4

because he wanted one

Answer 5

Hello,

He needed a son to be King after him, to establish the still fairly-new Tudor dynasty, and to carry the Tudor name on. It was extremely important in those days; a woman was not considered fit or able to rule by herself. Once Henry did get a son (Edward VI), it became less imperative, but another son or two would have been good to have as spare. Infant mortality was high; Edward could have died early -as, in fact, he did - and another son would have ensured the future of the Tudors.

As it happened, after the early death of Edward, two Queens ruled England in their own right, as Queens Regnant, and we remember them more than we did the longed-for son! However, these two Queens died without issue, and the Tudor dynasty died out with the death of Elizabeth I.

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