He looked very similar to his maternal grandfather, Edward 4, who was about 6 foot 3 or 5, depending on what you read. He also went to seed quickly, indulging in booze and women and overeating and died early, leaving his brother to clean up his mess.
It’s gay Robert Baratheon!!
"...and #6 he dated Helen Thomas"
Henry VIII was nearly fatally injured in jousting tournaments, twice. Once in 1524 when a lance struck in him the face, and probably gave him a serious concussion as he had migraines ever afterwards. In 1536 he was knocked from his horse, which was also in full armor, and the horse fell on him. He was unconscious for 2 hours and afterward suffered from an ulcerated leg the rest of his life
Also in the twenty years before his death, his waist size went from something like 32 inches to 54 inches
Henry VIII was a nasty human being.
Thanks for the post, beaversmom.
Henry was also knocked out at that same tournament, and was unconscious for several hours. There was a fear he would die. Anne Boleyn miscarried as a result. There’s been speculation by today’s medical doctors, that the change in his personality may have been caused by his head wound.
The Series The Tudors...
Fantastic, watched it all on Netflix about a year ago. Very well done show and very interesting. Strongly recommend it.
Killing Margaret de la Pole was his biggest atrocity
She was old and then last Plantagenet
Plus his dad had unjustly held and executed her touched little brother
Henry was not his dad who I think was a better king
The good old days weren’t so hot.
As proof that DNA is powerful, especially the male line, compare the above sculpture of Henry as a child to the current Prince George, the son of Prince William and Kate Middleton:
Jane Seymore was good as Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
He didn't own a microwave. He couldn't join the Mile High Club. He couldn't drive a car. He couldn't make international phone calls. He didn't have air conditioning. He didn't know how to Snapchat. He couldn't observe splendors underwater via a submarine. He couldn't make ice. He couldn't shoot a machine gun. He couldn't do internet searches. He couldn't edit his DNA with CRISPR. He couldn't make or watch movies. He couldn't make or eat popcorn (native American Indians could, though!).
Francis I of France, who reigned from 1515-47, was reputedly an enthusiastic tennis player and was responsible for the building of many courts and also promoted the sport among a wider cross section of people.
Not to be outdone by his French counterpart, on the other side of the English Channel, Henry VIII (1509-47) was a skilled practitioner of the sport and famously built a court at the Royal Palace of Hampton Court, which still survives today and is used for modern competition.
Henry’s second wife Ann Boleyn was watching a game of Real Tennis in Whitehall when she was arrested, and according to the official Web site of Hampton Court, legend has it he was playing when told she had been executed.
That was clearly not a “love” match but from Real Tennis it is generally accepted the modern tennis scoring system and terminology evolved.
"I'm Henry The 8th I Am" - Herman's Hermits
Henry the VIII last name was IamIam.