Prince Henry Tudor was born on the 28th June 1491 Greenwich,London.Henry is now most famous for his six wives (Divorced,Beheaded,Died,Divorced beheaded,Survived)He was part of the royal family which means he received an excellent education being able to speak four languages fluently-English,Latin,French and Greek.Henry had an older brother called Arthur and two sisters named Mary and Margaret.

Henry's older brother Arthur was on the throne before him.Well this was until Arthur died of an almighty ear infection.Henry was only 18 in the year 1509 when he became King.9 weeks later Henry married his first wife Catherine of Aragon.Catherine was Henry's older brother's widow.therefore they had to go to the pope to get married.They had 20 years together and during that Catherine gave birth to a girl Mary I.Despite this Henry wasn't happy because he wanted a boy.So he went back to the church to divorce with Catherine.

After that Henry married Anne Boleyn.She was already pregnant with Henry's child.And for the second time Henry got married.Anne also gave birth to a girl Elizabeth I.

The life of Henry VIII