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King Henry VIII - Page 2
 | King Henry VIII Lover. Warrior. Rebel. King.  |  |
|  Interesting facts about King Henry VIII:- Henry had a stable of 200 horses & was the first patron of horse racing, despite the Pope's demands for cessation of all racing in England. - He took part in wrestling, horse racing, casting the barre (throwing the hammer) and stag hunting. Gambling was also a huge part of court life, and bets were made on bear baiting, bull baiting & cock fighting. Henry had the first regular cockpit for cock fighting. He also popularized tennis, which originated in France & is the oldest ball/court game in the world. -When he died, he had 70 residences, for which he paid around 170,000 English pounds (which is equivalent to approximately 50 million in today's economy). - He owned over 2,000 tapestries (400 inherited from his father) and 28 still remain to be seen at Hampton Court. - All of his wives were descendants of Edward I - He spent the equivalent of 2,400,000 English pounds each year for clothing, and in 3 years he spent 165,000 English pounds on gifts for Anne Boleyn - One year, Henry & the 800 people of his court consumed 8,200 sheep, 2,330 deer, 2,870 pigs, 1,240 oxen, 24,000 larks and 33,000 chickens. - He built a 2-story, communal public lavatory with 14 seats at Hampton Court. - Henry was obsessed with cleaning and very fastidious, as he was afraid to get germs and die. - He was so fat in later years, that his bed was 4 meters (12 feet) wide and he needed ropes and pulleys to help him get in an out of it. - He suffered from bleeding gums and leg ulcers, and was bad tempered and depressed in his later years. - It is said that two weeks after his burial, his coffin burst open and "all the pavement of the church was with the fat and the corrupt and putrefied bloody foully imbued".  c.1540 Contemporary drawing thought to be done by an assistant of Holbein's whose name is inscribed on the back "Hanns Swarttung"   Contemporary painting of Henry with his Jester, Will Somers | |||
 Hampton Court Palace (originally Wolsey's home) |  Whitehall Palace (where Henry died) |
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 Painting of the Field of Cloth of Gold - 1520 |
 Compare Henry VIII's armour in earlier life to the one on the right in later life to see how his girth grew over the years |  Tower of London - Henry VIII's armour |
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 Actual letter from Henry to Anne, written in French before their marriage and now housed in The Vatican |  A piece of music written by Henry's hand |
  Henry VIII's burial place at St. George Chapel in Windsor Castle. Interred with Jane Seymour. |  Henry VIII in old age |
 Henry VIII´s Wives |  This was painted after Jane Seymour's death, around the time he was last married. Here Henry intends to show what he considered to be his true family, including his 'true' wife - Jane Seymour, his third Queen and (most importantly) mother of his only surviving son and heir, Edward. Behind Henry VIII is Henry VII, of the House of Lancaster, father of the Tudor Dynasty. Behind Jane Seymour is Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV and heir to the Plantagenet line of England. |
 Henry's embarkation |
 Henry's son and daughters. His prized son, who managed to make a better England Edward VI, than he did, he set the basis for Elizabeth. Without him Elizabeth I could not have done it, yet the glory was to Elizabeth. Mary I set the basis for Elizabeth in armaments. She was the first to be Queen in her own right, without a consort to lead her army. Elizabeth was a great queen, who thought first and ruled her passions. She was a better ruler and administrator than her father. It was Elizabeth who said she had the heart of a king in the body of a woman. |  15th Century  Today Tower of London & traitor's gate entrance from the river, where many entered to be executed at Henry's orders |
 The Family of Henry VII: (from bottom left to right) Edmund (1499-1500), Henry, Arthur, King Henry VII, Queen Elizabeth of York, Margaret, Elizabeth (1492 - 1495), Mary, Katherine (born and died 1503, queen Elizabeth died in labor) |
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