Henry wanted to be a strong king, and he wanted a son to succeed him on the throne. But Henry was a terribly cruel King who executed all who disagreed with him, which also includes two of his wives.

Soon after Henry’s coronation he suddenly declared he would marry Catherine, his brother’s widow, after a few years earlier where he prevented cohabitation. Catherine was the daughter of the King of Spain and the marriage would surely create a strong alliance between the countries. Henry and Catherine lived happily together for almost 20 years as the perfect royal couple.

Henry started having affairs with other women, one of them being Catherine’s lady-in-waiting, Mary Boleyn. In 1525, Henry had had enough. He grew more impatient with Catherine not being able to produce him a successor he desired, ending up divorcing Catherine and married Mary’s sister, Anne Boleyn. 

In 1534, Anne had a false pregnancy or a miscarriage. Henry saw the failure as betrayal and starts discussing what chances he had of leaving Anne without having to return to Catherine. Just two years later, Anne gets pregnant again, but when she heard that Henry was badly injured from a tournament, she went into shock and miscarried. Henry had her accused of adultery and treason that ended in her being beheaded the same year. 

In later years, Henry closed all the monasteries in England and took all the money from the Monks and Nuns. He threw all of them out on the streets to beg. Some of the monasteries were destroyed while others were sold to the nobility. With all this, King Henry became the richest Monarch in England, France and Spain wanted to destroy him so he needed a strong ally. He decided to marry a German Princess, Anne of Cleves, even if he didn’t like her. The marriage didn’t last long and they got divorced just 7 months later, July 1540.

Catherine Howard became Henry’s fifth wife the same month, but she was an unfaithful woman and Henry got furious. Two years later he accused her for treason and she was beheaded. Henry then married his last wife, Catherine Parr who liked family life and Henry was pleased with her.