1. Henry VII
   Edward II
2. John I

Hey, it doesn't go without saying.

1. as the firstborn son
   when his older brother died
2. after a bloody revolution

And boy, did his brother Arthur's death set in motion a series of world-changing events.

1. borderline obese
   tall and athletic
2. unusually short

Henry was tall for the time (over 6 feet) and quite fit.

1. the king of Spain
   his father
2. his brother

Trust this will come up again.

1. 1501
   1509
2. 1520

After his father died in 1509, Henry took the throne.

1. marked largely by a complete lack of contact
   extremely stormy
2. happy

For nearly 20 years, Catherine and Henry seemed a good match.

1. Elizabeth
   Mary
2. Arthur

Princess Mary was born in 1516, the only surviving child of Catherine's six births.

1. cardinal
   prime minister
2. personal priest

Wolsey became cardinal in 1505 and was an influential minister in Henry's early reign.

1. a big fight they had about finances
   his love for Anne Boleyn
2. the lack of male heir

Although Henry no doubt carried on affairs throughout his marriage to Catherine, it was ultimately his concern for a male heir that caused the divorce to be pursued.

1. The vows were never spoken clearly enough.
   The marriage was never consummated.
2. It was against biblical law to marry your brother's widow.

Pope Clement VII wasn't about to give that argument credence.

1. More wanted to raise taxes.
   More wanted England to become Protestant.
2. More wanted England to stay Catholic.

More didn't approve of a divorce and was devoted to making sure Lutheranism didn't spread.

1. Thomas More
   Thomas Cromwell
2. Thomas Boleyn

Cunning Cromwell got the king what he wanted, but the result was a complete severing of England and papal authority.

1. The monastic holdings were transferred to the crown.
   He made sure the king could divorce without cause.
2. He named Henry King of Ireland.

Remember that the church was quite wealthy; by making them the property of the king, the crown became enormously rich.

1. three weeks
   three years
2. seven years

It wasn't long before Henry grew tired of Anne.

1. She had produced no male heir.
   He heard she was having affairs.
2. both, but probably the first one more than anything

Although she bore him Elizabeth less than a year after their marriage, no male heir meant suspicions were aroused -- rightly or wrongly.

1. May 1536
   September 1536
2. May 1537

11 days after Anne was beheaded, Jane was Queen.

1. rumors of Jane's adultery
   Jane's death after childbirth
2. the baby died soon after

Edward VI lived until the age of 15.

1. to rule the Netherlands
   to unify Ireland
2. unite Protestant leaders against the Catholic powers in France and the Holy Roman Empire

It was Cromwell's idea and seemed pretty promising.

1. He didn't think she was as pretty as her picture.
   He fell in love with someone else.
2. She confessed she was barren.

Seriously, he thought the picture he saw of her was more attractive than the real thing.

1. Thomas Cromwell
   Princess Mary
2. Anne of Cleve's brother

Never one to have much patience, Henry executed Cromwell for treason and heresy.

1. Catherin Parr
   Catherine Howard
2. Anne Hathaway

But alas, Catherine was beheaded two years later.

1. adultery
   impurity before marriage
2. heresy against the Church of England

A bill was passed that no unchaste woman should marry the king.

1. unhealthy
   unpredictable
2. both

Henry grew quite overweight and made erratic and unwise decisions.

1. with another divorce
   with Catherine executed for treason
2. with Henry's death in 1547

Catherine was Henry's last wife.

1. six
   seven
2. eight

Three Catherines, two Annes and one Jane

1. Catherine Parr
   Anne of Cleves
2. both

Anne of Cleves (like Catherine of Aragon, who died of natural causes in 1533) was merely divorced from Henry and actually lived the longest of Henry's wives.

1. Edward VI
   Elizabeth I
2. Mary I

Henry's son with Jane Seymour was made king at the age of 9 but died when he was 15.

1. Tudor
   Windsor
2. Cambridge

Henry's father was first of the Tudor line of the monarchy.

1. Henry Blount
   Henry FitzRoy
2. Henry Tudor

They really weren't even trying to hide the son, as the name he was christened with means "son of the king."

1. "Dead, divorced, survived/survived, divorced, died"
   "Divorced, beheaded, died/Divorced, beheaded, survived
2. "Beheaded, divorced, died/survived, died, lied."

Meaning: Catherine of Aragon was divorced, Anne Boleyn beheaded, Jane Seymour died, Anne of Cleves divorced, Catherine Howard beheaded, Catherine Parr survived the king.