What Are The Similarities Between King Henry Viii's Life And Accomplishments

There were many great kings throughout history, but one of the greatest kings in world’s history was King Henry, he was part of the Tudor family. King Henry was best known for having six wives, building the Anglican Church and his radical changes to the England Constitution. King Henry ruled England for 36 years. King Henry was born on June 1491 Greenwich, United Kingdom. After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502, Henry became heir to the English throne. Henry was crowned at the age of 17 as king of England. Henry married Catherine of Aragon six weeks after becoming King. Henry had six siblings. His mother was Elizabeth of York and his father was Henry VI of England, Henry was the third child of the family. Henry was a well educated king.King Henry had many accomplishments in his life as a king. King Henry VIII had religious Accomplishments and military accomplishments. King Henry's religious accomplishments was Establishing the Church of England. His military accomplishment was defeating the French landings on the English coast between 1545 and 1546. King Henry was in good shape due to his love of hunting and jousting. King Henry also enjoyed riding horses and archery, King Henry liked music and holding feast at his palace. Later in life Henry decided to enter a jousting tournament, he got unhorsed and injured on January 1536. Henry got overweight toward the end of his reign. He ate about 13 courses of food and about 5,000
Henry kept his death secret for two days. Henry died on his 56th birthday. Henry gave his son, Edward VI the throne but then he died six years later.
Throughout all of these events King Henry VIII got well known throughout history. King Henry’s name will be remembered as king that had six wives, as the King of England that made radical changes to the England Constitution, and building the Anglican