Comments on: VIII Random Facts About Henry VIII

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:34:10 +0000

stupid homework….henry the eighth. you just had to kill some of your wives.

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:05:00 +0000

They sure did perty everyone up in the movie, The Other Boelyn Girl!! If King Henry III was not a king at that time, he would have to paying or praying for a wife!! lol! I vote in Eric Bana as King..lol! yum

By: Ori

Ori — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:23:49 +0000

Despite its historical inaccuracies, TOBG is a good starting point for those who want to learn about the era, but were either overwhelmed or bored to tears in history class. Has anyone here seen the first movie version of TOBG, from the BBC, I believe?

Although it is fiction and not history, I wonder if Philipa Gregory was correct in her assertion (in The Boleyn Inheritance) the Henry’s dislike of Anne of Cleves wasn’t due to her physical appearance or the unfashionable clothes she wore, but to her rejecting his kiss when he met her in disguise. The king was fond of dressing up in disguise with his men and dancing and masquing ‘unrecognised’. In truth, everyone knew who he was, but Anne, never having seen him, did not recognise him and was disgusted by his foul breath when he kissed her. For someone like Henry, that would be almost unforgivable, and he was at this point spiteful and mean.

I prefer the young King Harry, the ‘Handsomest Prince in Christendom’.

By: Iby

Iby — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:49:09 +0000

You lot are bloody wierd. Hahaa. You are actually interested in this crap?
hahaa. Im only doing it for homework!

By: Allyson

Allyson — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:21:39 +0000

I really can’t complain about King Henry VIII, he was a great scholar, well published, and fathered Queen Elizabeth I, what more can you ask for? Well, you could have asked him not to kill Thomas More, and there was the whole drawing & quartering with heads on spikes that appeared less than pleasant, but other than that…

By: Allyson

Allyson — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:16:48 +0000

He was a brilliant man, and he gave us Queen Elizabeth I, I don’t think I can complain too much… well except for the drawing and quartering and heads on spikes thing, but other than that, no conplaints.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:03:11 +0000

The actual name given Anne of Cleves was “The Flanders Mare.” A more subversive version says he called her “a fat mare with glanders” (a horse disease in which the throat glands swell and make it pant).

Henry VIII probably had syphilis from all his dallying, which was most likely what caused the unhealing ulcer on his leg, and more than likely caused the bizarre change in his personality later in life. It is polite fiction to blame his weight gain solely on a “jousting accident.”

By: Suzie

Suzie — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:37:05 +0000

Thanks for the post. I became interested in the Tudors since I came across A brief gaudy hour by MC Barnes. BTW, Anne of the Thousand is a great film. I always replay the last scene between Henry and Anne over and over.

By: Allyson

Allyson — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:50:00 +0000

Another Phillipa Gregory/Tudor family obessive here. Mary Boelyn’s family were actually horrified that she became the French king’s mistress. Also, Katherine Howard (the rose without a thorn), Henry’s 5th wife and the second “beheaded”, was a cousin to the Boelyn family (Mary and Anne’s mom was a Howard). She’s one of the main characters of The Boelyn Inheritance, which also tells Anne of Cleves’ story and Jane Boelyn’s (Anne and Mary’s sister-in-law) story.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:07:23 +0000

If you are interested in Henry VIII, definitely check out the book, “The Six Wives of Henry VIII.”

One of my all-time non-fiction picks!