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Nobody's attempted the latest Cold Dark Room question.
How many wives did Henry VIII of England have?
 

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Wa! Wa!
Minus a billion points (not really).
Famously of course it is six, but actually this can't be true.
Henry's fourth marriage, to Anne of Cleves, was annulled on two grounds, first it was never consummated, and she was already betrothed to Francis, Duke of Loren, this invalidated the marriage so officially, they were never married. All parties agreed that no legal marriage had taken place.
So that leaves 5.
The Pope declared his second marriage, to Anne Boleyn, void because Henry was still married to his first wife, Catherine Of Aragon.
The King himself as the head of the new Church of England, declared, correctly, that his first marriage as illegal as a man cannot marry his brother's wife and Catherine of Aragon had been married to Henry's brother, Arthur.
So depending on whether you believe the Pope, or Henry, or both of them together....
Henry the Eighth had four wives or three.
 

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Wa! Wa!
Minus a billion points (not really).
Famously of course it is six, but actually this can't be true.
Henry's fourth marriage, to Anne of Cleves, was annulled on two grounds, first it was never consummated, and she was already betrothed to Francis, Duke of Loren, this invalidated the marriage so officially, they were never married. All parties agreed that no legal marriage had taken place.
So that leaves 5.
The Pope declared his second marriage, to Anne Boleyn, void because Henry was still married to his first wife, Catherine Of Aragon.
The King himself as the head of the new Church of England, declared, correctly, that his first marriage as illegal as a man cannot marry his brother's wife and Catherine of Aragon had been married to Henry's brother, Arthur.
So depending on whether you believe the Pope, or Henry, or both of them together....
Henry the Eighth had four wives or three.
And this, my friend is why I'm not taking history haha :D
 

Tidgy's Dad

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When Henry VIII's body was being carried between Greenwich and St Pauls for his burial it was a very hot day.
His stomach exploded.
 

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