Henry+VIII

Keven Nguyen

Henry VIII


 * //To what extent did Henry VIII do to try to produce a male heir to the throne?//**

1525-1530

- After having six female children with Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII was frustrated of not having a male throne - Henry meets Anne Boleyn and increasingly loses interest in Catherine - Henry asks Pope Clement VII to annul the marriage but the pope refuses - Henry begins to deny authority of the pope - Archbishop of Canterbury William Warham dies and Thomas Cramner replaces him - Both Thomas Cromwell and Cramner supported the idea of Royal Supremacy - **Royal Supremacy:** when the king is considered sovereign over the church - Parliament accepts Royal Supremacy

1531-1533

- Anne and Henry go through a secret marriage - Camner nulls Henry's marriage with Katherine - Cramner validates Henry's marriage with Anne - Catherine is stripped of all her powers of queen and Anne become queen instead - **Act of Succession 1533:** made Elizabeth ,the first daughter of Anne and Henry, the true successor to the thrown - **Second Act of Succession**: Made Elizabeth illegitimate - **Third Act of Succession**: Made both Mary and Elizabeth successors to the thrown

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