Henry VIII

[Bewlay Bros]

Did Henry VIII ever commit adultery?

[babybow]

is this a joke!!!

[tiggerblue10]

No! He was the most faithful man ever after Charles II.

[jno]

yes, with Mary Boleyn (both were married); probably not with Anne

[Ice.Maiden]

In a Pickle's spot on!

[jno]

IaP is correct that Henry got an annulment, not a divorce, with K of A - that is, not an end to their marriage but a declaration that the marriage never happened in the first place (because it was based on false premises). This means that although his behaviour with Anne may have seemed at the time like bigamy and adultery, it wasn't.

[Ice.Maiden]

Rampant old devil, wasn't he?

[spaced]

lucky and jammy are the words your looking for Ice ;-)

[tiggerblue10]

Q to In A Pickle.... Are there any surviving descendants of Charles II still around.

Nothing to do with King Hal I know but just curious.

[vehelpfulguy]

> lucky and jammy are the words your looking for Ice ;-)

Well he did catch syphilis, which is a horrible illness today, so must have been awful back then with no cure.

The price you pay for putting it about.

[vehelpfulguy]

>I am of the opinion(quite personally) that Katherine WAS a virgin when Henry married her.

Of course it was in her interest, and that of Spain, that she was seen as a virgin as she would not have been an acceptable bride for anyone else in those days if she wasn't.

Not many top noblemen would have wanted to marry a girl of 16 who was not a virgin and already a widow.

Hardly a great catch.

[tiggerblue10]

So why then did Arthur say the "he spent the night in Spain" on his wedding night? Or maybe he just said that to look good in front of his mates.

Same old story, different century!

[Count_Emmup]

Did Henry VIII ever commit adultery?

Is the Pope a catholic?

[Count_Emmup]

There are times when I marvel at the profundity ot the depths of ignorance dislpayed in the questions on these boards.

[Count_Emmup]

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Hoist by my own petard!

[tiggerblue10]

My post has disappeared.

[jno]

oh, I think you're quite right, IaP, but clearly the authorities thought otherwise; so an annulment is what he got, on the same authority as he got the marriage in the first place. So, no marriage to K of A and no adultery with Anne (probably). It was her idea, after all, as she didn't want her children to be illegitimate, but it did her no good in the end.