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Who was Henry VIII? And why did he have 6 wives? The Tudors The Tudors were a royal family who ruled England from 1485 until 1603. The first Tudor king was called Henry VII. He fought another king, Richard III, at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Richard was killed, Henry became king, and a new period of history began. Henry VII The Tudors This is the Tudor family tree. It shows when people were born, when they died, who they married and how many children they had. Henry VIII Henry VIII was king of England from 1509 until 1547. He was born in 1491, and was only 17 years and 10 months old when he became king. Henry composed music, which we can listen to at http://www.brims.co.uk/tudors/henry.html Henry VIII A description of Henry, by an Italian called Giustinian His majesty is twenty-nine years old, and extremely handsome. Nature could not have done more for him. He is much handsomer than any other sovereign in Christendom; a great deal handsomer then the King of France; very fair, and his whole frame admirably proportioned. On hearing that Francis I (the King of France) wore a beard, he allowed his own to grow; and as it is reddish, he has now got a beard that looks like gold. He is very accomplished; a good musician; composes well; is a most capital horseman; a fine jouster; speaks good French, Latin and Spanish; is very religious; hears three masses daily when he hunts, and sometimes five on other days. He is very fond of hunting, and never takes his diversion without tiring 8 or 10 horses. He is extremely fond of tennis, at which game it is the prettiest thing in the world to see him play, his fair skin glowing through a shirt of the finest texture. Look again at this picture of Henry. How would you describe him now? Is he still young and handsome? How old do you think he is? Describe the expression on his face. How can you tell he is an important person? What sort of clothes is he wearing? What is Henry trying to tell us about himself in this portra