The Six Wives
She was Henry's first wife, a popular Spanish princess who was divorced after her sons died.
Catherine of Aragon
The religious faith followed by Catherine of Aragon and Queen Mary I, which favored traditional mass and decorations.
Roman Catholicism
The reason a 9-year-old boy became king instead of his much older sisters.
Because he was male.
The terrifying nickname Mary earned for burning hundreds of religious opponents.
Bloody Mary
The age of Edward when he inherited the English crown after his father's death.
9 years old
The sensible, intelligent, and Protestant 31-year-old widow who became Henry's sixth and final wife.
Katherine Parr
The specific supreme title that Henry VIII created for himself to break away from the authority of the Pope.
Head of the Church of England
The Protestant cousin Edward named on his deathbed as the new queen, who famously ruled for only nine days.
Lady Jane Grey
The foreign Catholic King that Mary married, making the English public terrified of overseas political control.
King Philip II of Spain
The exact number of Henry VIII's six wives who were executed by beheading.
two
The German wife Henry divorced after only six months because there was absolutely no physical attraction when they met in person.
Anne of cleves
In this faith, churches were decorated in a plain and simple manner.
Protestant faith
The lung disease that tragically killed the young king at the age of 15.
Tuberculosis
The terrifying punishment used by Queen Mary I to execute 283 Protestants for heresy.
burning at the stake
The total number of biological children Queen Mary I had during her lifetime.
zero
The fashionable second wife who was beheaded after failing to have a son
Anne Boleyn
The official language Henry VIII allowed the Bible to be printed in, replacing Latin.
English
The location where Edward's soldiers ruthlessly slit the throats of 900 prisoners in just ten minutes to crush a religious rebellion.
Devon
The reason Mary fiercely hated her brother Edward VI's religious changes to the English Church.
Because they destroyed the Catholic traditions her mother had taught her.
The number of years Queen Mary I spent trying to reverse her father's laws and return England to the Pope's control.
five years
The only wife who gave Henry a surviving son, but died days later.
Jane Seymour
The crime of holding a religious belief that goes completely against the official religion of the country.
heresy
The physical description of Edward's hair color and eye color.
light red hair and grey eyes
The ultimate goal Mary believed God had chosen her to achieve when she finally became Queen of England.
To restore the Catholic faith and return England to the Pope.
The total number of Protestants Mary had executed and burned at the stake during her reign.
283