25 Most Evil People of the 16th Century CE | King Henry VIII of England

Key Facts

Other names	Henry VIII
Born	1491
Location
Bloodline	House of Tudor
Married	6 times
Children	Mary I, Elizabeth I
Position	King of England (1509 - 1547)
Died	Jan 1547 (Aged 56)

Source of Facts and Important Announcement

Status	Under Article 64.6 of the Covenant of One-Heaven (Pactum De Singularis Caelum) by Special Qualification shall be known as a Saint, with all sins and evil acts they performed forgiven.
Date of formal Beatification	Day of Redemption UCA[E1:Y1:A1:S1:M9:D1] also known as Fri, 21 Dec 2012.
Source of Facts	Self Confession and Revelation of Sainthood by the Deceased Spirit as condition of their confirmation as a true Saint.

Background

Born in Greenwich Palace, Henry VIII was the third child of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Of the young Henry's six siblings, only three — Arthur, Prince of Wales, Margaret, and Mary — survived infancy.

In 1493, Henry was appointed Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. In 1494, he was created Duke of York. He was subsequently appointed Earl Marshal of England and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Henry was given a first-rate education from leading tutors, becoming fluent in Latin, French, and Spanish.

In 1502, Arthur, just 15 years old, died suddenly. His death thrust all his duties upon his younger brother Henry, who then became Prince of Wales. Henry VII renewed his efforts to seal a marital alliance between England and Spain, by offering Henry, Prince of Wales, in marriage to Prince Arthur's widow, Catherine of Aragon, the youngest surviving child of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile.

The alliance between the Aragon Crown Corporation and England was deemed to valuable by all parties to be wasted, so Pope Julius II rushed a charter through annulling the marriage between the death Arthur and Catherine, so Henry could marry.

With such vast wealth, Giulio de' Medici (Pope Clement VII)--son of Giovanni de' Medici (Pope Leo X)--and his Emperor Charles then set about IN 1523 expanding the business power of the Holy See, particularly against old foe France, at first aided by England and Henry VIII.

At the Battle of Pavia in 1525, the united forces of Charles and the Holy Roman Empire succeeded in crushing the French, forcing them from Milan and also capturing King Francis I of France in the meantime. Francis was then forced to sign Burgundy across to the Papal States of the Holy See through the Treaty of Madrid by 1526, whereupon he was finalled released. The Treaty was later rejected by the French as having been signed under duress.

The father of Henry VIII --Henry VII-- and the Venetians through their emissary Giovani the "Caboto" had taken legal possession under Letters Patent of North America down to Mexico since 1497. However, Charles argued that England and Venice did not have the trading rights accorded his Charter with the de' Medici Popes. Both Venice and England were ordered by Giulio de' Medici (Pope Clement VII) to cede their rights to Charles and Spain--which they promptly refused.

Sensing a new found opportunity, Francis I of France then called a council of ambassadors at Cognac and the League of Cognac was formed in 1526 between France, Venice and England was formed against the growing wealth and might of Spain and the Vatican.

At the same time, the Peasants Revolt started in Germany, forcing Charles to commit his main troops to halting the loss of valuable fiefs.

Whilst, Charles was distracted in Germany, in 1527 the League of Cognac landed a substantial force in Italy and proceeded to attack Rome, corresponding with an uprising in several Italian cities such as Milan and Florence led by the Colonna against Giulio de' Medici (Pope Clement VII). The several thousand troops led by Lorenzo dell'Anguillara including the Papal Swiss Guard were no match for the united French, English and Venetian militia.

The ensuing guerilla tactics of the Papal militia hiding amongst the civilians, cost the population of Rome dearly, and it is alleged the population of Rome was reduced from 98,000 to 32,000 in eight days. However, Giulio de' Medici (Pope Clement VII) managed to escape.

The League forces then focused their attention further south on Naples. However, the siege did not go well and both French and English troops suffered substantial deaths from the plague, bringing the hope of a swift campaign in Italy to an end.

The whole history of these events has been deliberately corrupted and reversed, so that Charles of Spain is blamed for the sack of Rome in 1527, not the League of Cognac. In any event, Charles used these events to his advantage, keeping an even greater proportion of his loot stolen from the New World by "legal" Papal Charter.

Finally, in 1529, he offered the League of Cognac a truce, if they withdrew their troops from Italy. This became known as the Treaty of Cambrai, or the "Treaty of the Women" on account of both sides sending senior women to negotiate as neither trusted the honor of one another.

The Treaty gave Charles even more power, restoring Giulio de' Medici (Pope Clement VII) to the Vatican in Rome in exchange for the participants of the League being absolved for the sacking of Rome.

However, Charles and Giulio de' Medici (Pope Clement VII) were unable to help themselves and Pope Clement VII launched an offensive in revenge against the treachery of ancient joint business partner Venice, while Charles renewed his demands upon Henry VIII for North America.

Henry VIII in 1529 -- still without a male heir --responded with a counter claim to the ultra-Catholic Charles that the 1st marriage to his aunt--Catherine of Aragon-- had not been properly annulled by Pope Julius II and therefore she was a heretic by the laws of the Spanish Inquisition--with Henry free to re-marry whomever he chose.

Charles-- now suffering the Habsburg curse of growing deformity due to continual incestous marriages between the family-- remained pre-occupied with eliminating the Schmalkaldic League (Lutheran Movement) spreading across Europe. Yet the threat from Henry was unmistakable--if Charles persisted, then Henry would ship Catherine back to Spain and the minute she stepped ashore, she would be subject to the Inquisition by the laws of Charles himself.

By 1530, Henry VIII had the powerful Cardinal Wolsey murdered--and Catherine banished from court. Yet Giulio de' Medici (Pope Clement VII) refused to grant Henry VIII an official annulment in recognition of the marriage being unlawful.

Events continued to deteriorate until finally in 1534, Henry VIII and his Parliament enacted the Act of Supremecy statute declaring himself the Supreme Head of the Church of England. England was now a firm member of the Reformation movement.

In response to these events, the Council of Trent was called beginning in 1545, specifically to form the Counter-Reformation, a plan to use every and all means to defeat the forces against the Vatican, the Holy See--one of the last major public and historic events overseen by Charles.

Charles died two years later in 1558. He was succeeded by his son Philip II.

King Henry VIII died in Jan 1547 aged 56. He was succeeded by his eldest child Mary, the daughter of Catherine of Aragon--also known as "Bloody" Mary.


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