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Facts About Henry VIII
A few "Fascinating Facts About Henry VIII".......
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The boy who would become King Henry VIII of England was born on June 28, 1491, at Greenwich Palace, five miles (8 km) east of London on the banks of the River Thames. He was the second son of King Henry VII and his wife, Queen Elizabeth.
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Eleven years after the death of Henry VIII, the throne of England passed to his second daughter, Elizabeth. Elizabeth I reigned for 45 years, from 1558 to 1603, and was one of England’s greatest rulers.
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Henry VIII is famous for having married six times. Many school children in Britain remember the fate of each wife by learning the following rhyme: Divorced, Beheaded, Died: Divorced, Beheaded, Survived."
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