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Henry VIII was the king of England and Ireland from April 21, 1509 until his death on January 28, 1547. Marge told a story about him in "Margical History Tour", where he was played by Homer Simpson.
Henry was married six times. His first wife was Margerine of Aragon (Marge), who bore him a single daughter named Mary (Lisa). However, Henry wanted a son to inherit his throne.
He wanted to behead Margerine but could not since her father is the king of Spain, and divorce is now allowed in the Catholic Church, so he forms the Church of England to divorce her.
After the divorce he marries Anne Boleyn, whom he beheads nine months later after she gives birth to another daughter, Elizabeth.
Henry marries another four times, but beheads all of them. On his deathbed in 1547, Henry asked Margerine to marry him again, but instead she suffocates him with a pillow for locking her up in a dungeon after their divorce.
Historical accuracy[]
- In reality, only two of Henry's six wives were beheaded, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard.
- Henry is shown marrying all of his wives in the same church. In real life Henry married his wives at different churches.
- Anne Boleyn gave birth to Elizabeth in 1533, four months after marrying Henry. Anne suffered three miscarriages after that and was beheaded in 1536 after failing to produce a male heir, three years later.
- Neither Anne of Cleves nor Catherine Parr were beheaded. Henry annulled his marriage to Anne, who was given a generous settlement, and Catherine outlived Henry, being his widow.
- Jane Seymour was not beheaded. She died after giving birth to Henry's son and heir who later assumed the throne as Edward VI, who is non-existent in "Margical History Tour", though Henry dreams of a son played by Bart.
- After Henry died, his son Edward VI assumed the throne at age 10. Regents ruled for Edward until his death from an illness at age 15. He attempted to override succession laws by naming his cousin Lady Jane Grey as his heir in his will to preserve his Protestant reforms, but her reign was disputed and she was deposed by Henry's older daughter, Mary I, after nine days. Mary assumed the throne as England's first ruling queen. She died five years later and was succeeded by her half-sister, Henry's younger daughter Elizabeth as queen, later portrayed by Selma Bouvier in "Four Great Women And A Manicure" in season 20.
- Henry was not suffocated by his first wife, Catherine of Aragon (renamed "Margerine") in 1547 because she died before him in 1536.
- The castle is shown flying blue flags with a white cross. It would have flown the royal standard or at best the white and red cross of St. George.
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