S1.36 Henry VIII

Rex Factor

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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2011

⏱️ 64 minutes

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In 1509, England's most (in)famous monarch comes to the throne - Henry VIII. Henry dominates the popular imagination even to this day and his reign dramatically altered the course of English history. It all started very pleasantly, with a good-looking and athletic king on the verge of his 18th birthday taking over to great acclaim, but his lack of a male heir led to his annulment of Catherine of Aragon, marriage to Anne Boleyn and the Reformation, where England broke from Rome and the Catholic Church. From 1536, his reign was a succession of dramas, including the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the Pilgrimage of Grace, numerous executions (including some of his six wives) and an ongoing rivalry with France and Spain. He is perhaps England's most famous king, but is he worthy of the Rex Factor? As ever, lots of characters crop up in the episode, so check out our who's who to keep track of them all: https://rexfactor.wordpress.com/english-monarchs/whos-who/tudors/whos-who-henry-viii/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Rex Factor.
0:14.0	This week, Henry the 8th.
0:25.0	With your hosts Graham Duke and Ali Hood. Hello, we're back.
0:28.0	We are indeed.
0:29.0	Welcome to Tracks Fact to be being all the Kings and Queens of England from Alpha of the Great to Elizabeth
0:34.2	the second.
0:35.2	And this week, Graham's favourite, so he probably get carried away.
0:40.0	Many people think he'd been looking forward to this, it's the Big Chapp, Henry the 8th. He's born in 1491, son of Henry the 7th and Elizabeth
0:48.0	of York, becomes King 1509, so he's 17 years old, he's just a few months short or his 18th birthday.
0:54.5	But does that mean he's got minority?
0:56.5	They decided not really to bother with that.
0:58.5	Technically Margaret both thought was his grandmother was nominally regent but effectively he goes straight in as king and he's
1:05.6	the 12th great grand uncle of Elizabeth the second.
1:08.8	Right, okay.
1:10.8	Straight in.
1:11.8	In terms of his appearance we generally have the view of Henry the 8th as the quite large fat man, big red beard and all these sorts of things.
1:20.0	Indeed. But in his younger days days he looked rather different it's very
1:24.6	tall about six foot two had a 32 inch waist and a 40-ish inch chest is when he
1:31.5	said of 17 21 21, very strong, very athletic, straight organ hair and was said to have been very attractive.
1:38.0	Right.
1:39.0	The Venetian envoy around the time of his coronation said that he was a handsomest
1:42.8	potentate I ever set eyes on with an extremely fine calf to his leg and a round face
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