Why did Henry want an annulment?
- Created by: Himee Senanayake
- Created on: 02-06-18 23:12
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- Why did Henry want an annulment?
- Political reasons
- he needed a healthy male heir in order to guarantee the future of the Tudor dynasty.
- having a daughter might encourage others with a claim to the throne, to challenge for the throne.
- Religious reasons
- Henry viewed Catherine's inability to produce a son as a sign of God's displeasure.
- thought God was punishing him because He disapproved of Henry's marriage to his brother's widow
- Personal reasons
- was deeply in love with Anne Boelyn
- Catherine was in her forties and was not pretty anymore
- Anne was young and beautiful
- Anne would not have sex with him until they were married
- Political reasons
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