On January 24, 1536, the 44-year-old Henry VIII was injured in a jousting accident. His horse fell on top of him, knocking him unconscious for two hours and tearing open an old injury in his leg.

Other well-known screen interpretations of Henry VIII, such as Robert Shaw in A Man for All Seasons (1966) or Keith Michell in 1970's BBC TV series Henry VIII and his Six Wives, might show him, in ...

Exactly how Henry VIII would have looked today depicted in amazing ... shows a slightly overweight middle-aged man with short-cropped hair and a goatee. Related articles. ... As a young King, ...

Meet Henry VIII’s most underrated wife—the ... When Catherine arrived at court, a new man caught her ... the young princess—now second in line to the throne—became part of Catherine’s ...

Katherine Parr is remembered as Henry VIII’s lucky queen, the one who got away, or, as the old rhyme says, the one who “survived.” AMAZING FACTS BIG QUESTIONS ...

There can be no denying that Henry VIII was indeed “a horrible, horrible person” and Mr. Deller’s disdain for him is much healthier than British imperialism’s “patriotic” lionizing of him.

A portrait of a young Henry VIII has gone on display. The picture of the monarch appears in a charter granted to King's Lynn, Norfolk in 1524. He is depicted as a young, slim and dashing king on ...

Henry VIII’s favourite fool – a new book draws a portrait of the man the Tudor court loved to laugh at Published: September 25, 2023 8:32am EDT Alec Ryrie , Durham University ...