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1. Who was Henry VIII’s first wife?
E N G N A O F A R A I C E O R H T
2. How many children did Henry VIII have?
R E E T H
3. The following rhyme helps remember the fate of each of Henry's wife: “______, Beheaded, Died: ______, Beheaded, Survived”.
V E D C D R O I
4. Henry wanted to marry Anne Boleyn because he needed a male _____ to carry on the Tudor line, and believed she could produce an ______, but he was still married to Catherine.
I H R E
5. Henry had asked Pope Clement VII for his marriage to Catherine to be _______, but the Pope would not agree.
E V L D S D O S I
6. Part of the reason that the Pope refused was because Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, had taken control of Rome - and Charles V was Catherine’s _______.
W H E P N E
7. When Henry secretly ______ Anne, he was excommunicated (=excluded) from the Catholic Church.
R I A D R M E
8. In 1534 however, Henry pushed through the Act of ______. The Act made him, and all of his heirs, Supreme Head of the Church of England.
Y R U P C S E A M
9. Henry VIII totally abandoned the tenets (= main beliefs) of Roman ________ after splitting from the church.
A C H S I I L M T O C
10. This meant that the _____ no longer held religious authority in England, and Henry was free to divorce Catherine.
E P O P
11. Henry and Anne did have a child, but it was another girl. She would become ________ I.
I E E B T H Z L A
12. Henry went on to marry _______ more times in his quest for an heir.
O F R U
13. The Crown seized the land that _______ were stood on, and the goods and riches inside them were sold off. The monasteries were disbanded, Henry claimed their income, and the money was used to fund wars abroad and pay off debts.
T A E O R S N E S M I
14. Where is Henry VIII buried?
C S W N A E T I O R D S L