The PAINFUL Deaths Of Henry VIII's Six Wives - History Documentary 

Henry was a weak man, his actions speak as such

When I chanced upon this documentary, I resisted watching it, thinking it was just another rehashing an old story. But I realized, as I began to watch that this was a quality production, and the writing is excellent. So thank you to the creators. You’ve done a great job.

"Divorced, beheaded and died, divorced, beheaded, survived. I'm Henry The Eighth, I had six sorry wives. Some might say I ruined their lives."-Henry VIII, Horrible Histories.

The charges were completely ridiculous and I hope she haunted his ass till the day he died. Not only her but Catherine as well. The funny thing is that he did all that but Ann got the last laugh for her child became one of the greatest rulers.That man killed people bc he could and that’s why he’s last days were so miserable. That was a miserable man!!!

This man surely had no soul, but if he did it is burning in HELL today!!!

Henry was a Monster!

Anne Boleyn was incredibly brave. I'm sure that I would be reduced to a gibbering wreck in fear! Thank you for explaining the motivation behind her praise of Henry VIII in her final words, because that had always puzzled me. 33:30 That ring is exquisite! What amazing craftsmen they were, to make such a detailed portrait ring, with only manual tools.

Anne's composure on the day of her execution is the definition of admirable. And props to her ladies for taking care of her after, that took great strength and courage as well to make sure she was handled with the same care and grace she presented on her own. It's often hard to think of these horrible events and the real people that suffered, but you put so much emotion and humanity into their accounts and paint a perfect picture that puts us there with them. Fantastic work!

You did an amazing job! Thank you for putting in such hard work to put these videos out.

It is the man that determines the sex of a child, not the woman.

Funny how he was buried under the main walkway in St Georges Chapel at Windsor Castle with just a simple black slab stating he is buried here where everybody happily walks over him everyday.A burial fit for a king.

That Jane Seymour was waiting to marry a man who just had his wife beheaded. Hours later. She was not some sweet girl, she was fine with his bloody hands.

Awesome video, such detail and your narrative was perfect thank you

So, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declared that the marriage between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was null and void., which meant that it was as if the marriage had never happened.... Ergo... Anne was never Queen, and thus, her supposed affairs could no longer be called 'treason', so, on what grounds could she be executed? Any love affairs of Anne, as the Marchioness of Pembroke were not state matters, and not treasonous. Her execution was just vindictiveness on Henry's part and ambition on Cromwell's. I often wonder whether the latter thought of Anne in the hours before his own execution...

The wives were Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded survived. Learned that in history decades ago its history taught in all English schools, and I never forgot it 😊

Death was a constant companion. It was like a show, Anne had to play her part and say what was expected of her, for her family and her daughter! They believed in making a good death, Christians should not fear death. They firmly believed in heaven!

This is wonderful....so informative than anyone I've viewed b4. Thank you so much . A revamped ""history channel"" would be lucky to have you 😁😁

Do we know if Henry even read KA last letter to him?? I doubt it as he was an out of sight out of mind type of person, probably why he felt nothing for killing his wife's

C of A was not a Spanish queen, rather a Spanish princess then an English queen.

It is an amazing video. A quality production.

Excellent video..very well done and so absorbing to listen to this fascinating part of history. Thank you so much, love English history.subscribed.

It is just so tragic about his wives 😔

Not sure it's the right niche but if anyone's brutally interested in Tudor warfare and history I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series

Katherine parr`s history is so sad take care all.

Incredible that this could happen legally.

“Commend my soul,” not condemn

Henry partied when Anne was in the tower awaiting execution.

Henry was soulless being

Cranmer not Cramner…

Women of this time were taught that men would have mistresses. Wives were expected to "look the other way" and remain faithful. Henry could not put Anne Boleyn aside while Katherine of Aragon lived. I believe that he knew that there would be a clamor for Katherine's return. Once Katherine died, Anne swiftly fell from Henry's good graces. Henry also had a hard time putting Anne of Cleves aside. This was because she was foreign-born. Thomas Cromwell lost his life for advancing this marriage and not working hard enough for its dissolution. Cranmer's eventual decision was that there was a pre-contract with another man. She was given many estates and funds--on condition that she remain in England. She also had precedence over all the women at court--save the Queen and his daughters.

You have a sweet and lovely Voice, my name is Suzanne and it's so very nice to meet you. Yea poor Queen Kathryn Howard, I didn't know that she was only 18 Years old. Queen Anne Boleyn, l didn't know that it was already been decided that she was to die as soon as the Swordsman got there. WOW!!!! Yea I have much interest in Queen Anne Boleyn and Queen Kathryn Howard, I have 3 Shelves of Tudor Books. Have you seen the Show called: The Tudors? See you!!

"These six women all had miserable marriages....all equally tragic." I don't think these assertions are factually correct or supported by the evidence base. Even Catherine of Aragon, whose last years were undoubtedly tragic after being abandoned and banished to a lonely existence in various isolated castles and manor houses, was by all accounts in a loving relationship with King Henry for 20 years or so before he fell for Anne Boleyn. He respected her enough to make her Regent while he went off to war in France. Anne of Cleves only had to put up with Henry for 6 months. When the marriage was annulled, she received a very generous financial settlement, land and a number of properties in England including Hever Castle and Richmond Palace. She and Henry remained on friendly terms for the rest of his life and she was often invited to court by the King. So it could be argued she did very well out of her brief marriage. Catherine Parr was also made Regent by Henry while he was away in France indicating that he trusted and respected her. She was bequeathed a generous yearly allowance in Henry's will, as well as jewels and clothes, and stipulated that she was to be treated as if she were still queen after his death.

Weird. Watching this randomly on January 7, at approximately 2pm in England.

Really good documentary. Just one thing, I think Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn had happy marriages to Henry, as he was not yet the tyrant he would later become (Anne likely would feel differently when the accusations of adultery, incest arose, and Henry believed them). I think the other four, starting with Jane Seymour, might have been more on edge as Henry was no longer the benevolent man of his youth.

I feel bad for the 6 wife's he killed them because he didn't have a son.

All that deceit , selfishness, and murder to get a male heir, only for his daughter to become The Queen anyway🙄

This was excellent and well done, with lots of research. I feel sorry for all the wives, all victims of King Henry VIII's wrath ,cruelty, and abuse The only one who semi-escaped him was Anna of Cleeves.,and Catherine Parr by out-living him. Ann Boleyn was innocent of her Chages. Katherine Howard do tragic, and a victim of the men, except maybe Culpepper.

Good show. Good show.

2 beheaded, 2 in child birth, 2 of cancer (most likely).

When I was younger we did a play about Henry at school. I asked to play Anne Boelyn as I felt some sort of connection to her. I played her proudly and everyone found it very amusing the way I was still proud and confident even in the part where I got “beheaded” somehow I had played her this way not even knowing about this detail of her life. Listening to this video out of all the tragic stories of the wives of Henry, my heart sinks for Anne. What a brave, strong woman who met a very tragic and unfortunate end. But what a wonderful thing that her daughter became queen against all odds, and reigned for so many years.

I would’ve said ‘unto god I commend my soul’. Not condemn mysoul 🤨

Henry. What an awful human.

Cram-ner??? Grrrr, that's driving me mad!!!

She most likely tore her perineum when the baby kind of tore his way out. Not a single one of her caregivers washed her hands!

Jane never had a C section. She died of an infection many days later.

Very curious what it means when she says the one group of men "messed" with her body.. Ewww

This is why Ann and Henry died a horrible death, and Jane Seymour died in childbirth and his only son never ruled long his baby girl was the greatest ruler of England

Where is the location of that statue of Catherin of Aragon that is showed about 10 minutes into the video?

Ann was still no matter what, married to a married man - just because he made a new religion did not justify his putting his first wife Catherine aside while being in bed with Ann.

I cannot understand why after Henry had Anne executed, any woman would have wanted him. They all wanted the prestige of being a queen, even if it meant they were taking a risk of ending up on the scaffold themselves. Fools! I cannot feel sorry for Anne. If it was true that she was religious, then it tells me she was a hypocrite. She knowingly stole a man from his wife and married him. I read that she was also cruel to Catherine of Aragon. Who was the God she was praying to? What did she confess to the priest when she went to confession? She was not a good person imo!

A womb cannot quicken with out strong and healthy seed

Anne never said "to God I CONDEMN my soul"... she said "to God I COMMEND my soul".

People are 'hanged', not 'hung'. Well...some ppl are hun...umm nm. 😅

So basically…. He wasn’t a nice dude.

Its sad that im related to this monster..🤮

Every picture of Anne of Cleaves has one eye( left) is lower than the right and her right eyebrow is higher than the left. The eye actually looks like it’s drooping.

Henry loved HENRY.

Couldn't get through 3 minutes without realizing the host has absolutely not done very much research. Henry's wives were not universally miserable in their marriages nor was he the most savage of monarchs.

A King needed a male heir. Apart from Jane Seymour, none of his wives could give him one.

And Henry the 8th should of been surviving jail time for killing them

Three Catherines Two Annes One Jane What are these? a. Asteroids b. Wives of Henry VIII. c. Playboy covergirls d. Olympic boxers I remember I saw this question somewhere.

Am I the only one who thinks Anne of Cleaves was actually the prettiest wife?

The part about Anne Boleyn was taken verbatim from the BBC special "The Fall of Anne Boleyn" by Tracy Borman. Am I the only person that noticed?

Did he do as she requested?

Catherine 3 Ann 2 Jane 1

As if all of this weren't difficult enough, sometimes death provides false hope of miraculous recovery before it ultimately arrives, so fun.

divorced and poisoned, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived

Catherine Howard was three or four when she lost her mother. Henry Mannox never went all the way with her. Francis Dereham took her virginity.

Notorious as he was in his quest for a male heir, Henry created a strong Navy, a major accomplishment.

Cran - mer, not Cram - ner.

Repeating the same information over and over in different ways is annoying.

Unto God I condemn my soul? Isn't it commend my soul? And she keeps calling him "Cramner". It's actually "Cranmer". Sloppy narration.

Biased when ann done it not only to her own sister she done it to katherine . And then high and mighty with Jane. Henry was a poor husband and a tyrant king.

Why do you have a photo of Anne of cleves…she didn’t die a painful death! Click bait ??

Does anyone else that Anne just might be guilty. If Anne herself was correct in saying that Henry had trouble siring a heir that after the last miscarriage she might be just desperate enough to try and have a child with her brother. They were very cunning and capable people so I think there is a chance some of the accusations could be true. Anne proved herself to be quite the fire cracker and not a submissive and humble wife. She by that time could have been upset enough at the way Henry was treating her by that time because through her eyes she to sacrificed and went through much to become his wife. Perhaps she was as capable and willing to be quite brave and determined enough in independent action to be working with non standard or out of the box solutions to her problems. She was in fact fighting for not only her family and right as queen but for her very life. Any ideas on this?

No one knows what REALLY happened.

The evil king.

Not half as painful as watching this video all the way through

Karma really is a medevile B....

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JANE SEYMOUR WAS MISSED. WHY? SHE WAS OBEDIENT AND DESERVING. HER DEMISE AT CHILDBIRTH BROKE HENRY'S HEART