The Children of Henry VIII av John (Fellow of Clare College Cambridge) Guy

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Behind the fa¿e of politics and pageantry at the Tudor court, there was a family drama. Nothing drove Henry VIII, England''s wealthiest and most powerful king, more than producing a legitimate male heir and so perpetuating his dynasty. To that end, he married six wives, became the subject of the most notorious divorce case of the sixteenth century, and broke with the pope, all in an age of international competition and warfare, social unrest and growing religious intolerance and discord. Henry fathered four living children, each by a different mother. Their interrelationships were often scarred by jealously, mutual distrust, sibling rivalry, even hatred. Possessed of quick wits and strong wills, their characters were defined partly by the educations they received, and partly by events over which they had no control. Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond, although recognized as the king''s son, could never forget his illegitimacy. Edward died while still in his teens, desperately plotting to