It was Henry VIII, and he wanted a divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
VenitianBastard on
Bro could’ve just kept Boelyn as a mistress and legitimized his heirs that way later on in life.
Samuraiknights on
“Effective.”
Archaon0103 on
I mean even the church didn’t respect it own laws when it was inconvenient for them. Like no one bat an eye when countless royal couples got annulment before and Henry case only got blocked because the Pope was under the control of Catherine’s nephew.
C4ptinW1nd on
Priorities…
SilenceOfTheClamSoup on
That animal, Tudor. I can’t even say his name!
totallylegitburner on
It wasn’t because he was horny, though. There were plenty of outlets for that. It’s because he needed a legitimate male heir and was convinced he wouldn’t get him from Catherine.
Bantorus on
I think the person who is most to blame for this situation (next to Henry) is probably Holy Roman emperor Charles V not really the pope.
B_Maximus on
When the pope establishes himself on the behest of Charlemagne’s sword he stops being the righteous seat of Christendom
Grzechoooo on
He was well within the rights of the Roman Catholic Church to get an annulment, he was in an incestuous marriage! It’s just that the pope was a relative of his wife as well, and he objected for purely political reasons. So Henry, quite logically, objected to papal power for purely political reasons.
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It was Henry VIII, and he wanted a divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
Bro could’ve just kept Boelyn as a mistress and legitimized his heirs that way later on in life.
“Effective.”
I mean even the church didn’t respect it own laws when it was inconvenient for them. Like no one bat an eye when countless royal couples got annulment before and Henry case only got blocked because the Pope was under the control of Catherine’s nephew.
Priorities…
That animal, Tudor. I can’t even say his name!
It wasn’t because he was horny, though. There were plenty of outlets for that. It’s because he needed a legitimate male heir and was convinced he wouldn’t get him from Catherine.
I think the person who is most to blame for this situation (next to Henry) is probably Holy Roman emperor Charles V not really the pope.
When the pope establishes himself on the behest of Charlemagne’s sword he stops being the righteous seat of Christendom
He was well within the rights of the Roman Catholic Church to get an annulment, he was in an incestuous marriage! It’s just that the pope was a relative of his wife as well, and he objected for purely political reasons. So Henry, quite logically, objected to papal power for purely political reasons.
Technically, he didn’t divorce any of his wives.