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Henry VIII

16th-century King of England

1491 - 1547

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His biography is available in 106 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 104 in 2024). Henry VIII is the 2nd most popular nobleman (up from 6th in 2024), the 3rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 21st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Nobleman.

Henry VIII of England is most famous for having six wives in his desperate quest for a male heir, an obsession that led him to break with the Roman Catholic Church and establish the Church of England. He annulled his first marriage to Catherine of Aragon after she failed to produce a surviving son, married Anne Boleyn who gave birth to Elizabeth, and then wed Jane Seymour who finally bore him a son, Edward; his next three marriages—to Anne of Cleves (annulled), Catherine Howard (executed), and Catherine Parr (who outlived him)—produced no further children. While two wives were executed and others were divorced or annulled, the popular image of Henry stems far more from these dramatic marital upheavals than from the complex political and religious changes he enacted.

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Among Noblemen

Among noblemen, Henry VIII ranks 2 out of 1,415. Before him are Elizabeth I. After him are Charles III, Elizabeth II, Edward VII, George III, Lady Jane Grey, Marie Antoinette, Margrethe II of Denmark, Ramesses II, Catherine the Great, and Juan Carlos I of Spain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1491, Henry VIII ranks 1. After him are Ignatius of Loyola, Jacques Cartier, Lapu-Lapu, Zhengde Emperor, Martin Bucer, Francesco Melzi, Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Nicolò da Ponte, and Teofilo Folengo. Among people deceased in 1547, Henry VIII ranks 1. After him are Hernán Cortés, Francis I of France, Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Vittoria Colonna, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Sebastiano del Piombo, Pietro Bembo, Saint Cajetan, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia, Hadım Suleiman Pasha, and Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry VIII ranks 3 out of NaN. Before him are Isaac Newton (1643), and Elizabeth I (1533). After him are Adam Smith (1723), William Shakespeare (1564), Charles III (1948), Charles Darwin (1809), George VI (1895), Francis Bacon (1561), Charles I of England (1600), Charlie Chaplin (1889), and George V (1865).

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Among noblemen born in United Kingdom, Henry VIII ranks 2. Before him are Elizabeth I (1533). After him are Charles III (1948), Elizabeth II (1926), Edward VII (1841), George III (1738), Lady Jane Grey (1537), Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947), Edward the Black Prince (1330), Harold Harefoot (1016), Empress Matilda (1102), and Anne, Princess Royal (1950).

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