Henry VIII 1509-1547 1. What kind of activities did Henry VIII enjoy? Did this help him as King? Henry was very active in his young life and he did many activities such as Jousting, Athletics, Wrestling and Hunting. These sports were played only by the richest people like Polo is played today. These activities helped him as King because his people will look up to him and they will believe that he is a strong, healthy …
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…one baby girl who Henry was unhappy with. They had six babies which all died and Henry thought that God was telling him not to have a baby with Catherine. He believed that Catherine of Aragon was cursed. He said that he was bored with her because she was getting very old and he was calling her a Spanish cow. Whenever there was a problem, she threatened to get her Spanish parents to attack England.